§ MR. MACARTNEY (Antrim, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Constabulary have any information as to the persons who, either on Saturday night or Sunday morning last, pulled down and carried off a Union Jack hoisted at Anngart, Castleblayney; is he aware that the flag was afterwards found in a Roman Catholic quarter in Castleblayney; and, whether any steps will be taken to discover and prosecute the guilty persons?
MR. J. MORLEYThe police are doing their best to trace the persons who were concerned in this matter, the facts 1697 of which are correctly stated in the question. At present there is not sufficient evidence on which to take proceedings.