§ MR. SCULLYsaid, he wished to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland—
Is he aware that many of the Irish Judges, in their Charges to Grand Juries, both at the present and at previous Assizes, have commented in strong terms on the great and the increasing inefficiency of the Irish Constabulary to prevent crime or to arrest the criminals:Is it intended to remodel the Irish Constabulary so as to render its organization, discipline, and accoutrements less military, and better adapted to a local Police Force:And will he lay before the House official Returns calculated to exhibit the nature and number of all serious outrages committed within the last two years in each county of Ireland, distinguishing those for which prosecutions or convictions have taken place from those which remain unprosecuted or unpunished?
§ SIR ROBERT PEELsaid, in reply, that there would be no objection to lay before the House Official Returns calculated to exhibit the nature and number of all serious outrages committed in Ireland for the time mentioned in the hon. Member's Question.