§ MR. LONSDALE (Armagh, Mid)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the 690 Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether any special instructions have been issued authorising the police in certain cases of cattle-driving to arrest the offenders and bring them before a single resident magistrate out of petty sessions, with a view to their being bound over to future good behaviour under the statute of Edward III.; and, if so, whether he will lay upon the Table of the House a copy of these instructions.
§ MR. BIRRELLI would refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. friend the Attorney-General to a similiar Question asked by him on the 11th instant. Any instructions issued to the police are of a confidential nature, and it would be contrary to public policy to lay them on the Table.