§ MR. J. JORDAN (Fermanagh, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he is aware that, on the evening of the 26th or 27th July last, an Orange mob, from the village of Lisbellaw and its vicinity, invaded Maguire's Bridge, a village three miles off, with the object of intimidating certain of the inhabitants of that place; that their conduct was calculated to lead to a breach of the peace; and will he take steps in future to restrain or punish the violence of the Lisbellaw Orangemen?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURIt appears that on the night of the 27th July, the day following the declaration of the poll at the recent election for South Fermanagh, currency was given to a rumour that the defeated candidate would be burned in effigy at Maguire's Bridge, and that a number of Orangemen, a portion of whom came from near Lisbellaw, proceeded to Muguire's Bridge and marched through the streets. A collision took place at one point between the two parties and two assaults were committed by the Orangemen, though not, I am informed, of a serious character. One of the Orangemen has since been convicted of assault.