§ DR. TANNER (Cork Co., Mid), who had the following Question on the Paper:—To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If it is true that, at the Millstreet Petty Sessions, held on Monday, the 23rd of August, two boys named John Kiely and Cornelius Coweniham, were charged and convicted with having wilfully and maliciously broken the windows of the Protestant Church at Liscahane, near Millstreet; at what o'clock was the outrage said to have been committed; whether the fathers of the above-mentioned youths are labourers in the employment of Jeremiah Hegarty; whether Jeremiah Hegarty is the local agent and factotum of the Landlord Defence Association and the Irish Loyal Protestant Union; and, whether Her Majesty's Government purpose making any further investigations into the causation of the outrage, whether committed by the boys out of pure wantonness, or whether promoted by other parties? said, he wished to correct the last part of the Question by substituting for "other parties" the "Irish Loyal Defence Union."
§ THE ATTORNEY GENEEAL FOR IRELAND (MR. HOLMES) (Dublin University), in reply, said, the two boys referred to were charged and convicted in the manner stated in the Question of the hon. Member. The offence was committed at half-past 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the 15th of August. There was, as far as he could learn, no association in Ireland bearing the name 1730 mentioned in the Question. There was nothing that he knew of in the case to call for further investigation.