§ MR. CLANCY (Dublin Co., N.)I wish to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland a Question of which I have not given him private Notice, but of which I do not think he will require any Notice. It is, whether the Government has employed, and is paying, Dr. Barr, who appears every day at the inquest on Mr. John Mandeville; whether he is the same impartial person who was appointed to inquire into the condition of Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Mandeville in Tullamore Prison; and, if he is paid and employed by the Government, under what head in the Estimates his salary will appear?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.), in reply, said, it was perfectly true that he requested his right hon. Friend the Home Secretary to allow one of the best officials in the management of prisons at his disposal to give him some assistance in Ireland in connection with the inspection and management of Irish prisons. That gentleman was Dr. Barr.
§ MR. CLANCYasked, whether the right hon. Gentleman would instruct Dr. Barr to conduct himself as a gentleman in the Coroner's Court?
§ MR. SPEAKEROrder, order!
§ MR. T. M. HEALY (Longford, N.)asked, whether it was a fact that Mr. John Dillon was called upon in Dundalk Gaol a week or 10 days ago by a doctor, who required him to submit himself to 215 an examination, but who refused to give his name; whether Mr. Dillon, upon that refusal, declined to submit himself to examination; whether that person was Dr. Barr; and, if so, why he refused to give his name?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURReally, Sir, I think that the hon. and learned Gentleman should give me Notice.