§ MR. J. O'CONNOR (for Dr .TANNER)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether two constables, named Donnelly and O'Donnell, are to be proceeded against for assaulting and dangerously wounding Messrs. Cornelius Costelloe and Thomas Costelloe at Croagh, near Rathkeale, on the 11th instant; whether it has been reported to him that on the occasion in question the constables having in charge a man named Gloster, who was drunk and resisting arrest, on Cornelius Costelloe advising him to go quietly, Constable Donnelly turned and struck him with a stick, knocking him down; on Thomas Costelloe coming up he was assaulted by Constable M'Donnell, who drew his sword and gave him two strokes on the head; and that the constable, seeing what he had done, tore off his cape and threw it with his sword on the ground near Costelloe, and ran away, followed by Donnelly, who let his prisoner go; whether Dr. John attended the men assaulted, and informed the police that the lives of these men were in danger from the wounds inflicted; whether either of the policemen have been, or will be, arrested and proceeded against; and what steps will be taken to punish them for the alleged outrage?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI have not yet received the information that would enable me to answer the question.