§ MR. HALPIN (Clare, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the number of extra police in the county of Clare, and the parishes in which they are stationed, and why they are stationed there; will he say whether the ratepayers are paying for these extra police; and, if so, will he remove them, in view of the statement of the Lord Chief Justice for Ireland, at the last assizes for the county of Clare, held at Ennis, that the county was in a peaceful state.