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Subsequently, in the speech of the Irish Secretary, it appeared

that what the Attorney-General for Ireland had said was, that the landlords could have recovered the money for them- selves, but that the Government had no power to seize it on behalf of the landlords ; but he had previously given the Government a distinct opinion "that the persons engaged in carrying out the ' Plan of Campaign' were guilty of a criminal conspiracy," and the evidence for a prosecution was in course of being collected before the smaller question arose. Apparently, in seizing the money, the agents of the Government exceeded their legal powers.

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