§ Mr. NEWMANasked the Chief Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the remarks of Mr. Justice Boyd in the Dublin Court of Bankruptcy on the 12th instant, in connection with the boycotting of a trader named Kilby, at Creggs, that the performace at Creggs was a disreputable and criminal one, that trade and commerce could not be carried on if such work were allowed, and that there were engaged in this operation of boycotting forty branches of an organisation, against which he would only say what he found before him in this case; and what steps the authorities are prepared to take to limit the activities of the organisation above referred to?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI have seen a newspaper report of the learned Judge's remarks. Four men were sentenced by him on the 16th inst. to six months' imprisonment for contempt of Court in connection with this case, and an appeal has been lodged against this decision. The Government have no evidence that branches of the United Irish League have been engaged in the operation of boycotting the trader Mr. Kilby, but the Attorney-General is about to call for copies of the evidence on which Mr. Justice Boyd's judgment was founded, and, if it affords materials for a prosecution, he will direct one against every person who was a party to the alleged conspiracy.