§ MR. PARNELLI wish to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is a fact that it has been decided not to ask for extra police in Belfast on the 12th of July; also if his attention has been called to the statement in yesterday's "Observer," that the Orangemen had received special orders on this occasion to march through the most Catholic quarters of Belfast; and, whether, in view of this and of addresses and circulars to the Orangemen, he will tell the House that special steps have been taken to preserve life and order in the North of Ireland?
§ MR. TREVELYANcould only say that he was in constant correspondence on the subject of the approaching celebration, and he had reason to believe that the local authorities were quite alive to the necessity of taking measures to preserve order.
§ MR. PARNELLIs it true that no extra police have been sent, and would not this be the first occasion on which extra police had not been sent?
§ MR. TREVELYANI will answer the hon. Gentleman to-morrow; but I am quite sure there is nothing unusual in the action of the authorities.