§ MR. LABOUCHEREasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether his attention has been called to the speech of Mr. William Johnston, on July 12th, at Lambeg, in which he is reported to have said—
Rather than see Home Rule and a Parnellite Parliament, we would line with our rifles every ditch from the Boyne to Belfast, and dare them to come on;whether this Mr. Johnston is an Inspector of Fisheries; and, in this position, drawing a salary from the Government; and, whether, if so, it is intended to call upon him to abstain from using such language, on pain of a dismissal from the Public Service?
§ MR. TREVELYANMy attention has been called to the speech. I am quite clear that Mr. Johnston, who is an Inspector of Fisheries, and does receive a salary from the Government, ought not to have attended the demonstration. I have communicated with him on the subject, and have told him the view of the Government.