CAPTAIN CRAIGI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state full particulars of the cattle-drive which took place at Riverstown, county Sligo, early on Wednesday morning the 14th October last; were any revolver shots heard in the direction of Cooper's Hill on the occasion; were any arrests made; and what sentences have been passed on the perpetrators.
§ MR. BIRRELLOn the occasion in question twenty-three head of cattle were driven off two grazing farms near Riverstown. The police heard a shot in the direction of Cooper's Hill, and arrested three men on suspicion. The men were subsequently discharged for want of evidence.