§ MR. MACVEAGHI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that a Nationalist band from Navan was prevented from playing through 811 Warrenpoint, county Down, on July 23rd, and that an Orange band from Liverpool was permitted to do so on July 30th; and whether he can state the grounds on which these decisions were arrived at.
§ MR. WALTER LONGThe Navan band was not prevented from playing through Warrenpoint on the Sunday in question, but, acting on the suggestion of the police, the band abstained from playing when passing churches in which divine service was being held. This suggestion was made to the Catholic clergyman in charge of the excursion party, and he thanked the police for having made it. No Orange band visited the place on July 30th, but the Liverpool Boys' Brigade band marched to church. No distinction was made in the two cases.