MR. O'CONNOR POWERasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If his attention has been called to the manner in which the coroner's juries, in the case of the boy Melody at Ballina, were empannelled; if he can state what compensation the Government has given to the family of Melody, and the families of those who were wounded in the recent affray; and, whether ho can now give the House an assurance that the services of Sub-Inspector Ball, under whose orders the occurrence took place, have been entirely dispensed with?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, the Attorney General has not yet received the depositions in this case. He has telegraphed to the Sessional Crown Solicitor to know the cause of the delay.
MR. O'CONNOR POWERThe right hon. Gentleman has not answered that portion of my Question which relates to compensation to the family of the boy Melody.
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TOR IRELAND (Mr. W. M. JOHNSON)Sir, I am advising the Government on this matter, and I have asked them not to come to a final decision until I have had an opportunity of looking into the matter. We had expected before this to have had intelligence on the subject.