§ MR. AINSLIE (Lancashire, N. Lonsdale)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If he can give a reply to a Petition which was sent to him on behalf of a convict called Ferguson, who was sentenced in 1878 to 20 years' penal servitude, and which Petition was signed by nearly 1,400 of the leading inhabitants of Barrow-in-Furness?
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. STUART-WORTLEY)(who replied) said (Sheffield, Hallam)The Secretary of State is now in communication with the learned Judge with regard to this case; and when his Lordship's observations have been received the Secretary of State will be in a position to give a reply to the Question.