§ COLONEL KING-HARMANasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is true that the County Inspector, District Inspector, head constable, acting constable, and all the men, except two, of the Royal Constabulary stationed at Tullamore are not Roman Catholics; and, whether any Protestant has ever made any complaint as to the preponderance of Roman Catholics, being good and loyal men, in any Constabulary district or station?
§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNORMay I ask if there is not a vast majority of Catholics in Tullamore?
§ MR. TREVELYANThere is certainly a very large majority of Catholics in Tullamore. The Inspector General informs me that the County Inspector and District Inspector at Tullamore are Protestants, and the head constable is a Roman Catholic. Of the other members of the Force at Tullamore seven are Protestants and 17 Roman Catholics. Complaints of the nature referred to in the second paragraph of the Question are very rare.