§ MR. SLOANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the acts of violence inflicted upon several persons on the 3rd and 10th instant by members of the Royal Irish Constabulary between Lisburn and Hillsborough, and to the fact that District Inspector Knox struck a person named Coburn with his stick inflicting a scalp wound, and that a young man named Hall, who had just left his father's house and is suffering from an injury to the spine, was beaten by a constable under the charge of Sergeant O'Sullivan; and, if so, will he cause investigation to be made with a view of putting a stop to such practices.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe dates at which the occurrences in question took place were the 27th March and the 10th inst. Reports of these occurrences are before me and I am in consultation with the law officers on the matter.