§ MR. SEXTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with reference to the announcement in the Dublin Gazette that the parishes of Holycross and Ballycahill, county Tip- 203 perary, are to have an extra force of police, Whether it is true that the parishes are perfectly tranquil, and that the only outrage committed there within the past twelve months was by an emergency man, who smashed with a hatchet the furniture of an evicted tenant, until deprived of his weapon by the Sheriff; and, whether, if extra police are to be quartered in the parishes of Holycross and Ballycahill, the cost of them is to be charged on the peaceful occupiers of that district?
§ MR. TREVELYANNo outrages of importance have lately occurred in the parishes mentioned in this Question; but, owing to the intimidation prevailing, it has been necessary for the last 12 months to keep a protection party with caretakers on a property in the parish of Holycross. This duty has been performed by soldiers, who are now being relieved by the police. In the other parish mentioned—the parish of Ballycahill—there is no special protection given at present; but there are protection posts in the three surrounding parishes—namely, Holycross, Thurles, and Inch—and it has been considered right to include Ballycahill in the proclaimed district. The proportion of the cost of the extra Constabulary to be borne by the district will be a matter for the consideration of the Government.