§ MR. VINCENT SCULLYsaid, he wished to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland, The names of the several townlands in the county of Tipperary which are to be charged with the cost of maintaining ten extra police on account of the late M. Thiebault's murder. Will all occupiers of those townlands be subjected indiscriminately to such extra taxation; and is it expected thereby to stimulate local zeal in detecting the assassin?
§ SIR ROBERT PEELsaid, it was intended to charge four townlands with the expenses of the extra police, but the matter was still under discussion. All occupiers would be charged except, as he had said before, the brother of the murdered man. As to whether it would stimulate local zeal to detect the assassin, the charge was in the nature of a penalty on the locality where the crime has been committed.
§ MR. VINCENT SCULLYwanted to know the names of the four townlands.
§ SIR ROBERT PEELsaid, he could not give the names. They were, however, in the immediate locality of the murder.
MR. WHITE SIDEsaid, he wished to know whether the rumours were well founded that there had been fresh attacks on property and life; whether any measures of repression were contemplated by the Government; and when the Special Commission would take place, or how soon before the Assizes, which commenced in the first week of July?
§ SIR ROBERT PEELsaid, it was true that another unfortunate attempt at murder had been made in the county of Clare. The shot had passed through the gentleman's arm, but he was not killed. He did not know whether the assassin had yet been arrested, but the Government were taking every measure in their power to repress these deplorable acts. The Special Commission would issue some time between the 15th and 20th inst.