§ DR. FOX(for Mr. P. J. O'BRIEN) (Tipperary, N.) (King's Co., Tullamore)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether any Report has been received with reference to the sergeant in charge of the police station at Pike, County of Tipperary, having been drunk on the evening of the 30th June last when absent on duty at Lorrha Petty Sessions; and, if not, will he cause inquiry to be made into the fact?
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY (Colonel KING-HARMAN) (Kent, Isle of Thanet)(who replied) said, this Question had been repeatedly asked, and he had inquiries instituted. He had received a Report from the District Inspector, from which it appeared that the sergeant, who was a most zealous and efficient officer, had earned the hostility of the local branch of the National League. The District Inspector was himself present at the Petty Sessions, and said there was no ground for the allegation contained in the Question.
§ MR. SPEAKEROrder, order !