§ Mr. J. O'Connell, in rising to move for certain returns, observed, that there was a feeling amongst the members of the Irish bar that they had not been fairly treated in reference to the judicial and other appointments which had been made in the colonies; of the appointments which had been made 360 during the last ten years, only five or six had been conferred on members of the bar of Ireland. The hon. and learned Gentleman then moved for returns of each British colony, dependency, or possession, in which, since the legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland, down to the present time, the office or offices of chief or other justice, or judge, or magistrate of any supreme or district court of law, equity or admiralty, or Attorney or Solicitor-general, has or have existed or been created; the name of each such office or offices in each such colony respectively, together with the date of creation; the name and salary of each person appointed to each such office, with the dates of each appointment; whether such person was, at the time of his appointment, a member of the bar of England, Ireland, or Scotland, and of which respectively.
§ Lord J. Russellsaid he must oppose the motion, as it would be impossible to give the information required as related to the members of the different bars of England, Ireland, or Scotland; a return as to the other particulars existed up to the year 1832.
§ Motion withdrawn.