§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he can now state the result of his inquiry with regard to the restoration of the personal property of Thomas J. Clarke, executed, found on his person at the time of his surrender, and 1538W compensation to his widow for the business and domestic property destroyed by the soldiers when they occupied the house and made it a military station; and whether any public civil tribunal will deal with such cases?
§ Mr. TENNANTNo, Sir. The reply has not yet reached me.
§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he is now in a position to state the result of his inquiry as to the reason for preventing the delivery of letters and other trifling souvenirs given to a friend by Captain Colbert, of the Irish Volunteers, on the morning of his execution; the reason why the soldiers in charge told the condemned men and their friends in prison that the noise of shooting outside was that of soldiers practising for the executions; and, if this treatment was not enforced by rule, will he say by whose order it was enforced?
§ Mr. TENNANTI have already sent the hon. Member the result of my inquiries.