§ MR. SEXTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he is aware that four constables of the Royal Irish Constabulary have been, for a considerable period, and are at the present time kept in continual attendance on one John Carr, a 1340 member of the Orange Society, and an employe of Colonel Cooper, Lieutenant of the County Sligo; whether the said John Carr is the same person who was tried at last Spring Assizes in Sligo on a charge of shooting a young man named Kelly, a Catholic, and who admitted on his trial that he had fired the shot which wounded Kelly; and, why, and at whose instance, this person has been attended by a suite of armed constables, and how long the Government propose to continue to employ this detachment of Constabulary in this duty; and, also, if he can give any information as to when the extra police force will be removed from districts in Sligo?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTER,in reply, said, that the extra police force in the district of Sligo would be removed when that could be done consistently with the safety of the district. He had sent to Ireland for information with regard to the case of Carr; but it had not yet been supplied. All he could say was that he would take care that no person would receive what was called personal protection unless his life was considered in danger. If it was in danger, whoever he might be, he ought to have that protection. He would inquire into the matter; and neither in this case nor in any other should any extra Constabulary be kept longer than was necessary.