HC Deb 08 March 1867 vol 185 c1550
MAJOR STUART KNOX

said, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether he has received any intelligence respecting the Fenian disturbances in Ireland that day?

MR. WALPOLE

Sir, the only telegram I have received from Ireland to-day is the following:— No important event reported except at Kilteely, eight miles from Limerick Junction, where a number of men have assembled. Troops are gone to the place. Farmhouses robbed of arms in the neighbourhood of Abbeyfeale. The neighbourhood of Dublin, including Drogheda, tranquil.

MAJOR STUART KNOX

Can you state the hour at which the telegram was despatched?

MR. WALPOLE

The hour is not stated.

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