Mr. O'Ferrall, in moving for a copy of the correspondence with Dublin Castle, requiring troops to be sent into the county of Kildare, on the days appointed to hold meetings to petition against the tithe system, at the following places:—Narraymore, Suncroft, Ballitore, Monastereven, and Rathmore, said, if it should appear that no application to the Lord Lieutenant of the county had been made, previously to the troops being sent, he thought he had just grounds of complaint, as one of the Members who had supported Government in the Lords Lieutenant Bill, for he had understood, as one of the grounds for those appointments, that all correspondence relating to the peace of the respective counties was to go through the hands of the Lords Lieutenant, and that no other communications were to take place. If it should transpire that private representation had been made and acted upon, he should be fully warranted in taking notice of the proceeding.
Mr. Stanleyregretted that he could not consent to the Motion, for if there were any communication confidential, it was that in which Government acted as to the disposition of troops. This power had always been acted upon by Government. He might, however, say this much, that in the county of Kildare great excitement prevailed, and apprehensions had been entertained that the peace of the country would be violated before the troops were sent into that county. He was inclined to pay the greatest attention to any representation from the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Kildare, but still he thought it was too much to call for the reasons which induced the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to send a body of troops into any part of that country. For these reasons he objected to the Motion.
§ Motion withdrawn.