§ MR. GILHOOLYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that at the recent eviction at Rossmacomen a sheriff's bailiff, named Harding, in the presence of County Inspector Hamilton, threw stones at the people in the houses of which possession was to be taken, and that when County Inspector Hamilton was requested to arrest Harding he refused to do so, though he arrested other men who were found in the houses referred to; and, if so, will he state what action he proposes to take in the matter.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe county inspector considered there were no grounds for arresting Harding. He was resisted in endeavouring to effect an entrance to two houses, the inmates of which assailed him with missiles and lime. Harding threw back some pieces of turf thrown at him. The police do not propose to proceed against him, but it is open, of course, to the inmates of the houses, if they feel aggrieved by his action, to institute proceedings.
§ MR. GILHOOLYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that one of the men arrested during the recent eviction at Rossmacomen bore a mark on his face that could have been caused by the stab of a pitchfork; that this man charged a constable, named Mulcahy, with having inflicted that wound with a pitchfork; and that, when he applied to County Inspector Hamilton for Mulcahy's name, he replied that when the wounded man's solicitor applied to him he would give it; and, if so, will he say whether it was the duty of the county inspector to furnish the name of the constable.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe facts are substantially as stated. It would have been better had the county inspector given the name of the constable. This has now been done.