§ Mr. SHEEHYasked the Home Secretary whether Captain Bowen-Coulthurat was promoted after he murdered the boy Coade and Mr. Sheehy-Skeffington and two other innocent civilians, when he was sent to Newry in command of a detachment a week after these murders; whether he was, after going to Newry, placed under open arrest, and up to and during his trial he was only under open arrest; whether Mrs. Sheehy-Skeffington, the 71W widow of one of his victims, is refused permission to return to Ireland; and, if so, what is the nature of her offence?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONMy right hon. Friend has asked me to reply to this question. I am sorry I cannot answer the first two parts of the question without making inquiry of the military authorities in Ireland, and this is being done. As regards the remaining parts of the question, I can add nothing to the replies given to questions on the subject on the 18th and 24th instant.