MR. PATRICK O'BRIENI beg to ask Mr. Attorney General for Ireland whether there are any of the Maamtrasna prisoners still in custody; if so, how many; where are they confined; what is the condition of their health; and whether it is intended to reconsider their sentences.
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. ATKINSON,) Londonderry, N.Three of the prisoners referred to in this question, who were sentenced to death and had their sentences commuted, are still in custody. Two of them, namely Martin and Thomas Joyce, are confined in Mary borough Prison, and the third, Patrick Joyce, is in Mount joy Prison. The Medical Member of the Prisons Board reports that Martin Joyce is in possession of good health and strength, that Thomas Joyce is in good health, and that the health of Patrick Joyce is fairly good. The cases of these convicts were under the consideration of the Lord Lieutenant so recently as October last, and will again come up for consideration in the ordinary way at the usual intervals, or sooner on memorial, if special circumstances require.