§ MR. SYNANasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether Richard Radcliffe, the caretaker 956 of Mr. Sheehy (Coroner) Shannon-grove, county Limerick, has been refused a licence to have a gun for the protection of Shannongrove House and Farm, although he (Radcliffe) produced a licence to carry arms in Kerry where he was recently a caretaker of Mr. Browne; whether the Resident Magistrate was, at the time of such refusal, aware that Mr. Sheehy's house was broken into at night in his absence; whether he can state how often the Resident Magistrate attended the District Sessions at Pallaskenry for the last six months; and, whether the said Resident Magistrate gave, at the same time, a licence to Patrick White, of Shannon-grove, and upon what recommendation; and, whether said Patrick White is only a fisherman, and is suspected of poaching, and has been summoned for shooting a valuable dog, the property of said Mr. Sheehy, on said farm?
§ MR. TREVELYANI am informed that Captain Hatchell, the Resident Magistrate of the district, has never been applied to for a licence for Richard Radcliffe. The Resident Magistrate has attended Pallaskenry Petty Session six times out of ten during the last six months. The case of Patrick White was not referred to in the hon. Member's Question as it originally stood. The additional paragraph was sent to Ireland for inquiry when it appeared on the Paper yesterday; and the reply has not yet been received.