§ MR. JUSTIN M'CARTHYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is true that Mr. T. H. Peyton, a magistrate of Longford, made use of abusive and menacing language to Mr. John Manning, of Clornellan, New town for be, county Longford, on the night of the 28th June, and to his son, Mr. Patrick Manning, threatened to shoot Mr. Manning the elder with a gun which he had in his hand, vowed that he would have the younger Manning sent out of the country, and threatened to dash out his brains with the butt of the gun; whether the occasion of the magistrate's interference was that the Mannings were standing near a "bonfire" which was lighted according to custom in Ireland on that evening, an evening commonly called "Old Bonfire Night;" and, whether Mr. Peyton subsequently signed a warrant for the arrest of the younger Manning, and if he can say for what offence the warrant was issued, and what authority Mr. Peyton had for his action in these proceedings?
§ MR. TREVELYANI cannot enter into the merits of this Question in an answer in the House, as the whole case is to form the subject of a magisterial investigation. It is not the case that Mr. Peyton signed the warrant for Manning's arrest. The warrant is signed by Mr. Hill, the Resident Magistrate of the district.