§ MR. LONSDALEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland when the authorities first became aware that persons were being boycotted in the Riverstown district for refusing to subscribe to the funds of the United Irish League, what action was taken; and at what date did the authorities move in the matter.
I beg also to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the cases of the Protestants in the Riverstown district who have been boycotted for some months past were included in the statistics of boycotting recently given: and, if so, whether these cases were classified as serious or minor boycotting; and what was the total number of persons comprised in the cases so recorded.
§ MR. BIRRELLAs a prosecution is pending in this case, it is not desirable to make any statement on the subject.