§ LORD JOHN MANNERSsaid, as the Chief Secretary for Ireland was not in his place, he would put to the Prime Minister the Question he had intended to ask of the noble Marquess. He wished to know, Whether the right hon. Gentleman will lay upon the Table a Copy of the 1396 Resolution of the Grand Jury of Westmeath at the present Assizes; and, whether it is the intention of the Government to comply with their request for the application of an immediate remedy to a state of things which the Grand Jury agree with him in describing as intolerable?
MR. GLADSTONEWith regard, Sir, to laying on the Table the resolution come to by the Grand Jury of the county of Westmeath during the present Assizes, I presume that resolution is an official document, and I therefore see no difficulty whatsoever in its being laid on the Table. As to the intention of the Government to apply immediate remedies to the evils existing in that county, undoubtedly the Government have taken, and will continue to take, the course which they deem to be best calculated to bring about there a sound and satisfactory state of things.