§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNOR (for Mr. MAYNE)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is true that no crime or outrage has been committed in the townlands of Kilnaseer, Penayne, Mardyke, and Gorthrea, in Loughmore East, county Tipperary, since January 1882; whether the inhabitants of this district petitioned the Lord Lieutenant to revoke his proclamation imposing extra police on the district, with the result that the police were withdrawn soon afterwards; whether the amount levied subsequently of £57 17s. 2d. liquidates all charges for these extra police to the date of their removal; whether the police have, within the last few days, posted a proclamation levying another tax for extra police on this district; and, whether he will state why this new tax has been imposed on a district in which no crime or outrage has been committed for a period of sixteen months?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, no outrage occurred in the particular townlands named, which, however, form part of a district proclaimed in consequence of the murder of William Hickey in September last, in an adjoining townland. The Lord DLieutenant was petitioned to withdraw the extra police, and, in consequence of the representations made, and the improved state of the district, His Excellency suspended the proclamation, and the police were withdrawn on the 17th of March. The amount 576 levied includes all charges up to that date. The hon. Member (Mr. Arthur O'Connor) has been misinformed as to any fresh proclamation imposing a further tax having been posted up or issued.