§ Mr. HOGGEasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland "whether he has any information as to the identity of the persons who flogged a party of men at Varden's public-house, Cumner, county Galway, on the 17th instant; whether there is any reason to believe that they belonged to the Royal Irish Constabulary auxiliary corps of ex-officers; and what steps the Government proposes to take?
§ Sir H. GREENWOODI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to a private notice question asked on this subject by the hon. Member for the Scotland Division of Liverpool (Mr. T. P. O'Connor) yesterday.