§ MR. W. J. CORBETasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he received any remonstrance from the people of Wicklow complaining of the manner in which the special juries were empanelled there at the last Assizes; and, if so, whether he has any objection to lay the remonstrance and his reply upon the Table of the House?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, I did receive a communication of the nature referred to; but I do not think that any good would result from laying it on the Table of the House. It belongs to a class of communication of which I receive many hundreds in a year; and my reply to it is, that I cannot enter into an argumentative discussion with the authors.
§ MR. W. J. CORBETMay I ask if the right hon. Gentleman is aware that the population of Wicklow consists of 57,000 Catholics and 16,000 Protestants; and that the cases from which Catholics were excluded were not even of a political and agrarian character?
§ MR. TREVELYAN,in reply, said, he was not aware of the number of Catholics and Protestants in Wicklow; but he presumed the numbers mentioned by the hon. Gentleman were correct. Amongst the cases complained of was one where a peasant landlord appeared against a relative for stealing a door and other fixtures, and it could hardly be said that political considerations entered into such a case.
§ MR. W. J. CORBETIs that the only case?
§ MR. TREVELYANThat is the only case referred to in the Memorandum.