§ MR. DEASYasked Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, By whose orders proceedings were instituted against certain publicans in Skibbereen, county Cork, by the police, for having displayed flags from their windows on the occasion of the recent visit of the Baroness Burdett Coutts to that town; whether he authorised such conduct on the part of the constabulary; if not, whether any notice will be taken of it; and, 665 what steps will be taken to prevent its recurrence?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. WALKER), in reply, said, he had been informed that no proceedings were taken against certain publicans in Skibbereen for displaying flags from their windows. The District Inspector, on his own responsibility—and he thought inadvisedly—prosecuted some persons for lighting tar-barrels. The cases were dismissed. The District Inspector had been reproved for his action.