§ MR. O'REILLYsaid, he would beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, Whether since the year 1829 any orders or instructions have been given by the Military Authorities to Officers charged with the duty of recruiting not to take Irish or Roman Catholic recruits for either 1740 the Guards, Artillery, Cavalry, or any other branch of Her Majesty's Military Service?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONsaid, in reply, that he had made inquiries both at the War Office and the Horse Guards, and he was unable to find that any such order had been issued since the year referred to.