§ 15. Mr. CHARLES CRAIGasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware that on the 13th instant, at Green-castle, near Belfast, an attack was made by a party of Nationalists on a party belonging to St. Mary's Protestant Church, Crumlin Road, Belfast, consisting of twenty-eight women and three men; that at 10 o'clock at night, while driving through Greencastle on their way homo from their annual excursion at Island Magee, they were suddenly and without provocation of any kind assailed by a shower of stones from a Nationalist crowd assembled in the street; that several of 1330 the women in the party were hit and wounded; and that several policemen were standing within 50 yards of the spot where the attack occurred and did not in any way interfere; will he say why the police did not do anything to protect these helpless women; and whether any arrests have been made in connection with this assault, and what steps are being taken to prevent its repetition?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe police authorities inform me that some stones were thrown at an excursion party driving through Whitehouse on the 13th instant. There were no police present, and no report was made to them at the time, but from subsequent inquiries they find that two excursionists and a driver of one of the brakes were struck with stones, but no one was hurt. Every precaution will be taken by the police to prevent a repetition of the occurrence.