§ MR. HEALYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Is it the fact that Mr. Thomas Walsh, J. P. was, on 27th March at the Ballyglass Petty Sessions, convicted and fined for assaulting his herd and decreed for the wages he had refused to pay him; and, if it is true, will his conduct be brought under the notice of the Lord Chancellor?
§ MR. TREVELYANIt is the fact that Mr. Walsh was fined Is. for an assault on his herd, Thomas Reilly, and that he was decreed for wages. The assault complained of was of a very trivial character, as Mr. Walsh merely tipped Reilly with a stick to induce him to get out of a doorway he wished to pass through, and the penalty imposed was nominal. The case is considered too trivial for reference to the Lord Chancellor.