§ MR. SEXTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, What is the issue of the correspondence between the Lord Chancellor of Ireland and certain magistrates of Derry; when the correspondence will be laid upon the Table; and, what decision has been arrived at by the Lord Chancellor in the other cases considered by him, of complaints against Irish magistrates?
§ MR. TREVELYANThe Lord Chancellor informs me that his decision with regard to the Derry magistrates will, in all probability, be made known during the present week. The hon. Member has not asked me whether the Correspondence is to be laid on the Table. It will be laid as soon as it is closed. In the case of Mr. Archdale, his Lordship, after receiving letters of explanation, has determined that it is not one in which he ought to remove him from the Commission of the Peace; but he has reprimanded Mr. Archdale, pointing out to him that he must be more cautious in future. The Correspondence in the other cases—namely, those of Mr. Thomas Dowling and Mr. Thomas Roche—has not yet closed.
MR. O'BRIENasked what is being done in the case of Mr. M'Clintock, magistrate and Orange County Grand Master, who signed a Proclamation calling a counter demonstration to attack the Nationalists on St. Patrick's Day?
§ MR. TREVELYANI was under the impression that Mr. M'Clintock's case was included in the Derry case. I did not think that there was any supplementary motion.