HC Deb 05 June 1884 vol 288 c1532
MR. BIGGAR

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If the attention of the Irish Government has been called to a report in The Clare Independent of May 24th, 1884, of certain occurrences at the meeting of the Kilrush Board of Guardians of the previous Saturday; if it is correctly reported that Mr. Benjamin Cox, J.P., Chairman, had an altercation with Mr. John S. O'Donnell, and ultimately assaulted him; and, if the subject has been brought to the notice of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland?

MR. TREVELYAN

I am informed that the newspaper account referred to exaggerates the circumstances considerably. An altercation occurred between those two gentlemen, in which probably the fault was not all on one side. No assault was committed, nor is there anything calling for the notice of the Lord Chancellor.