§ MR. WILLIAM O'BRIEN (Cork Co., N.E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if his attention has been drawn to the case of a prisoner named Kinsella, at present in Maryborough Prison, in ill-health, undergoing a sentence of 20 years' penal servitude, for an aggravated assault upon a man named Sullivan; and whether, in view of the 341 fact that Sullivan obtained £150 compensation, and has long ago recovered from his injuries, and that the sentence of 20 years' penal servitude passed upon Kinsella was inflicted at a time of great social disturbance and excitement in Ireland, he can see his way to advise the Lord Lieutenant that the ends of justice have been satisfied by the term of 10 years' penal servitude already undergone, and that the clemency of the Crown might now be exercised to remit the remainder of the sentence?
§ *THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. JACKSON,) Leeds, N.I am informed that the convict referred to was sentenced, with three others, for the attempted murder of John Sullivan, who was beaten about the head with iron bars and left for dead. I am not aware of Sullivan's present condition of health. The question of revising the sentence passed upon this convict has been before two Lords Lieutenant, who decided that they saw no reason for remitting the sentence in accordance with memorials received.
§ MR. WILLIAM O'BRIENWill the right hon. Gentleman say, has the memorial been before the present Lord Lieutenant?
§ *MR. JACKSONI will inquire if it has been; I think it has.