§ MR. DEASYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If it is a fact that the Head Constable threatened Mrs. Kearney, proprietoress of the Hotel Ballydehob, county Cork, on 19th ult., that he would oppose the renewal of her licence at the approaching licensing sessions if she continued to permit meetings of the National League to be held in an out-house on her premises; whether he approves of such interference by the police; and, whether he will take steps to prevent its repetition?
§ MR. TREVELYANI am informed that the head constable did, in accordance with what he thought was his duty, warn Mrs. Kearney as mentioned in the Question. Unless there is something in the case which I have not been informed of, I think that, in doing so, he undoubtedly took a mistaken view of his duty, and I shall communicate this expression of my opinion to the Head of the Constabulary.