§ MR. FLYNN (Cork County, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the constabulary authorities are aware of the action of constables from Milford, County Cork, in placing a watch upon the meetings of the Shandrum branch of the United Irish League; is he aware that at the last monthly meeting of the branch on 25th May two policemen were stationed in the front of the league-room, although they had not visited the village on Sunday during the past month; and, if so, can he explain what is the reason for his watching of the meetings of this association.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe police do not watch the proceedings of this branch. They visited the village on Sunday the 25th May, and on all previous Sundays for some months past when the branch did not meet, for the purpose of supervising the public houses in the village and preventing a breach of the licensing Acts.