§ VISCOUNT GALWAYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the accounts in both English and Irish newspapers are correct as to the armed opposition to the Civil and Military Forces of the Crown in the execution of legal decrees at New Pallas, in the county of Limerick; and, if so, whether he will inform the House what steps Her Majesty's Government have taken to assort the supremacy of the Law; and, whether it is his intention to permit the present open defiance of authority to continue, without taking more stringent measures for its suppression?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTERSir, with regard to the Question, I may say I believe there has been a great deal of exaggeration in the accounts which have been given in the papers of the state of the County Limerick, although the state of things in the part of Limerick referred to in the Question is, no doubt, serious. As regards the stops which are being taken, perhaps the noble Lord will he good enough to wait until the discussion takes place this evening, when I shall have a statement to make on this and one or two other matters. As regards the attack on the castle, I am informed by telegram there are no persons assembled in it now for any illegal purpose, nor have there been since Saturday.