§ MR. WILLIAM JOHNSTON () Belfast, S.I beg to ask the Attorney General for Ireland whether he can give the House any information with regard to the murder of Mr. William Bird, an Irish landlord, who was shot at Bantry on Saturday last; and whether it is a fact that a branch of the United Irish League was established in Bantry the Sunday before.
§ MR. JOHN REDMOND () WaterfordOn a point of order, may I ask whether the concluding paragraph of the question just put, conveying as it does an insinuation, is not an improper one, and one which under ordinary circumstances the hon. Member would not be allowed to place on the Paper.
*MR. DEPUTY SPEAKERI was not aware of the character of the question which the hon. Member for Belfast intended to put. He ought to have given notice of the question.
§ MR. WILLIAM JOHNSTONI suppose I may be allowed to ask the Attorney General whether he has any information concerning the murder of Mr. William Bird, on Saturday.
§ MR. ATKINSONYes, Sir, unfortunately Mr. William Bird seems to have been murdered in his own rent-office at two o'clock in the day.
§ CAPTAIN DONELAN () Cork, EMay I ask the hon. and learned Gentleman whether he is aware of a single instance in which a member of the United Irish League has advocated outrage.
§ [No answer was given.]