§ MR. DE COBAINI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if his attention has been drawn to the outrage alleged to be perpetrated by the Belfast section of the meeting of the supporters of the hon. Member for Cork (Mr. Parnell) at Newry on his return journey, in the discharge of two shots out of the railway carriage by which they travelled, inflicting injury on two or more persons in the vicinity of the train; whether he has heard as to whether the injuries are likely to prove fatal, and if he can state to what Political Party the injured persons belong; and whether the Constabulary have obtained any trace of the perpetrators of the outrage?
§ MR. MADDENTwo men were wounded by shots fired on the occasion mentioned. According to the latest information both men are progrsssing favourably. A man has been arrested on the charge of firing a revolver, and is detained in custody.