§ MR. SEXTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether any of Her Majesty's vessels have been employed to carry forces to the scene of the proposed evictions at Gweedore to-day; whether the relieving officer has received the notices required by law; and, having regard to the fact that after a number of recent evictions in that district hundreds of men, women, and children were left for days and nights together to lie in the ditches, under rain, whether the relieving officer is now instructed to prevent the recurrence of such suffering?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANNone of Her Majesty's vessels have been employed to carry forces to the scene of these evictions. One of the most experienced Resident Magistrates in Ireland, Mr. M'Leod, has been sent to co-operate with local Resident Magistrate on this occasion; and there is no reason to suppose that any of the necessary preliminaries to the carrying out of the law have been overlooked. Nor is there any reason to suppose that the relieving officer, having been informed that these evictions were to take place, is unaware of the duties devolving on him, or without instructions from his Board of Guardians.