§ MR. JORDAN (Clare, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if Mr. Robert Lane Joynt has been appointed a Magistrate for the County of Clare; whether any property qualification in the county is necessary to such appointment; and, if not, on what other ground did he obtain the office; and whether there was any necessity for an appointment to the 1735 Magistracy at the time; and, if so, why did not the Lord Lieutenant of the County recommend to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland a resident and fit Catholic in Clare to the office of Magistrate?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURlam informed that Mr. Robert Lane Joynt has been appointed to the Commission of the Peace for the County Clare. He was recommended by the Lieutenant of the County as a fit and proper person to be a Magistrate, and appointed in the ordinary course. He has a residence in the county and is agent over the extensive property of Colonel White, who is obliged through ill-health to live out of Ireland. Mr. Lane Joynt was appointed to attend at Bally vaughan Petty Sessions, where the services of an additional Magistrate were required. It rests solely with the Lieutenant of the County to submit names.