§ MR. SEXTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, What gentlemen have lately resigned the office of stipendiary magistrate in Ireland, and what reasons they assigned for their resignation?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, the following Resident Magistrates expressed their desire to take advantage of the terms of retirement offered by His Excellency with the sanction of the Treasury; and His Excellency did not think that the interests of the Public Service required that he should refuse to accept their resignation—namely, Sir W. F. Hort, Mr. J. T. Butler, Mr. W. Morris Reade. In addition to these, the following 12 magistrates have been invited to take advantage of the special terms offered—namely, Mr. Miller, Hon. M. J. Ffrench, Mr. Morony, Mr. M'Cullagh, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. O'Hara, Mr. Franks, Captain Coote, Mr. Parkinson, Major Percy, Captain Wynne, and Mr. Dennehy.
§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNORasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If he can now state at whose request the two resident magistrates from Cork and Clare were brought to Listowel to assist in the trial of the charge against Mr. T. Harrington and others?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, the two Resident Magistrates—Mr. Butler, R. M., and Mr. Considine, R. M.—were sent 29 to Listowel on the occasion referred to, upon the recommendation of Captain Plunkett, the special Resident Magistrate of the district. The local Resident Magistrate, being required as a witness in the case, could not sit on the Bench.