§ MR. MACARTNEY (Antrim, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to a resolution of the Athea branch of the Irish National Federation, in which they state that, as the grabber (a taker of Mr. John H. Danaher's lands at Dromadda and Athea) persists in defiantly holding them, they appeal to the Guardians of the Newcastle West and Listowel Unions for some expression of their indignation, and, further, that the grabber in this case has no claim whatever on the owner, or the lands in question; whether he is aware that, on the motion of Mr. Downey, seconded by Mr. R. Woulfe, a resolution to this effect was unanimously adopted by the Board of Guardians of the Newcastle West Union at their meeting on the 31st of May, and inserted on the minutes; and whether the Local Government Board has taken any action in the matter?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. J. MORLEY,) Newcastle-upon-TyneThe resolution in question was, I am informed, adopted by the New-castle Board of Guardians at their meeting, held on the 31st of May, but all the ordinary business of the Union appears to have been duly transacted at the meeting, and the Local Government Board, therefore, in accordance with their usual practice in such cases, has taken no action in the matter.