§ MR. P. O'BRIEN (Monaghan, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Belfast Board of Guardians, at their meeting last week, refused the application of a Roman Catholic inmate, named Mary Sinclair, to be allowed the ministrations of a Roman Catholic priest, when she was seriously ill and believed she was dying, and justified their refusal on the technical ground that this woman, although a Roman Catholic, was registered as a Presbyterian, and that she was an imbecile; whether the request of Mrs. Sinclair was supported by her husband, who is a Presbyterian; and whether, under all the circumstances, he will cause the Board to allow Mrs. Sinclair the consolations of her religion?
§ Mr. JACKSONI am informed that the medical officer, having reported that he considered the inmate mentioned dangerously ill, the master, in accordance with the rules and regulations for his guidance, requested the attendance of a Roman Catholic chaplain, at the woman's request, supported by her husband, who asked that she might be attended by a Roman Catholic chaplain, irrespective of the manner in which she had been registered.