§ MR. JUSTIN M'CARTHYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether within the past few weeks in Londonderry, at the eviction by the Irish Society of a tenant named Davis, the latter, in the presence of a member of the Constabulary force then on duty, and of a number of the 139 citizens then assembled, charged an official of the Irish Society who was present with complicity in the outrage which took place on 17th March 1879, namely, the throwing through a glass roof into a crowded room an infernal machine which exploded, injuring seriously ono girl, and less seriously several other persons; if he will state what stops, if any, the police have taken in reference to this accusation; whether any one has been arrested; and, whether inquiry under the Prevention of Crime Act, or otherwise, has been entered upon by the authorities; and, if not, whether, in consideration of the local excitement occasioned, an investigation will be directed?
§ MR. TREVELYANI am imformed that while a man named John Davis was being evicted from a house in Londonderry, the property of the Irish Society, he said to a man present, clerk to the Society's agent, that he was "the cause of the affair at Davis's Rooms and ought to be transported." When making those statements he was drunk and very much excited. On the following day he was visited by the police and questioned, when he stated that he had no recollection of what he had said, that lie was sorry for it, and was ready to go before a magistrate and swear that he knew nothing whatever of the affair. An exhaustive inquiry was held shortly after the outrage occurred. Every witness who could throw light on the circumstances was examined; and it is not considered that any good would result from holding a further inquiry now.