MR. O'BRIENasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is the fact that on the night of Sunday the 10th inst. District Inspector Connaghton and a party of armed policemen entered the house of an evicted tenant named William Godsell, near Boherbee, county Cork, while the family were in bed; whether it is true that two of the constables, one of them with a lighted candle in his hand, was stationed in the bedroom where Godsell's wife lay, and remained there while the house was being searched, refusing the 82 woman's request to them to withdraw while she should dress herself; what was the object of the search, and what was the result; and, whether any notice will be taken of the conduct of the police in the matter.
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, Godsell's house was searched at about 10 o'clock P.M. on the 10th instant. Two men were stationed just inside the door of the bedroom in order to prevent anything from being removed while the search was going on. The bed had a wooden canopy, and the occupants were not visible. It is not the case that Mrs. Godsell requested them to withdraw, or that any complaint was made. The search, which was fruitless, was made in the belief that evidence might be found which would lead to the detection of the writer of threatening notices which have lately been posted in the vicinity. The police acted within their powers.