§ MR. WILLIAM JOHNSTONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been drawn to the reports of the action for assault brought by the Mayor of Sligo, in the Borough Court of Sligo, against District Inspector Carden, from which it appears that in his evidence the Mayor stated that he did not 1690 consider it any part of his duty to protect the street preachers, that under no circumstances would he protect them, and that this evidence was followed by applause in the gallery; and whether the conduct of the Mayor of Sligo and the management of the Borough Court will be brought under the notice of the Lord Lieutenant?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI have received from my hon. Friend a newspaper report of the proceedings referred to, which, however, hardly seems to warrant the construction placed upon it in the Question.