§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNOR (Donegal, E.)asked Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, Whether his attention has been called to the failure of justice in County Donegal in the case of "The Queen v. Beatie," in consequence of the absence of a full Grand Jury and a difference of opinion amongst those attending; whether he will inquire into the cause and origin of the difference; whether he will personally examine the depositions, and ask for Reports from the Crown officials; and, whether, if satisfied that there should have been a trial before a jury, he will see that the precedent set in former cases in Donegal of again sending up a bill to the Grand Jury will be followed in this case?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)(who replied) said: My attention has been called to the case referred to by the Question of the hon. Member for East Donegal. I have communicated with the Attorney General for Ireland, with whom it rests, what 184 action should be taken in the matter. He informs me that he has called for a full Report from the Crown Solicitor; that he will examine into the whole case, and give such directions as the facts appear to him to warrant.