§ MR. O'SHEAasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether Messrs. Crotty and Marsh are confined in Limerick Gaol on suspicion of having been concerned in an attack on a house near Tomgraney (Clare) on the 29th of May; and, if so, whether representations have reached him to the effect that Messrs. Crotty and Marsh assert that they can prove, by the evidence of policemen and others, that they were at a considerable distance from Tomgraney, on their way to Nenagh Fair with cattle, when the house in question was attacked?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTER, in reply, said, there seemed to be reasonable ground for the suspicion on which the arrests were made; the evidence that had been laid before him confirmed him in that view; and when the time came to reconsider the matter, if there were any further information the case should be inquired into.