MR. PATRICK OBRIEN (Kilkenny)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the present mental condition of the man Duff, one of the treason-felony prisoners 668 removed from Portland Prison to Broad-moor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, and whether there is any hope of his recovering his mind?
§ SIR MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEYThe prisoner, John Duff, is still suffering from delusions, and his mental state shows no sign of improving. Except, however, on subjects connected with his delusions he converses rationally. I should add that Duff was convicted of manslaughter, and is not one of the treason-felony prisoners.