§ MR. DANEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the number of officials of the Presbyterian religion in the Irish Prison service holding the positions of governor, deputy governor, or chief warder, respectively, exclusive of bridewell keepers in old reduced county prisons; and whether it is the fact, as stated in The Belfast Northern Whig, of the 16th and 22nd inst., that the Irish Prisons Board have declined to appoint Presbyterians to such positions in the ordinary prisons; and, if so, has such a course the sanction of the Irish Government?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI am informed that there are no governors or deputy governors in the Irish Prison service professing the Presbyterian religion, but that one chief warder and 922 some 28 male subordinate officers in the service belong to that denomination. There is absolutely no foundation for the allegation in the second paragraph of the question.