§ MR. SEXTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is true that seven persons, namely, Messieurs Crotty, O'Brien, Clune, Scanlan, Hogan, and Marogire, of Scariff, county Clare, and John Gregg, of Tulla, in the same county, were arrested under the Coercion Act on the 17th ultimo, and confined in the lock-up, or "black-hole," of the Police Barrack at Tulla from about 11 a.m. on the 17th ultimo, till about 3 p.m. on the following day; whether, during the time referred to, none of the seven men were permitted to leave the "black-hole" for any purpose whatever; and, whether this "black-hole" is a place that measures eight feet by seven?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTER, in reply, said, these men were not arrested under the Protection Act. They were arrested on a charge of treason-felony. They were brought to Tulla on the 17th ultimo, and were committed on the 18th. In the meantime, they were detained in the Tulla police barracks. He was sorry 477 to say that the room in which they were kept was a small one; but there was no probability of obtaining cars on the same day to remove them, the police having been "Boycotted" by the car-owners. They were removed to Ennis the next day on cars brought out from that town. During the time they were in the barracks at Tulla they were allowed to see their friends, and relieved of as much restraint as was consistent with their safe custody.