§ MR. M'CARTAN (Down, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether his attention has been called to the report in The Belfast Evening Telegraph of the 12th instant, of a speech purporting to have been delivered by Mr. Charles Brownlow, after having been presented with a trowel at the laying of the foundation stone of an Grange Hall at Barnamaghery, near Crossgar, County Down, and in which Mr. Brownlow is reported to have said that he feared—
The time was rapidly approaching when the Irish Question would be transferred from the House of Commons to arbitrament in the field,and that they (the Orangemen) should have their forces properly constituted; whether Mr. Brownlow is a magistrate; and whether it is the intention of the Government to take any steps regarding the use of such language?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)My attention has not been called to the report, except by the Question of the hon. Member, which is on the Paper without Notice; and I am not aware whether it is accurate or not; but I would point out that any complaint of the conduct on the part of a magistrate should be addressed to the Lord Chancellor.