§ COLONEL O'BEIRNEasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is a fact that, on the night of the 6th or morning of the 7th inst. cattle to the value of £168 were lifted off a farm, the property of a Mrs. Lawder, of Lawderdale, parish of Fenagh, County Leitrim; whether the theft has been reported by the County Inspector to the Inspector General of Constabulary and the head of the Detective Department; and, what steps, if any, have been taken, by the authorities to discover the thief or the cattle?
§ MR. TREVELYANThe facts are correctly stated in the Question of the hon. and gallant Member. The theft was reported by the County Inspector to the Inspector General. Two of the animals stolen were recovered by the Constabulary, and exceedingly active steps have been taken, hitherto without success, to trace the remainder. I am quite 704 satisfied that everything has been done that could have been done to discover the thief and the cattle.