§ MR. JUSTIN M'CARTHYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether his attention has been called to a paragraph in the "Dublin Weekly News" of Friday last, purporting to give an account of a dispute between a farmer named Manning and Mr. Tobias Hill, J.P., and proceedings consequent thereon before the resident magistrate, Mr. Hill. After which Mr. Manning told Mr. Hill that he had an application to make; whereupon Mr. Hill is reported to have said, "I will hear no application from you," and he positively refused to entertain an application that Peyton should also be bound over to keep the peace; whether the conduct of the magistrate is correctly described in this statement; and, whether, if he is not acquainted with the facts of the ease, he will cause inquiry to be made?
§ MR. TREVELYANI am acquainted, Sir, with the facts of this case, and am satisfied that the Resident Magistrate exercised a proper discretion in binding over Manning to keep the peace, and in refusing to bind over Mr. Peyton. Violent language and threats were made use of by Manning towards Mr. Peyton, who is obliged to go about armed and with personal protection. The Resident Magistrate did not refuse to hear Manning's application. On the contrary, he did hear it; but found no reason to comply with it.