§ MR. FLAVINI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will again take into consideration the petition in favour of the release of Thomas Collins, a Kerry prisoner, at present confined in the invalid prison at Maryborough; and whether, owing to the seriously injured condition of the prisoner's mind, his release will be granted?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe case of this convict was considered, on memorial, so recently as last month, and the Lords Justices, who had before them a special medical report on the mental and physical condition of the prisoner, decided that there were no grounds for a remission of sentence. It is not correct to say that the mental state of the prisoner is seriously impaired.