§ MR. SEXTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he is aware that a printed Circular is now being circulated in Ireland, containing a copy of a Letter addressed, under date the 6th of May, by Mr. Thomas K. Austin, of Dublin, to Mr. Theobald, Secretary to the West Cork Railway Company, in which Letter Mr. Austin, referring to the murder of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, makes use of the following language:—
This last murder will have a good effect; the best thing which happened for several years. It will wake up the people of England, who cared little for our lives or property so long as it was not brought homo to themselves. Loyal men were put aside, and communists and murderers pandered to;and, whether this Mr. Austin is in the commission of the peace; and, if so, whether the Lord Chancellor of Ireland will issue a writ of supersedeas to him?
§ MR. TREVELYANI have been unable to obtain any information about the alleged Circular. There is a Mr. Thomas K. Austin in the Commission of the Peace; but even assuming the Circular to have been issued, the Lord Chancellor informs me that he sees nothing suggested in the Question that would call for any action on his part.