§ MR. WARTON (for Colonel KING-HARMAN)asked Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, Whether it is true, as stated in United Ireland, that the payment of the special rate struck for compensation to Mr. Field, under the Crimes Act (Ireland), was refused by the proprietors of that paper, and by the proprietors of The Nation newspaper; and, if this be true, what steps the Irish Government have taken, or intend to take, in the matter?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. WALKER)said, that there were some arrears uncollected in that case, including certain sums due from the persons named in the Question. Steps would be taken to collect those arrears.