§ MR. CALLANasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Whether his attention has been called to the eminently satisfactory condition of the county of Louth, borough of Dundalk, and the county of the town of Drogheda, both as regards offences against the person and property, as evidenced by the calendar of prisoners, the constabulary returns of crime, and the charges of the Going Judges of Assize during the present month; and, whether he is prepared to revoke the Proclamation placing these boroughs and counties under the provisions of the Peace Preservation Acts?
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, in reply, said, it was very possible that the places mentioned by the hon. Member were, as he had stated, in an eminently satisfactory condition as regarded ordinary offences against the person and property; but there were other matters which had to be considered before the proclamation of the districts in question could be revoked, and he was not at present prepared to comply with that request.