§ MR. GINNELLI beg to ask the Postmaster-General if he is aware of the character of the so-called Protestant Mutual Defence Association formed at Riverstown, County Sligo, for the purpose of intimidating Protestants and compelling them to transfer their custom from the Catholic to the Protestant traders and mechanics of that village and generally of creating in the district that ill-will which has recently eventuated in murder; whether it is with his sanction that one of the Protestant traders, the local postmaster, has assisted in founding 1802 this boycotting trade society with the sectarian name and actively practises its policy; and if not, what action he proposes to take to restore the non-partisan character of the postal service in the Riverstown district.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTON;: I have made inquiries in this matter, and find no reason to suppose that the postal service in the Riverstown district is of a partisan character, or that the actions of the husband of the sub-postmistress of Riverstown (to whom the hon. Member is presumably referring) are such as to call for official notice.