§ MR. HARRINGTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is true that, in the month of June, information was conveyed to police of Augha West, in the county of Leitrim, that the son of a bailiff in that district, who was under police protection, had, on two successive days, 735 visited several of the townlands in the district, dressed in policeman's uniform, and made inquiries at various houses as to the payment of their dog tax; whether he arrested, or pretended to arrest, an old man named Quinn for being an offender against the Crimes Act; whether it is true that he visited on the occasion the house of a man named Keernan and made inquiries there as to their opinion of the bailiff, M'Goohan (his own father); and, what action have the police taken with regard thereto? He would also ask, whether it is a fact that this man has received £150 compensation under the Crimes Act; and, whether the people of the townland where he resides will have to pay that money?
§ MR. TREVELYANasked for Notice of the last two Questions. With regard to the preceding Questions, the alleged circumstances were said to have occurred on June 11; but no information was given to the police till the 31st July, and then the information was anonymous. The police had since made inquiries, with the result that a case would be brought before the magistrates at Petty Sessions.