§ MR. E. W. HARCOURTasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether his attention has been called to the case of Mr. John Shaw Phillips, of Culham House, near Abingdon, who on the 6th of July last was locked up for four hours in the Vine Street Police Court, charged with being drunk and incapable; whether he is aware that Mr. Phillips is afflicted with illness, and is unable to walk alone; whether he is also aware that Mr. Phillips, being overcharged by a cabman, requested a policeman to obtain for him the cabman's number; whereupon the policeman bid Mr. Phillips move on, which as Mr. Phillips was unable to do, he took him into custody; that, when Mr. Phillips arrived at the police station, he handed his card to the inspector, and requested that a doctor might be sent for to examine into his condition, which request was refused; and, whether the Secretary of State will sanction the institution of some further inquiries into the matter, with a view of righting an individual who has been wrongly charged? THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir E. ASSHETON CROSS), in reply, said, he had no special knowledge of the case. The proper course for anyone aggrieved by the conduct of the police was to complain to a magistrate, and he would remind his hon. Friend that there was a rule now of 17 years' standing which required that the superintendent of police was to ascertain whether a person making a charge against a constable was willing to make it before a magistrate. When the case under notice came before the magistrate, he made use of those words—"I discharge the prisoner, and do not attach any blame to the constables who gave evidence." Therefore, he (Sir E. Assheton Cross) must leave it to the discretion of the gentleman concerned whether he made a complaint or not.