§ MR. LIDDELL (Down, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that on Sunday the 6th instant an order was issued directing the band of the Royal Irish Constabulary in Dublin to head the procession of Roman Catholic constables to Aughrim Street chapel for mass, and to wait for them and play them back to the Constabulary barracks after the service; and whether, seeing that this band is composed of twenty Protestants and twenty-five Roman Catholics, he will have the order withdrawn.
MR. BRYCEI am informed by the Inspector-General that the order in question was issued by the Commandant of the Royal Irish Constabulary Depot. It was not intended that the order should apply to the Protestant members of the band, but owing to a misapprehension the full band attended on the first two 1439 occasions. The Commandant has already before this Question appeared issued orders that the Catholic members of the band only shall attend in future.