§ MR. SHEIL (Meath, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the emergency man who resides in the house of Miss N. Kieran, of Teggatt House, Navan, has more than once locked that lady within doors, and refused her egress to attend mass; that this man so acted under the written instructions of William Rochfort, who is agent to Lord Howth; and whether he will take any stops to prevent any further interference with Miss Kieran when she wants to leave her house to attend divine service?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe report I received in connection with a former question concerning the woman mentioned represented that she had no legal claim to continue in the house, but was temporarily allowed to remain by the landlord merely as an act of grace in consequence of the illness of her sister. I am not aware whether the particular acts referred to took place, but even if they did they are not such as the Executive Government would have any title to interfere in.