§ MR. TOTTENHAMasked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, Whether the circular communication, made under the direction of the Lord Lieutenant on the 6th instant by the Inspector General to the men of the Royal Irish Constabulary, and which has been read to the House, was supplemented by any simultaneous, prior, or subsequent intimation, either directly to the men, or privately through their officers, calculated to lead them to believe that the Government was willing to inquire into their claims on the cessation of the movement which had commenced?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. W. M. JOHNSON)Sir, the information which has been furnished to me is as follows:—The Circular which has been read to the House was not at any time supplemented by any such intimation as is suggested in the Question prior to the date upon which His Excellency was informed that the agitation had ceased.