§ MR. T. P. O'CONNORasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant 1733 of Ireland, If his attention has been called to the dismissal by the magistrates of Galway, and the withdrawal by the police, of the case of Patrick Delaney against Terence Grealish; whether Grealish attacked Delaney, while engaged in a struggle with Grealish's father, with the sharp edge of a hatchet; whether Delaney's life was pronounced by Dr. Rice to be for some time in danger, and whether Grealish was in consequence detained for some time in custody; and, if the Crown will order an investigation and renewed action by the police in a case of this gravity?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, my attention has been called to this matter. The circumstances mentioned appear to have been part of the case laid before the magistrates, who, I presume, disposed of it according to their view of the evidence. My right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney General for Ireland informs me that there is no objection to the information being examined by the Law Officers, which, I believe will be done.