§ MR. MACALEESEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that the Custom House steps in Belfast are being used as a platform by itinerant preachers and others on Sundays for haranguing gatherings of disorderly persons, to the prejudice of the public peace; and will he take steps to enclose this Crown property in such a way as will prevent those persons from making the steps a platform for their mischievous addresses?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURIt is the fact that the steps of the Custom House in Belfast are being used, and have been used for many years, as a platform by persons representing various sects and religious denominations? The expediency of enclosing the steps is doubtful.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLWill the Government consider the propriety of proclaiming these meetings?
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