COLONEL THE O'GORMAN MAHONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether any complaints have been made to the Inspectors of Fisheries as to obstructions to the public rights of fishing in that portion of the River Shannon which runs through the county of Clare, by stakes and poles driven into the shores, which imperil the lives of the fishermen and cause injury to their boats and nets; and, whether he will direct the necessary steps to be taken to have such obstructions removed and prevented in future?
§ MR. TREVELYANComplaints have been made on the subject referred to in the Question of the hon. and gallant Member, and the matter is now in the hands of the Crown and Treasury Solicitor, who will lay a case on the subject before the Law Officers?