§ MR. JUSTIN M'CARTHYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he is now in a position to inform the House as to the composition of the Commission to inquire into the present state of the Royal University and Queen's Colleges, Ireland?
§ MR. TREVELYANI have much pleasure in answering this Question, although I am afraid the information is not very new. The Chairman of the Commission under the Lord Lieutenant is Mr. R. P. Carton, an eminent Queen's Counsel. The other members are—Rev. Gerald Molloy, D.D., Rector of the Catholic University in Ireland, Natural Philosophy Fellow of the Royal University of Ireland; Mr. George John-stone Stoney, M.A., D. Sc., F.R.S., late Secretary to the Queen's University, a Vice President of the Royal Dublin Society, a Trustee of the National Library of Ireland; Professor William Jack, once of Owen's College, Manchester, Fourth Wrangler Cambridge, 1859, Professor of Mathematics Glasgow Uni- 1698 versity, formerly Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools; and Deputy Surgeon-General J. A. Marston, head of the sanitary and statistical branch of the Army Medical Department. They will go to work at once, and I believe they will be able to give their attention to the work continuously.
§ MR. SEXTONasked the name of the gentleman who had been appointed Secretary to the Commission?
§ MR. TREVELYANNo one has as yet been absolutely appointed to that post, and I do not think I could give the name to any certainty.