§ COLONEL FRENCHsaid, he wished to put a question to his right hon. Friend the Secretary for Ireland. It was stated in The Times of that day that a Mr. Dunne had been murdered at Tullamore, the county town of King's County, where there was a stipendiary magistrate, an inspector of police, and strong constabulary force; that he was fired at about ten o'clock at night, and that, notwithstanding the large force of Government officials there, they had no knowledge of the outrage until the morning after its commission. He wished to ask his right hon. Friend if he knew whether that statement was correct; and, if he did not know, whether he would direct inquiry to be made into the matter?
§ MR. CARDWELLI am happy to be able to inform my hon. Friend that the person who was fired at is still living; that he has identified the person who fired the shot, and that that person has been arrested and committed for trial.