§ MR. DANE (Fermanagh, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland upon whose information, and for what alleged offence, was the warrant recently issued for the arrest of Dr. Cochrane, F.R.C.S.I., of Longford, issued; will he explain why the warrant has not yet been executed; is he aware that the issue of the said warrant has been calculated seriously to injure Dr. Cochrane in the discharge of his professional duties: and will he direct either the immediate execution of the said warrant, or its prompt withdrawal?
MR. J. MORLEYThe police have no knowledge of the issue of a warrant against this gentleman. It is a fact, however, that a person named Byrne has been arrested, and bailed to the next Petty Sessions at Arva, on the 21st instant. He is charged with having broken into the house of a Mrs. Kavanagh, whose daughter is lying in a cataleptic state: and possibly this may have given rise to the rumour that a warrant had been issued against Dr. Cochrane, who' is in some way mixed up in the case.