§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Home Secretary whether he has received applications for compensation from any of the twenty persons who, having obtained permits in advance for the purpose, travelled, some of them from long distances and at expense which they could ill afford, to Lewes to visit Irish political prisoners there, were refused admittance on Whit-Monday, that being one of the ordinary days for visiting; and whether the expenses necessarily incurred, and rendered useless by the refusal, will be refunded?
§ Sir G. CAVE:I have received two such applications. The refusal of the visits was due to the misconduct of the prisoners, which occurred on the morning fixed for the visits and when it was too late to inform visitors that the visits had been forfeited. The answer to the latter part of the question is in the negative.