MR. MAC NEILLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether a Falcarragh prisoner named Connor is at present ill in the hospital of Derry Gaol; and whether, before his removal to the hospital, he was detained for four days in a flagged basement, all the while suffering from chest disease?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe General Prisons Board report that there is no prisoner named Connor in Londonderry Prison. Assuming that prisoner Daniel Cannon is referred to, the medical officer reports that this prisoner is at present in hospital convalescent from an attack of bronchitis. He first complained on August 15, and was the same Say removed to the prison hospital. He 480 was not detained a single day in his cell suffering from chest disease.
§ MR. SEXTONI see that Dr. O'Farrell has gone again to Derry. Will he inspect the prison?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURNo, Sir; Dr. O'Farrell has not gone to inspect the prison; the inspection will be made by somebody having special technical knowledge.