§ MR. BIGGARasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether Mr. Edward Greer, who has been appointed to act as Sub-Commissioner for the county of Armagh at Lurgan, Armagh, and Newry, is the gentleman of the same name who formerly practised as a solicitor in Newry, and acted in that capacity for several of the landlords of the counties of Armagh 1547 and Down, and who was also Sessional Crown Solicitor for the county of Armagh; whether this gentleman's former partner in business, Mr. Robert A. Mullan, still practices in Newry, and appears before the Sub-Commissioners for county Armagh as solicitor for landlords; whether Mr. Greer was not formerly removed from county Down in consequence of local connections to a distant county; and, why has he now been appointed to a county with which he is even more closely connected than he was with Down?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, the gentleman mentioned in the Question is a solicitor, who formerly practised for some time as a solicitor at Newry. He informs me that it is not the case that he acted for the landlords of Down and Fermanagh, his work being principally of a mercantile, and especially of a Parliamentary character. He was Sessional Crown Solicitor for Armagh for a short period, during which he abstained from any practice in the county. He has not practised for the landlords of Down or Armagh; and I have not made further inquiry into the circumstances.
§ MR. TREVELYANWill the hon. Member give Notice?