§ MR. REDMONDasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is a fact that during the Chief Secretaryship of the Right honourable Member for Bradford, special police patrols were constantly on duty in the vicinity of the Viceregal Lodge in the Phœnix Park; whether 1255 such police patrols were maintained up to the morning of the day upon which the recent assassinations took place, when they were suddenly withdrawn; and, whether he will state who is responsible for their withdrawal, and what steps he has taken in the matter?
§ MR. TREVELYAN, in reply, said, he would answer that Question on Thursday, and he was sure he could give the hon. Member satisfactory reasons in private for postponing it.