§ MR. JOHN KELLY, Camberwell, N.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether there has lately been any real crime in that part of the county of Donegal in which Mr. Olphert's estate is situate, except such as has been the result of the adoption of the Plan of Campaign on that gentleman's estate? And whether any complaints have reached him that disturbances have been created at Falcarragh by Members of the Royal Irish Constabulary Force and soldiers of the Rifle Brigade rolling and rioting through through the streets there, or that the police there have been guilty of assaults upon women and children.
MR. MAC NEILLasked whether the first paragraph was in order considering that it related to a mere matter of opinion and not of fact.
§ *MR. SPEAKERI do not observe that there is any irregularity in the question.
§ MR. MADDENSo far as I am aware, there has been no real crime in the district of the county Donegal in which Mr. Olphert's estate is situate except such as has been the result of the adoption of the Plan of Campaign. No complaints have reached the authorities of disturbances having been created by the constabulary or by the military, or of the police having assaulted women or children there; and I do not believe that there is any ground for such a suggestion.
§ MR. MADDENI have no specific information on the point.