§ *MR. WILLIAM JOHNSTONI beg to ask Mr. Attorney General for Ireland if his attention has been called to a green handbill circulated in Dublin addressed to Irish Roman Catholics, and headed "England's Robber War," in which it is stated, on the authority of the Rev. Father Kavanagh, that every man who engages in such war if he dies in it must suffer the loss of his soul; and what steps the Government propose to take in reference to the printing and circulating of such documents.
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. ATKINSON,) Londonderry, N.Circulars such as are described in the question containing a letter purporting to have been written by the Rev. Father 67 Kavanagh have, it is believed, been circulated privately to a limited extent in Dublin. The police have been instructed to seize and destroy the circulars when found. The matter is being carefully watched, but up to the present the Government have not considered it necessary to take further action.
§ *MR. WILLIAM JOHNSTONIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that the circular puts this forward as the doctrine of the Catholic Church?
§ MR. WILLIAM REDMOND () Clare, E.Is it not perfectly notorious in Dublin that the circular was got out by the Orange party?
§ [No answer was given.]