§ MR. KNOX (for Dr. TANNER,) Cork CO., MidI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland will he explain why certain historical books, recommended by the acting Catholic Chaplain to Armagh Prison, namely, Mitchel's History of Ireland and The Life of John Mitchel were disallowed by the General Prisons Board?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. JACKSON,) Leeds, N.I am informed that the person mentioned in the question was convicted of treason felony in 1848, and sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment. His writings are incitements to treason, and such as should not, in the opinion of the Prisons Board, be admitted to the Prison library.