§ MR. DARBY GRIFFITHsaid, he would beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on the occasion of the reception of the Prince of Wales, made inquiry of the Government by what style and title he was to invite and receive Cardinal Cullen; whether he was instructed to address him in the invitation by the title of "His Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin;" if not, by what title; and, whether, on that occasion, precedence was granted to Cardinal Cullen immediately after the Royal Family, and before the Archbishops of the Established Church in Ireland, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and the whole of the English and Irish Nobility?
§ MR. DISRAELISir, no communication of any kind whatever took place between the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Her Majesty's Government on account of 17 the recent visit of Cardinal Cullen to his Excellency, and I suppose no communication took place because it was perfectly unnecessary. I believe that the precedence Cardinal Cullen took on that occasion was according to the rule established by etiquette.
§ MR. DARBY GRIFFITHThe right hon. Gentleman, Sir, has not answered the Question I put, which was, whether the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in inviting Cardinal Cullen, addressed him by the title of "His Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin?"
THE EARL OF MAYOIn answer to the hon. Gentleman, I beg to say that the Lord Lieutenant did not address the Cardinal as "His Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin."