§ MR. SMALLasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether there is at present any Catholic magistrate in the Petty Sessions district of Carlingford, county Louth; whether the Catholic population of the parish of Carlingford is not, by the last census, 6,929 out of a total population of 7,687 persons; whether any Catholic gentlemen from the district have been recently recommended to the Lord Lieutenant of the county or the Lord Chancellor; and, whether any of them have boon entrusted with the commission of the peace?
§ MR. TREVELYANI believe there is no Roman Catholic magistrate residing in the Petty Sessions District of Carlingford, but two Roman Catholic Resident Magistrates attend the Petty Sessions there. I do not question the accuracy of the hon. Member's quotation of figures from the Census Reports before the House. I am not aware whether any recommendations have recently been made to the Lieutenant of the County; but the Lord Chancellor informs 665 me that the names of two Roman Catholic gentlemen of the district have been forwarded to him, and that he will consider them in due course.