§ MR. THOMAS HEALY (Wexford, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that, within the past week, an ex-policeman, named Forsythe, and a man, named Tuohy, entered the Police Barracks at Murrintown, in the County of Wexford, for the purpose of obtaining the signatures of the police to a Petition against the Home Rule Bill; and whether steps will be taken to prevent servants of the Crown being subjected to visits and canvassing of this nature?
MR. J. MORLEYI am informed that the police at Murrintown were not asked to sign, nor did they sign, any Petition against the Bill. The two individuals referred to were looking for signatures to the Petition in the vicinity of the barrack, and this apparently has given rise to the unfounded report so far as the police are concerned.