§ MR. GRAYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whe- 779 ther the statement contained in the Irish Correspondence of the "Times" of the 13th instant, to the effect that, in Mil-town Malbay, county Clare,
The shopkeepers who have been Boycotting Mrs. Moroney, a landowner in the locality, and refusing to supply her with the necessaries of life, hare been called before Major Clifford Lloyd and allowed three days to make up their minds whether they would continue the practice or abandon it;and, whether this statement is true; and, if so, under what Law Major Lloyd is acting, and to what penalty the shopkeepers will be subject in case of refusal to abandon the practice?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTER, in reply, said, it was true that shopkeepers had refused to supply Mrs. Moroney with the necessaries of life; and, hearing of this, Major Clifford Lloyd gave them three days to consider what course they would adopt. A meeting of all the shopkeepers in Miltown Malbay was thereupon held, at which a resolution was put to the effect that every person demanding goods over the counter for cash at Miltown Malbay should be supplied. That resolution had since been acted upon. He was not aware that there was any law prohibiting Major Clifford Lloyd, or any other subject of the Crown, from acting as he did. Inasmuch as the shopkeepers had discontinued "Boycotting," it became unnecessary to answer the latter part of the Question.