CAPTAIN CRAIGI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that early on Thursday morning, 18th June last, the grass farms at Ballygar and Ballinamore, on the Castlefrench estate, county Roscommon, were cleared of all the cattle, the property of a Mr. Burns, by a crowd numbering some hundreds; how many arrests were made; and what sentences were passed.
§ MR. BIRRELLOn the morning of 16th June, fifteen head of cattle were driven off the farm of Mr. John Burns, near Ballinamore, by a large crowd, of whom fifty-three persons were identified by two policemen who were on duty at the place. Twenty-six of these persons were subsequently arrested, and all except one were bound to keep the peace.