§ MR. HEALYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether four policemen from Kilkishen and Cullane, county Clare, visited Tulla on the 24th October, and, having got drunk on their way back, assaulted a man named John Howard and his mother, as well as a man named O'Dea; whether one of them struck Mrs. Howard with the stock of his rifle; whether O'Dea narrowly escaped a bayonet thrust; whether Howard went immediately to the police barrack at Tulla to report the outrage; whether he was told there he should make information of his assailants; whether he then called upon the deputy clerk of petty sessions to have informations made, and was informed by him that he would get no satisfaction, and that he had better go home and let the matter drop, or that he would receive annoyance from the police; and, what notice the Government have taken of the matter?
§ MR. TREVELYANI have obtained a Report on this case; but I do not consider it a satisfactory Report, and I have directed further inquiry to be made.