§ MR. HEALYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 840 Whether his attention has been directed to the Correspondence in the "Freeman's Journal" between Mr. Clifford Lloyd, R.M. and the Rev. H. M'Kee, P.P., the Rev. W. P. Kearney, C.C., and others, as to the alleged threat made by Mr. Lloyd to cause the police to fire on the people at Drogheda on New Year's Day; and, whether the Government will grant a sworn investigation into the matter?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTER, in reply, said, he had seen the correspondence in question, and did not consider the case one in which it was the duty of the Government to order an investigation to take place.