§ MR. MACVEAGH () Down, S.To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether lie is aware that a statement has been made from the Bench by the local magistrates with reference to the suggestion that a police barracks should again be established at Scarva, County Down; will he state whether the local Constabulary will be asked for a confidential report as to the identity of the organisers of disturbances in that district; and what steps it is intended to take to protect the lives and property of the Roman Catholics of the district.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) A statement was made by the local magistrates to the effect mentioned. The sub-district of Gilford, in which Scarva is situated, is remarkably peaceable, and there has been no outrage near the latter place since the police barrack was disestablished. There are three other barracks within a radius of three miles. Ample protection will be afforded to the lives and property of all persons in the locality.