§ MR. STACPOOLEasked the First Lord of the Treasury, If Her Majesty's Government have come to any determination in reference to the establishment of a Royal Residence in Ireland; and, if so, when will he be prepared to state their views on the subject?
MR. GLADSTONEWhen my hon. Friend put this Question to me at a late period of last Session I made a reply with the full expectation that at the opening or at the early part of the present Session I should be able to announce to him definitely the intentions of the Government. But circumstances during the winter with which he and the whole House and the public are acquainted, which were entirely beyond our control, have made it impossible for us to achieve that progress which we hoped for in the consideration of this matter. The subject, however, still occupies our attention, and we look forward to a period when we may be able to make known our conclusions with reference to it.