The Duke of Buckingham, seeing the noble Marquess in his place, he would take the liberty to ask him a question relative to a matter which had been communicated to him by a gentleman resident in the county of Carlow, with whom he was well acquainted, and who was a person of the highest respectability. That gentleman had stated to him, that on a certain day a number of persons amounting to upwards of 1,200, headed by two Roman Catholic priests, and carrying two banners inscribed with the word "temperance," and having medals suspended round their necks, paraded the town of Carlow, and that they were permitted to do so under the special sanction of the Lord- 1312 lieutenant of Ireland. It was also stated that Mr. Tuckey, a magistrate, had memorialized the Lord-lieutenant to grant that permission. The noble Duke produced a handbill, which he showed to the Marquess of Normanby, and asked if the noble Marquess was aware of these facts?
The Marquess of Normanbyreplied, that he was not aware of any memorial of the kind, nor had he heard of any of the proceedings.