§ MR. TOTTENHAMasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he will state to the House the reasons which have induced the Lord Lieutenant to permit the erection of a Land League hut, near Collins-town, Westmeath, on the boundary of Mr. Barlow Smythe's property, for the family of Richard Biggs, who was arrested immediately after the murder of Mrs. Smythe, and has since been detained in prison as a suspect; and, whether he will inform the House what arrangements have been made to pre- 268 vent intimidation arising from the erection of such hut?
§ MR. TREVELYANThe hut in question has been erected for the family of Richard Biggs, who is now detained under the Protection of Person and Property Act. It is two miles from the farm from which Biggs had been evicted. The Resident Magistrate was directed to make such arrangements as would prevent any intimidation resulting from its erection. The Sub-Inspector of the district reports that there is no danger of intimidation at present, and there is a police protection hut on the evicted farm.