§ MR. J. E. ELLIS (Nottingham, Rushcliffe)asked Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, What are the names and dates of appointment of the 10 Resident Magistrates appointed by the Government?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)(who replied) said: The following are the names and dates of appointment of the Resident Magistrates in question:—N. L. Townsend, October 1, 1886; John Preston, October 1, 1886; O'Neil Segrave, October 15, 1886; Cecil Roche, October 23, 1886; Ulick Bourke, August 22, 1887; Colonel M. S. Tynte, 1718 August 22, 1887; F. G. Hodder, August 29, 1887; Lieutenant Colonel H. Caddell, January 17, 1888; W. H. Joyce, January 20, 1888; and G. H. Shannon, May 5, 1888.
§ MR. J. E. ELLISasked, whether the House was to understand that Mr. Segrave had been appointed since the affair at Mitchelstown?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURNo, Sir; Mr. Segrave was appointed on the 15th of October, 1886; and, if I remember rightly, the Mitchelstown affair was in September, 1887.