§ MR. T. M. HEALYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that on 30th June a man named Ryan interrupted divine service at each of the Masses at Kilcummin, county Tipperary; that a constable, in consequence, asked him to leave the church during the first Mass; that the sergeant removed him at the second Mass, and that when outside the church Ryan made use of bad language in the presence of the police, and whether any prosecution will be instituted.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. WYNDHAW,) DoverI am informed that the officiating clergyman, in the course of his sermons at these two services, made some allusions to a claim by Ryan for compensation for malicious injury to a horse, his property. Ryan resented the allusions, and the rev. gentleman called upon the police to remove him. He left quietly. Outside the church he used abusive language towards the clergyman. It is open to the latter to take proceedings if he so desires, but the case is one of a class in which the police do not prosecute.