HC Deb 29 February 1884 vol 285 cc217-8
MR. JUSTIN M'CARTHY

asked the Under Secretary of State for India, If he will cause inquiry to be made as to the truth of the statement in The Times of India of the 1st inst. that Mr. Grant Duff has called on the Advocate General to give his opinion as to the advisability of prosecuting for sedition the Native members of the Cosmopolitan Club, Madras, for discussing politics within the precincts of the club?

MR. J. K. CROSS

The Question of the hon. Member for Longford is based, as I understand, upon a report in a Bombay newspaper; and really, unless the hon. Member can give me some better authority, I hope he will not think me discourteous if I decline to trouble the Government of Madras with the inquiry suggested.