§ DR. TANNER (Cork Co., Mid)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, What are the exact number and names of the Local Justices entitled to sit upon the Millstreet Bench of Magistrates, and the number of attendances of each since the appointment of Mr. Jeremiah Hegarty to the Court?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)I am informed that the names of the Local Justices who have sat, or who are entitled to sit, at the Millstreet Petty Sessions, together with their attendances during the year ended August 31, 1887 (which is the latest Return of attendances furnished to the Lord Chancellor's Secretary's Office), are as follows:—T. H. O'Connell, 18; John Howard, 19; Jeremiah Hegarty, 10; Benjamin Leader, 6; C. A. Duncan, 5; M'Carthy O'Leary, 2; R. M. F. Townsend 1; Alexr. M'Carthy, 1; Sir George Colt-hurst, nil. In addition to these gentlemen, Messrs. M. Blake Burke and H. A. B. Wallis are entitled to sit at the Petty Sessions mentioned; but, inasmuch as they were appointed since the last Return was furnished, there is no present information in the Lord Chan- 205 cellor's Secretary's Office as to their attendance.
§ DR. TANNERMight I ask the right hon. Gentleman, whether it is not the fact that Mr. M'Carthy O'Leary, a local magistrate and a Liberal Unionist, refused to sit on the Bench with Mr. Hegarty, who was appointed by the right hon. Gentleman?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI have no grounds for saying that that is a fact.