§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNORasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether his attention has been called to a report in the "Kerry Sentinel" newspaper of the Listowel Petty Sessions, held on the 8th instant; whether it is true, as stated in that report, that two resident magistrates who had no connection with the district of Listowel, then or at any former time, were brought specially to adjudicate in the adjourned inquiry into the charge against Mr. Harrington and others, arising out of the late disturbance in Listowel: whether Mr. George Sandes, chairman of the court, protested against such outvoting of the local bench, and refused to take part in the inquiry under such circumstances; and, if he can explain why, after the case had first been gone into before the local magistrates, resident magistrates, strangers to the district were imported for the conclusion of the case, and at whose request they attended there?
§ MR. TREVELYANIt is the case that two Resident Magistrates were sent to attend the Listowel Petty Sessions on the occasion referred to, and Mr. Sandes did act in the manner indicated in the Question. I have directed further inquiry to be made into the matter.