§ MR. BLANE (Armagh, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the Lord Chancellor of Ireland will appoint a number of Catholic gentlemen to the Commission of the Peace in county Armagh, in proportion to the Catholic population which that county contains, and without waiting for the recommendation of the Earl of Gosford or the Deputy Lieutenants of the county Armagh?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. JOHN MORLEY) (Newcastle-on-Tyne)The Lord Chancellor cannot undertake to make appointments to the Commission of the Peace without previous reference to the Lord Lieutenant of the county; but he does not make it a sine quâ non that the Lord Lieutenant of the county should recommend in every case.
§ MR. BLANEWould the refusal of the Lord Lieutenant of the county be a bar to an appointment by the Lord Chancellor?
§ MR. JOHN MORLEYNo, Sir. Certainly it would not be a bar.