§ MR. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, S.)I bog to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to a murderous assault committed on William and Robert Franklin, who had recently taken a vacant farm on the Brooke Estate, Coolgreaney; and whether ho is aware that Franklin and his brother were seriously injured on the occasion by two men named Kavanagh and Mulligan, and if either of these men have been arrested?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. J. MORLEY,) Newcastle-upon-TyneThe circumstances connected with the occurrence to which the hon. Gentleman refers will form the subject of magisterial investigation at Avoca Petty Sessions on the 19th instant. So far as I am aware, only one man, Kavanagh, was actually concerned in the assaulton the Franklins, and he was arrested shortly after the occurrence.
§ MR. T. W. RUSSELLHas Mulligan been arrested?
§ MR. J. MORLEYI believe not.