MR. O'CONNOR POWERasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, If Mr. Cecil Moore is still in the employment of the Crown as Sessional Crown Solicitor for the county Tyrone; and, what steps the Master of the Rolls in Ireland had taken in relation to the solicitors engaged in the case of John M'Crea before the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal for Ireland?
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, in reply, said, that Mr. Cecil Moore still held the appointment referred to by the hon. Member. He had no official knowledge of any steps that had been taken by the Master of the Rolls in the case in question; but whatever action had been taken by the Master of the Rolls was within his own discretion, and he was not aware that the Executive Government had any right to interfere.