§ MR. DANE (Fermanagh, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether His Excellency has received a Memorial, signed by representative persons of all creeds and classes in the locality, respecting the sentence of one month's imprisonment without the option of a fine, recently inflicted by the County Monaghan 1366 Justices at Cloves upon John Carron, aged 74, for an assault, and praying for its remission; and has such Memorial been considered; and, if so, with what result?
§ MR. ASQUITH (in the absence of Mr. J. MORLEY,) Newcastle-upon-Tynesaid: The Memorial in the case referred to has been before the Lord Lieutenant, together with a Report which shows that the assault was of a wanton nature and committed on a quiet, inoffensive man, who was obliged to get another person bound to the peace lately. Having regard to the circumstances of the case, the Lord Lieutenant decided that the law must take its course.