§ MR. SPEAKERacquainted the House that he had received the following letter relating to the arrest of Dr. Tanner, a Member of this House:—
March 2nd, 1889.Sir,I have the honour to acquaint you that I have received a communication from the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis, informing me that Dr. Charles K. D. Tanner, a Member of the House of Commons, was arrested at an early hour this morning, within the Metropolitan Police District, under a Warrant granted by H. F. Considine, Esq., a Justice of the Peace for the County of Tipperary, for offences therein specified against the provisions of "The Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887," and duly backed by me on February 20th last, for the purpose of being executed within my jurisdiction.I have the honour to be, Sir,Your obedient Servant,J. VAUGHAN.A Metropolitan Police Magistrate.The Right Hon. the Speaker,House of Commons.