§ MR. WILLIAM JOHNSTONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the action of the United Irish League, in the Skreen district, against the Protestant farmers; whether he is aware that a Resolution was passed by the Skreen and Dromard Branch of the United Irish League, denouncing all farmers who join with a non-leaguer in ploughing, harrowing, and such work, and that the Reverend Dudley Fletcher, Rector of Lissadell, County Sligo, has been denounced by the Magherow Branch of the United Irish League, and his removal from the district demanded; and, will he state what steps the Government are taking to protect Mr. Fletcher and the Protestant farmers from the League?
§ MR. WYNDHAMResolutions directed against persons who do not join the United Irish League have been published in a newspaper called the Sligo Champion, and are there stated to have been passed by branches of that body. They are of a reprehensible character. The fullest protection will be given to all persons subjected to intimidation.
§ CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork, E.)Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the League affords protection to Protestants and Catholics alike?
§ [No answer was returned.]