asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he is aware that four constables of the Royal Irish Constabulary have been, for a considerable period, and are at the present time kept in continual attendance on one John Carr, a member of the Orange Society, and an employe of Colonel Cooper, Lieutenant of the County Sligo; whether the said John Carr is the same person who was tried at last Spring Assizes in Sligo on a charge of shooting a young man named Kelly, a Catholic, and who admitted on his trial that he had fired the shot which wounded Kelly; and, why, and at whose instance, this person has been attended by a suite of armed constables, and how long the Government propose to continue to employ this detachment of Constabulary in this duty; and, also, if he can give any information as to when the extra police force will be removed from districts in Sligo?

in reply, said, that the extra police force in the district of Sligo would be removed when that could be done consistently with the safety of the district. He had sent to Ireland for information with regard to the case of Carr; but it had not yet been supplied. All he could say was that he would take care that no person would receive what was called personal protection unless his life was considered in danger. If it was in danger, whoever he might be, he ought to have that protection. He would inquire into the matter; and neither in this case nor in any other should any extra Constabulary be kept longer than was necessary.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether it is the fact that, in connection with the riots at Glasgow on the 14th August, twenty-six Catholics and five Protestants were arrested by the Police, that at the Police Courts all the Catholics were convicted and sentenced to fine or imprisonment, and all the Protestants acquitted and discharged, while the charges against the Protestants were sworn to by the Police as positively as the charges against the Catholics; whether, in particular, it is the fact, in the case of James Findlay (Protestant) and Kennett McLennan (Protestant) the Police swore they were caught "red-handed," the former "striking freely all round in the middle of the procession," the latter violently attempting to rescue a prisoner, and yet both men, although bringing forward no exculpatory evidence whatever, were dis- charged from the bar, the magistrate finding the charges against them "not proven;" and, whether, under the circumstances, he will order a public inquiry?

I have received a further communication from the Procurator Fiscal of Glasgow in reference to this matter; and I may say there has been so much contradictory testimony that I do not think it will be of any advantage that I should enter at present upon the matter. I have, therefore, placed the matter in the hands of the Lord Advocate.

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he has any knowledge of a Report made on the agricultural productiveness of the United States by Commissioners who were sent out to America by the Russian Government; and, if such a Report does exist, whether he would take steps to obtain a Copy, and to have it presented to Parliament?

No information respecting the Commission referred to by my hon. Friend has been received by Her Majesty's Government; but Lord Dufferin will be instructed to make inquiries and send home a copy of any Report which may have appeared on the subject.

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the attention of the Government has been called to the cutting, by the Chilian authorities, of the submarine telegraphic cables laid by the West Coast of America Telegraph Company on the coast of Peru, the neutrality of which cables had been declared; and, whether any steps have been taken to bring the matter under the notice of the Chilian Government?

The attention of Her Majesty's Government has been called to this matter by the Company, who have been requested to supply further information, on receipt of which Her Majesty's Government will consider whether they can properly make an official representation to the Chilian Government. Her Majesty's Government will inquire as to the fact of the neutrality of the cables having been declared.

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the attention of Her Majesty's Government has been called to the reported recent attack upon the steam ship Khalifet in the Tigris; and what steps are likely to be taken in the matter?

I have already stated to the House that information has been received by Her Majesty's Government on the subject to which the Question refers. A despatch recently received from Her Majesty's Consul General at Bagdad states that a military force had been despatched by the Governor General against the Arab tribe which attacked the Khalifet, and it was hoped that the steps taken would very shortly result in the suppression of the revolt and the punishment of the guilty parties.

asked the Secretary of State for India a Question of which he had given him private Notice—namely, If he can state what course is likely to be taken with respect to the sending from India lunatics, who are landed at Portsmouth and are chargeable on the local unions?

, in reply, said, there had been a good deal of Correspondence on the subject; and the conclusion he had arrived at was to the effect that the matter was more one for the attention of the War Office than of the India Office. He would be very glad to show the hon. Member the Correspondence; and before next Session he would consider whether he would lay it on the Table.