§ MR. MELDONasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, If he has received a communication from the Lord Mayor of Dublin with reference to the closing of public houses on Sunday; and, if so, whether there is any objection to lay a copy of such letter upon the Table of the House, and to have same printed and circulated before the Debate on the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday (Ireland) Bill is resumed?
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, in reply, said, that he had received a letter from the Lord Mayor of Dublin embodying the sentiments expressed at a meeting over which he presided as chairman in that city in favour of closing public-houses on Sundays in Ireland. Of course, the Government would consider and take its own course on the question, and while he had no objection to lay this letter on the Table, he doubted whether it would serve any useful purpose to do so.