§ MR. CONYBEARE (Cornwall, Camborne)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is the fact, as sworn by Cullinane, the Crown witness in the Lisdoonvarna Moonlighting case, that he and others had been kept in the pay of the police, and housed and maintained in a certain house in or near the Ballyrough Road, Dublin; whether he can state the cost of maintaining such lodging house, and whether it is accounted for under any, and which head, of the Irish Votes; and, whether he will state the number of Crown witnesses who have been thus housed and maintained during the last three years; and whether any, and which, of them have been convicted of any, and what, offences?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)I have as yet received no Report in reference to this matter; and I am, therefore, unable to give an answer to the hon. Member.
§ MR. CONYBEAREsaid, if it would suit the convenience of the right hon. Gentleman, he should repeat the Question after Whitsuntide.