§ MR. FLAVINI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has received a resolution passed unanimously by the Guardians of the Killarney Union, praying fur the release of Sylvester Dwyer, a prisoner at present confined in Maryborough Prison; and whether, seeing that Sylvester Dwyer has now been in prison close on 18 years, Her Majesty's Government could order his release after such a lengthened punishment
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURThe resolution referred to has been received. The case of this prisoner was considered by the Lords Justices so recently as the 15th instant, when it was decided that the law should take its course. The term of penal servitude to which he was sentenced was 18 years, and he completed 11½ years of his sentence on the 6th instant.
§ MR. FLAVINWhy was not the same clemency extended to this man as was extended to Lord Kenmare's bailiff?
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURI cannot add anything to my answer.