§ MR. SEXTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, How it happened that Mr. Arthur Hamill, Q.C., County Court Judge, was allowed, on the 20th ultimo, to seize certain cattle and other stock of his tenant, Mr. Patrick Bellow, at, Tally, near Mullaveir, County Louth, drive them a distance of about ten miles, and soil them by public auction on a fair day in the town of Dundalk, although the movement and sale of cattle in that district was forbidden by proclamation; and, whether Mr. Patrick Bellew, or any other tenant, farmer, who had driven in his cattle to Dundalk upon that day, and proceeded to offer them for public sale, in order to pay his rent or meet any other liability, would, by so doing, have incurred prosecution and penalty?
§ MR. TREVELYAN,in reply, said, that the cattle referred to were seized and sold at Dundalk. No licence was given by the Lord Lieutenant for the sale. The matter was not reported to the Government, and they heard nothing of it until inquiries were made regarding the hon. Member's Question. The Sheriff had been asked for an explanation. Any person disposing of cattle by sale in Dundalk on that day laid himself open to prosecution.