MR. O'BRIEN (for Mr. HEALY)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If the Richard Young, J.P. who lately signed the protest of the county Derry magistrates against the dismissal of Lord Rossmore, is the same Richard Young who was charged with drunkenness three times before the City of Derry magistrates, and on the last occasion was described as an "old offender," and fined forty shillings and costs; whether the Government were informed by the local authorities of these cases; whether, on a previous occasion, a magistrate was removed from the Commission of the Peace on being once fined before the 353 same Bench for a like offence; and, whether the Government will allow to continue in office a magistrate, publicly charged as au "old offender," with the adjudication of cases of a similar character to that for which he has been so often fined?
§ MR. TREVELYAN,in reply, said, the case of Mr. Young was a very deplorable one. He had been under restraint, and his health at present was in a very precarious condition. He had placed his resignation in the hands of the Lord Chancellor, and the circumstances that led to his ill-health were such as to make that step unavoidable. His resignation had nothing to do with signing the Rossmore protest. He was not in a condition to sign it, and it was done by his wife, who did not understand the matter, and was told that every other magistrate had signed it.