§ MR. SEXTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with reference to a new election ordered for the electoral division of Athenry, in the union of Loughrea, Whether Mr. E. W. Lambert, of Castle Ellen, a landlord residing in the electoral division, did on the 26th ult. visit the house of a voter named Kennedy, in the townland of Park, during Kennedy's absence, and said to his wife, "I want you to vote for O'Connor. Don't you know I can often injure you if I like;" whether the same Mr. Lambert on the following day, in the town of Athenry, said to a voter named Healy, "if you don't vote for O'Connor you will be sorry," the said voter being a tenant on his own or his father's property; whether Mr. Lambert has been for some time and is at present under police protection; and, whether he canvassed the tenants in several townlands without any police protection; and, if so, whether it will be now withdrawn?
§ MR. TREVELYANI am informed that Mr. P. W. Lambert, described in the Question as a landlord residing in 223 the electoral division of Athenry, is not a landlord, and does not reside in that division; and, furthermore, that he did not use the words alleged, or any words resembling them, either to Mrs. Kennedy or to Mr. Healy. Mr. Lambert is not at present under police protection. He is, on rare occasions, given protection, when it is considered necessary. He did not ask for, or receive, protection when canvassing votes, or while the Poor Law elections were proceeding.