§ MR. HAVELOCK WILSONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that 220 on the 22nd January last the hay yard of a farmer named William Taylor, residing near Lurgan, was burned, and that two farmers, named Daniel Campbell and Joseph Campbell, supplied District Inspector Gray, of Lurgan, with a statement to the effect that they saw Taylor himself set fire to some of the stacks, and why the police have not taken any steps to prosecute Taylor on a charge of arson?
MR. J. MORLEYIt is reported that an action for slander has been brought by Mr. Taylor arising out of the burning of his hay, and pending the hearing of this action it is not advisable to make any statement.