§ MR. W. J. CORBETasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is a fact that an extra police force has recently been quartered in Shillelagh, county Wick-low; whether the county is not, as usual, in a perfectly orderly and peaceful state; whether, on or about the 19th of January last, a car load of police proceeded from Shillelagh to Knocklow, where a fox hunt took place; whether they went to protect the gentlemen engaged in the sport; and whether the barony of Shillelagh is to be taxed for these extra police?
§ MR. TREVELYANI am informed that the police force at Shillelagh has been strengthened by two men, as the duties of the station required it. The county, I am happy to say, is in a peaceable state. It is the case that four 1017 policemen recently went to the scene of a foxhunt at Knocklow. Notices against foxhunting have been posted in the neighbourhood, and it was feared that some breach of the peace might occur. The barony of Shillelagh is not to be taxed on account of the two extra police referred to.
MR. O'BRIENasked whether the Government intended to prevent fox-hunters trespassing upon other people's lands?
§ MR. HARRINGTONgave Notice that he should ask, on Monday, whether the expense of the extra police who attended Earl Spencer recently at the hunt in Meath would be charged to the county?
§ MR. PARNELLasked, whether the County Wicklow had not been more free than any other county from agrarian offences during the last two years; and, whether it did not still maintain its reputation in that respect?
§ MR. TREVELYANreplied, that, generally speaking, the county had been very free from offences, except one barony.
§ MR. PARNELL, to prevent misapprehension, asked, whether that was not a different barony from Shillelagh?
§ MR. TREVELYANwas understood to say that it was a barony in which there had been a good deal of "Boycotting."