§ MR. JOHN MARTINasked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether it is the intention of the Government, in this Session, to bring in a Bill for the complete repeal of the Acts first Elizabeth, chapter 1, and thirteenth Elizabeth, chapter 2, the penalties under which were at least partially repealed by the Act ninth and tenth Victoria, chapter fifty-nine?
MR. GLADSTONE,in reply, said, that the Question of the hon. Member did not bear upon its face what it really referred to. It really referred to the recent judgment in the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland delivered in the case of "Father O'Keeffe v. Cardinal Cullen." That case was now under appeal, and until it had been finally determined by the legal tribunals in that country, it would be premature on the part of the Government to enter into any consideration of the question.