§ MR. FLYNN (Cork, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, if he can state what grounds Sergeant Kelly had for the belief that a meeting of the Fermoy branch of the Irish National League was about being held on the occasion when he (with several other policemen) intruded on the premises of the Fermoy Young Ireland Society, and remained there despite the protests of the officers and members of that Society; and, whether this action on the part of Sergeant Kelly was in accordance with the instructions issued to the Constabulary?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURIt would be manifestly inconvenient and likely to defeat the ends of justice, to state the ground or the sort of information on which the police act in taking steps in 142 cases where a breach of the law is anticipated. It is the duty of the police to take all such lawful steps as the circumstances of each case may require.