§ MR. STACPOOLEasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether there is any, and, if so, what foundation for the report put forward in several English and Irish newspapers, supporters of the Government policy, that Her Majesty's Ministers have resolved upon establishing a Royal residence in Ireland, and that His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught is to succeed the Duke of Marlborough as permanent Prince Viceroy of Ireland?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERSir, I am not aware of any foundation for the report to which the hon. Gentleman refers. I may add that I am not in the confidence of the English and Irish newspapers which he mentions.