§ MR. SEXTONasked Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, With regard to the trials of six men for having, at Newry, on the 8th of June last, the occasion of the National meeting there, fired out of the Orange Hall, with intent to kill, what course the Crown intend to pursue in these cases, having regard to the great delay already permitted, and to the undertaking given on behalf of the Irish Government that these cases would not be locally tried; and, why the cases were not put forward at the last Commission in Dublin?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. WALKER),in reply, said, the cases would be tried at the Winter Assizes in Belfast.
§ MR. SEXTONasked, whether the Winter Assizes were not intended for prisoners in custody; whether these men were not out on bail; and, whether it was not absolutely certain that every Orangeman tried in Belfast would be acquitted?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. WALKER)said, he had no reason to think that the Belfast jurors would return an improper verdict in these cases.