§ *MR. O'SHEEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state on what grounds and by whose directions the public meeting called for the town of Tallow on the 7th instant was prohibited without proclamation by the Lord Lieutenant, and then permitted to take place less than half-a-mile from the place where a field had been hired and a platform erected; how many police were drafted into Tallow and Lismore on the occasion; what was the object of drafting them into Lismore, which is four miles from Tallow, and holding them in the Lismore courthouse under arms during the day; what is the cost of the extra police and what proportion, if any, of this cost will be borne by the county rates.
§ MR. WYNDHAMA meeting was held without interference at a place one and a half miles distant from Tallow. A police force consisting of four officers and 133 men was drafted in and so disposed at Tallow, with a reserve at Lismore, as to give any protection that might have been needed to Mr. O'Keefe and any others concerned in recent litigation. The cost of the force amounts to about £70, of which £11 16s. will be charged to local rates.
§ CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork, E.)Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the meeting was advertised some weeks previously, and yet neither the Committee 77 nor the Members of Parliament announced to speak were warned that it would be prohibited.
§ MR. WYNDHAMI am not aware that it was advertised.
§ *MR. O'SHEEIt was announced some weeks beforehand.