§ MR. T. P. O'CONNORasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If his attention has been called to the assault and arrest of Mr. Thomas Cunningham and Mr. John Sweeny by the Police, at Loughrea, on last Thursday; whether two sub-constables, one partly and the other wholly under the influence of drink, on that night rushed up to three farmers and a woman, as they were getting on a car to go home, and declare that they constituted an illegal meeting; whether Messrs. Cunningham and Sweeny were Bet upon by the two sub-constables because they remonstrated with this abuse of power; and, whether, in the interest of the peace of Loughrea and its neighbourhood, he will order the punishment or removal of these two policemen?
§ MR. TREVELYAN, in reply, said, that the matter referred to was to be investigated by the magistrates at Loughrea to-day, and he had not yet learnt the result of the proceedings.