§ MR. CRILLYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to a statement made by Captain Harris, Governor of Chatham Convict Prison, in his evidence before the Committee of Inquiry into the case of John Daly and others, to the effect that the magazine, the Irish Monthly, is "of a very advanced Fenian type;" whether he is aware that the Irish Monthly is essentially a non-political magazine, which has never published a political article during the 18 years of its existence; and whether, under the circumstances, some public correction can be made of this mistake contained in Captain Harris's statement?
§ MR. MATTHEWSI have made inquiry, and am informed by the Governor that his evidence is not correctly reported. The words "of a very advanced Fenian type" were not meant to apply to the Irish Monthly, but to another magazine. The question and reply of this evening will, I think, be a sufficient'y public correction of the mistake.