§ MR. KENDAL O'BRIENI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that on Friday, 7th instant, three companies of policemen were formed outside the barracks at Templemore, and, at the command of the officers in immediate charge, gave three cheers for the county inspector who was standing on the footpath near them; will he state whether instructions have been issued by the Inspector General of Constabulary that policemen must cheer their commanding officer when they are drafted into any town to keep the peace at meetings of the United Irish League.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe cheering was spontaneous on the part of the men. It had no connection whatever with the circumstances which necessitated their presence at Templemore. They were not commanded by any of their officers to cheer. The reply to the second query is obviously in the negative.