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ts | an inquest had been denied on sais ground, . and on the ground that the surgeon of the priion had attended McKelvey for some time before his death, had been present when he had died, aud that, therefore, there was no U ground for ruspiclon. This was what Oaptain Prince had stated to him (Mr. Wood). Dr, Riddell had then goune to Mr. Langmuir, and made compla'nt that he bad not been allo rcd to hold an inquest Mr. Langmair, knaw'lm that there was no provision in the Con PMAo\wlfihmrdiommuhgot in-- quests, very na y turned to the Ast in reference to penitentiasies, which provided that irquests should take place only in ceases where death was supposed to occur from Provision Sin Inggant has "Hought that P . eu, there was no necessity for holding an in-- came to the C:ntral Prison his right to held quest, He Mdélmnv'c, communicated wikth the Aitorney:--General, who, upon looking ia-- %o the Aots, found that according to the Act in the atatutes of Uppor Canada relating to prisons, an inquest would be necessary in all caren of the death of prisoners, _ Mr, Lang: uu'r had then glven instructions to Capt Pricce, bus in tto meantime MoKelvey had been Interred. He (Mr, Wood) might state tbata pcst mortem examination hsd bsen h14 by Dr. Aikens, who reported as follows: --"*I 'made a pcst mortemn examination on the body and _ found ulosration of the h'.hh and in the ulser the discare cffected an op-.hg lerge ercugh to admit the finger. Throng this opening cr perforation the contents of the bowels had escaped and caused the of the bowels had escaped and caused the prostration and inflammation which ended in and produced death." The truth was, that this man MeKelvey had taken sick ; he had been plaocd under the treatment cf Dr. Alkon:, M::dh:un attended 5] him for some days ; been apparently getting bitter, but had been taken nddn{y worse with what was surpsoted to have been typhoid fever ; Dr. Aikens had been sent for, an d the man bad died in the dootor's pre sence. He proposed to read Drs,. Aiken:' full state-- mllnnigudhthowo. It was ay fol. lows:--*"Toronto, 7ih February, 1877. Dear sir,--As it appears from whe papers 2ZCmE wit y mM V HWECT P0 t y _ that some questions with reference to the death of an inmate of the Central Prisoa, in 1875, are to be coraider:d this aiternoon, I will, for your lnfoma\l'on, 'nkm some 'taoh so to the offiser who accompanied me; it was apparent to me that the prisoner was golog to die, and I told him no; he was per-- feotly ccusclous, and in anawer to my quesiicns told _ me bis real name, and where his relations lived ia New Jersoy; I gave him medicine, ard as there was no time; t» send for a o!erg'{nn did not hesitateo to éireot his attentlon to the cross of Oarlst; I co not think he krew is dapger t I told bim of it, and I have not the ilightest remembranos of hl: on'l&n' fer wore aware of the man's danger, as com:-- plaining of sudden and viclent palas in the bowels is of very common coourrcace among tke prisor ors, owing generally to the fasi of alLowing their bowels to go tor many days without opcnt!ng. MoKelvey died | »_heut or before 8 p.m; a day or two \ after bhis diath I made a post moriem ex: on y an | amination the body and found 'n!un\lon of the 'bowels, and in one uloer the Ciscare had effeoted an opening ibe pricst while I was prosent and I am sat'stied ha Eid not do :o ; I remalned with him till he Gled ; I do no* Sbizk the guards énceugh to admit the finger; through tlrh"opeulqot porforation the contents of the bowe'ls bad escaped and caused the pros: tration and inflammation which ended in and produced death; I sent a roport as the time to the Inspector of Prhu:'.mung the above facts; McKelvey's was the first death in the prison; J think there was no lnqua®t, as there seemed to be an impression in the Warden's mind that there was no sxshor!ty for holding the sam:; on the everiag «o( tiio 15ih of May, after _ the --.;; isozmecs has teen locked : up for the night, ard the guards wore leaviag, Coronar Rid-- dcl with a jury visited the inskitution, but the inquest war objsoted to, either o wing ho the latenerss of the evening, or the absencs of authority for holding it, 'The corone® the same cvu::ucni to sea the laspsctor about the The body was burled 5=:« fore the matter was finally setiled, and t ) command given t»> hold the inquest I ttink McKelvey had mild typhold> fever. No buman vision could have foressen the approachiog perleration, and no amousrt of modioal attention afterwards could have saved bis life, W. T. Aicuss. UM.D." The most serions ckarge was that MoK.elvay, m before he died, being a Roman Oatholic, asked that a priest be sent for acd suat tkis requeat had been refased, Onndauf'l:: the Importance with which this was »r ;ar by members of the Roman Catholie « harol, and--that McKelvey had been a manrho had led a sinful life, the charge that he had baen refused by the prison authorities the minis-- Srations of a spiritual aaviser in his dylog mo-- There were two persons who had ltooflg his bedside for hours before he died. (Mr. Wood) did not propase t> reler to any statements made by oze of these geontlemen, as it was against him that some of thsa charges of cruelty had been preferred, bus he would simply ask tha House to notlce what Dr. Alkens had said on that subj eot. Mr, WOOD said that this evidence did not eocme up at the inquiry, I1 was astatement made by Dr. Alkens. Mr. LAUDER--Made ab tha request of the Government. Mr, WOOD--Not made at tke request {of the Government, Mr. MEREDITH--Wbat is the Cate of Dr.;Alkena' letter and to whom is it ad4. dresaed ? Mr. WOOD said that it was dated Fabrc -- sry 7th ard ad4ressed to him (Mr, 'Wood) He propored now to reler to the charge that he bad bron tryirg to injare Mr. Beaumant Bo far as that chargs was oracerned, he had always on the contrary acted vory lerlently towards that _ gonslemir ; and his report after the enquir; with lgml to him had beon a very mild4 one, He (Mr, Wood) had carefully aveida4 Mr, MEREDITH arked whoen this evi-- denoe was taken, dragging his name into the discussion, and4 bad said nothing about kim ustll hle etat> ments had bsen brought for ward as svidence by the hor. memb»r for South Simeoo, Whea Beaumont's name bad baen thus foro:d n3>u the House it beo:me necessary for them to say something with reead to Mr. Bsaucont. The hor, member for East Toronto had gone so far as to say that he (Mr, Wocd) had known all the clroumstances, and had know. ledge of the cerblficates of charaoter which tbe hon, gentieman had referred to. What he hbad astated in reference to Mr. Beeumont, and what he was now prepared to repent, was that, so far as he (Mr. Wood) knew, there had been a rumour that he had been guilty of theit in the Old Country, but | that no attention had been pald to it at first, | But when the charge was made that he bad been gulliy of stealing at the Central Prison, ar d when they found that his statements as to his not havicg been at Hamilton at all for a oerta!n time, aud at out his receiving the question in his (Mr, Wood's) mind, as to whother he might not be a man gullty of taking the money that did nokt belong to him. He (Mr, Wood) was not prepared to say that the oe:itifieates which had been referred to had not been shown at the time | of Beanmont's employment. _ He had not employed him, for ko was not in the Govern-- | mes$ at the time, but so fir as he know | of them at all, to--nighs was the firs} | be had keard of thers, _ Mr. Wood | then read the evideros of a person named Hardy (who bad been in thae 13th | Bwsate Regiment at the samo timo ss Beau-- | mont) to the effeot that he had been trled by | a dlatrlob court--martial and sentenced to a morey of the prisoner, were flatly con:-- tradicted by the sffideavits of men such as the present Onie! of Pollce of Hamliton and other oredible witnesses, it had raleed the