§ MR. LONGsaid, he wished to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Whether his attention has been drawn to the following statement of facts—namely, that a clergyman of the United Church of England and Ireland, the Rev. M. A. C. Collis, has been threatened with assassination by a person styling himself "a good Catholic," unless he, Dr. Collis, would undertake to close the Bible Depôt at Queenstown within four days; whether the above statement is correct; and, if so, whether the Government have deemed it their duty to take any steps to discover and to prosecute the person who subscribed the above-mentioned document?
THE EARL OF MAYO, in reply, said, the constabulary of Queenstown had reported some days ago that on the 13th of this month the Rev. Dr. Collis, of Queenstown, had received a letter of the character referred to by the hon. Member. The constabulary were using every endeavour to discover the writer of that letter, and he hoped their exertions would be successful.