§ MR. BIGGARasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the Inspector General of the Royal Irish Constabulary has not been made aware that when Head Constable Vauston was, a few months ago, removed from Newtownbarry to Rosbercon, he unlawfully took and carried away from the barracks a valuable press, which was the property of Mr. Hall Dare, a minor, the landlord of the barracks, and which had been placed in them for the use of the men; and, whether it is intended to take any steps to have Vauston punished for this misappropriation?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANThe Inspector General informs me that Head Constable Vauston did, when transferred from Newtownbarry, remove with his furniture an old press. When called upon to return it, he was unable to do so, as it had fallen to pieces on the journey. But he at once, about a month ago, ordered a new one to be supplied in its place; and he explained to the satisfaction of the Inspector General the mistake under which the old one had been removed. The Head Constable is a man of nearly 23 years' service, and during that period no report had ever been made against him.