§ MR. HEALYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether his attention has been called to a statement in the "Belfast Morning News" of June 9th, to the effect that the police at Castleblayney have for some days past been perpetually watching a local contractor; that a constable remains at his side during his working hours, and afterwards hovers about his residence; and, if he can state the object of this surveillance, and by whom and for what object it has been directed?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, it is quite true that the police have been carefully watching the person referred to; but I must decline in the public interest to say upon what grounds they are doing so.