§ MR. EDWARD HARRINGTON (Kerry, W.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether a book, containing a copy of the Prison Rules, was excluded from a selection allowed in to Father M'Fadden, in Derry Gaol; and, if so, can he explain for what reason?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)The General Board inform me that the Governor of the gaol declined to give the book referred to to the rev. gentleman, inasmuch as it was not one of those sanctioned by the Visiting Justices. The Visiting Justices had previously pointed out that all the Rules were hung up in his cell.
§ MR. EDWARD HARRINGTONasked, was the right hon. Gentleman aware that there was any other matter objectionable in the book except the Prison Rules; and, whether there would be any objection in the case of a first-class misdemeanant obtaining these Rules?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURsaid, that was a question which lay with the Visiting Justices, and not with himself.