§ MR. LEWISasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether his attention has been called to a speech, reported in the morning journals of the 8th instant to have been made in Dublin on the 7th, by Mr. W. O'Brien, M.P., in which he is reported to have said (inter alia):—
He could not read with patience all the fuss which was being made about the visit of the Prince of Wales to Ireland. They would never have parley with these English rulers until they had driven them and beaten them out of the Country;whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to take any notice of this appeal to physical force against the English Government on the part of a recognised leader of the so-called Nationalist party in Ireland and a Member of this House; and, whether, in view of repeated similar appeals being made to the Irish people, the Government will forthwith announce its decision as to the 1453 renewal of the Crimes Act in the present Session?
§ MR. CAMPBELL - BANNERMANI have seen the speech referred to, and other similar speeches on the same subject. The Government would very promptly deal with anything like a serious appeal to physical force; but the particular passage quoted by the hon. Gentleman reads to me more like an expression of impatience or disappointment than a call to arms. I do not see that there is any connection between the subject of the Royal visit and the question of renewing the Crimes Act, as to which I have nothing to add to the answers already given.
§ MR. HEALYAs to this appeal to physical force, I would ask the right hon. Gentleman whether his attention has been called to a speech made by the noble Lord the Member for Liverpool (Lord Claud Hamilton), in which he said that if the Government did not drive "the horde of ruffians, Members of the House," south of the Boyne, he would take the law into his own hands and do so?