§ MR. FINUCANE (Limerick, E.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether Mr. Edmond Ryan, P.L.G., Cahircanlish, County Limerick, was committed for contempt of Court eight months ago by Judge Boyd; whether Cahircanlish has been, and is now, one of the most peaceable districts in the County Limerick; and, whether, under those circumstances, the Government will request Judge Boyd to order the release of Mr. Ryan?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)It would clearly be a most un-Constitutional proceeding for the Government to make such a request to the Judge as is here suggested. It is, of course, open to the prisoner himself, or to his friends, to petition the Judge for his release.