§ MR. SEXTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, With regard to the case against George Barker, to be heard to-morrow at Clif-foney (county Sligo) Petty Sessions, whether the Government are aware that Barker is gamekeeper to a local landlord, and that he is in the habit of shooting and fishing in company with the local stipendiary magistrate; and, whether, with a view to an impartial trial, a stipendiary magistrate from another district will be sent to hear the case, and the local landlords in the Commission of the Peace will be requested not to adjudicate upon it?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANI understand that Mr. Maloney, the Resident Magistrate, occasionally shoots with the gentleman in whose employment Barker is; but he informs me that he has never shot or fished with Barker alone. Mr. Maloney's duties require his presence at another Petty Sessions to-morrow, and Mr. Turner, R.M., will take his place at Grange Petty Sessions.
§ The Government have no power to order the local magistrates not to attend.