§ MR. HEALYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If the Crown Solicitor, Mr. Forrest Reid, who attended on behalf of the Crown at the magisterial investigation in Derry, is also family solicitor to Mr. M'Corkell; and, whether Mr. Forrest Reid and Mr. D. B. M'Corkell attended and represented Mr. M'Corkell, senior, at a Board of Trade inquiry into the loss of the Nokomis?
§ MR. TREVELYAN, in reply, said, he was informed that Mr. Forrest Reid was the family solicitor of Mr. M'Corkell, and as such represented him at the Board of Trade inquiry referred to. Mr. Reid attended, on behalf of the Crown, the magisterial investigation at Derry; and he was informed by those who knew that gentleman that he was quite incapable of being influenced in the discharge of his duties by family ties.
§ MR. HEALYasked whether the Government could not have got anybody to represent them except the family solicitor of one of the accused?
§ MR. TREVELYANHe is the Crown Solicitor.