§ CAPTAIN CRAIG (Down, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether any extra force of police has recently been drafted into the district around Confin and Kilnaboy 1387 county Clare; and, if so, can he state the strength of the force and the reason they were sent to that part of the county; and whether he is aware that threatening notices were recently posted up in this neighbourhood.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) An extra force of twelve policemen has recently been drafted into the district referred to in order to provide for the preservation of the peace. The police have reported that threatening notices have recently been posted up in the locality.