§ MR. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that at Wilbrook, County Clare, on the 24th of June last, 15 cows and a horse, the property of Mr. O'Dea, of Kilfenora, were mutilated; and whether the police have made any Report on this outrage, and if they assign any motive for it?
THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. J. MORLEY, Newcastle-upon-Tyne)It is true that the hair was cut off the tails of 15 cows and a horse on the date mentioned; but they were not otherwise injured in any way. The animals were grazing at the time of the occurrence on a farm about which there has been a dispute, and the matter was promptly reported by the police.