MR. PATRICK O'BRIENI beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether his attention has been called to the fact that a fight took place in Londonderry Barracks on the 23rd inst., between the Derry Artillery Militia and the Lancashire Regiment, and that twenty of the former were injured, six of them seriously; and whether he can give the total number of men injured on both sides, and the cause of the quarrel?
§ *MR. BRODRICKThe General Officer commanding the Belfast District has reported that the accounts of the disturbance have been grossly exaggerated. The disturbance lasted for about ten minutes; the injuries were slight, and no man is in hospital. The regiment marched out yesterday in good order. A Court of Inquiry has been held, but the report of the proceedings is not yet to hand.
MR. P. O'BRIENIs the hon. Gentleman aware that seventy people have been arrested; and does that bear out his answer that the injuries are of a slight character?
§ *MR. BRODRICKIt is not according to the information we have received.
§ *MR. BRODRICKI am afraid I cannot.
§ MR. SPEAKEROrder, order!