§ MR. LONSDALEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has received a report that the house of Mr. William Young, D.C., at Scariff, was fired into on the night of 6th January; whether anything is known as to the cause of the outrage; and whether any arrests have been made.
MR. BIERELLMr. Young's house was fired into on the night of 6th January. No motive for the offence can be assigned by the police. No arrests have been made.
§ MR. CHARLES CRAIG (Antrim, S.)Can the right hon. Gentleman or his law-advisers not devise some means or take some steps whereby some person or persons who must be responsible for those outrages may be brought to justice?
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)Take Mr. Craig into consultation.
§ MR. J. MACVEAGH (Down, S.)Send for Lord Ashtown.