§ MR. HART-DAVIES (Hackney, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is yet in a position to reconsider his decision not to suggest to the magistrate that the ladies recently arrested and sentenced to imprisonment in the second division should be transferred to the first division.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. GLADSTONE,) Leeds, W.No, sir; I have nothing to add to my previous Answer.
§ MR. BYLES (Salford, N.)Is the right hon. Gentleman satisfied that these punishments do not go far beyond anything that has the sanction of public opinion?
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLHas the right hon. Gentleman read the statement of Mr. Logan, a former Member of this House, in reference to the indignities inflicted on his own daughter in this case? Is he aware that this lady has not been permitted to have a communication with anyone, but has been kept in a solitary state for twenty-three hours out of the twenty-four, and not allowed to read?
§ [No Answer was returned.]