§ LORD ARTHUR HILLasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether his attention has been drawn to a proclamation issued at Downpatrick, county Down, and dated 11th July 1881, prohibiting the erection "of any arch of whatever description across any street, lane, or road within the boundary of said borough;" whether such proclamation was issued consequent upon sworn information to the effect that a breach of the peace would probably ensue if such arch were erected; and, whether he will cause to be laid upon the Table of the House all Correspondence bearing upon the subject?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTER, in reply, said, he found that the magistrates of Downpatrick, acting on sworn informations, issued a proclamation on the 11th of July prohibiting the erection of arches of any description within the boundary of the town. The noble Lord was doubtless aware that the erection of arches in Downpatrick on the 15th of August last gave rise to rioting. He did not know that there was any Correspondence to produce.