§ SIR GEORGE BOWYERsaid, he wished to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Whether his attention has been called to the state of the county Louth with reference to the fact that it is still under Proclamation; and whether Government will remove the Proclamation; if not, whether he will lay upon the table the correspondence between the Irish Government and the Lord Lieutenant of the county on the subject?
§ SIR ROBERT PEELsaid, the attention of the Government had been called to the state of Louth, and he had received a letter from the Lord Lieutenant that morning, stating that at the next meeting of the Council the subject would be considered, with a view to the removal of the Proclamation. The reason why it had been delayed was in consequence of the state of outrage and crime that unhappily prevailed in various districts in Ireland, and it was thought better, under these circumstances, to postpone the measure for a short period.
§ SIR GEORGE BOWYERsaid, he would beg to ask, whether there would be any objection to the production of the correspondence.
§ SIR ROBERT PEELreplied that the only correspondence that there was upon the subject was the letter which he (Sir Robert Peel) had written calling the attention of the Lord Lieutenant to the subject, and the representations that had been received from the Magistrates.