§ MR. COLLINSasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Whether his attention has been called to alleged depredations by French fishermen engaged in the mackerel fishery at Kinsale, who are accused of picking up and appropriating nets which do not belong to them; and, whether, for the protection of the large amount of property employed in the Kinsale fishery, he will apply to the 1285 Admiralty for a Gunboat and Revenue Cruiser to be stationed at Kinsale during the months from March to June inclusive, with orders to prevent the continuance of such unlawful proceedings?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. GIBSON)Sir, one of Her Majesty's cruisers was ordered to Kinsale at the beginning of March, and it has been in the neighbourhood since the 23rd ultimo.