§ MR. P. M'DONALD (Sligo, N.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether there is any Report in the Department of the Dublin Metropolitan Police regarding the arrest for drunkenness of a youth opposite the Chatham Street Police Station on the evening of the 2nd instant; whether, in such Report, it is stated that the youth, instead of being brought into Chatham Street Police Station, was dragged bleeding all the way through Grafton to College Street Station, and, owing to his resistance, was savagely batoned, and had his arms twisted; and, whether he will cause an inquiry to be made into the conduct of the police in this case?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.), in reply, said, the Government would not grant the inquiry sought for, as no unnecessary force was used in the arrest of the prisoner, who resisted violently.