§ COLONEL KING-HARMANasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is true that, with regard to the Barbavilla murder, a levy for compensation for the family of Mrs. Smythe, the lady who was assassinated, has been made upon her brother-in-law, who was in the same carriage at the moment that the murder took place, and who, it is well known, was the person whose destruction was intended; and, whether any other relative of the deceased lady has been levied upon for compensation?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, the district upon which the investigator in this case recommended that the compensation should be levied is comprised of the baronies of Fore and Delvin, in the county of Westmeath, and the Lord Lieutenant has been advised that where a district, such as a parish or barony, is to be charged, there is not any power under the Prevention of Crime Act to exempt any particular individual. The hon. and gallant Member's Question appears without Notice, and I have not had time to ascertain what relatives of the deceased lady live in the district. I believe there is no doubt that her brother-in-law does.