§ LORD ARTHUR HILLasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he has received the Report of the meeting held at Newry, on the 12th July, from the Resident Magistrates who were on duty in that town on the above-named date; and, whether he would have any objection to lay the Report upon the Table of the House?
§ MR. TREVELYANThe Government have received a Report from the Resident Magistrates who were on duty in Newry on the 12th of July. The noble Lord asks me whether I have any 1606 objection to lay it on the Table. So far as anything in this particular Report is concerned, I certainly have no objection whatever. But the Reports of Resident Magistrates are made confidentially for the information of the Government, and it is the rule not to produce them. However, as on some recent occasions of special interest, and especially as in the case of the recent meeting at Newry of an opposite character, the Reports were laid on the Table, I will consent to waive the objection on this occasion also, on the distinct understanding that this is not to be relied on as a precedent. If the noble Lord moves for the Report, it will be granted.
§ MR. SEXTONWill the Report be laid on the Table before the Vote for the Resident Magistrates is taken?
§ MR. TREVELYANI will lay it on the Table at once.