MR. FLVNNTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to Mr. Justice Kenny's address to the Grand Jury at the opening of the Winter Assizes 1618 for the Province of Leinster, in which he describes the several counties as in a peaceable and orderly condition; and whether, in view of this statement and of the fact that there were only twenty-eight cases from the thirteen counties comprising the Winter Assize County, the Government will consider the advisability of withdrawing the provisions of the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act from the districts where they are now in force.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) The learned judge stated he had been informed by the police authorities that, with some exceptions, the several counties were in a peaceable and orderly condition. The reply to the latter part of the Question is in the negative.