§ SIR WILLIAM BAGGEasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether his attention has been drawn to the deficiency of the Police Force in Merionethshire, and to the assaults to which they have been subjected by the miners in the districts of Abergynoldwyn and Festiniog?
MR. ASSHETON CROSSSir, my attention has been called to the fact of the assaults, and in consequence I communicated with the chief constable of the county, who informs me that more constables have been sent there to prevent the continuance of the disturbances.