§ MR. O'KELLYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is true that in the Petty Sessions district of Maghera, county Derry, there is no Catholic magistrate; whether the Catholics form a large majority of the population of the district; and, whether he will ask the attention of the Lord Chancellor to the desirability of appointing a Catholic magistrate in this district?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANThe Lord Chancellor informs me that he has recently placed in the Commission of the Peace four Catholic gentlemen residing not very far from Maghera; and he will ascertain whether some of them may not be able to attend the Maghera Petty Sessions, where the Resident Magistrate, who is a Roman Catholic, now attends. I may add that within the year the Lord Chancellor has placed nine Catholic gentlemen in the Commission of the Peace for the county of Londonderry.