§ MR. A. SUTHERLAND (Sutherland)asked the Lord Advocate, Whether his attention has been called to a report in The Highland News of 3rd instant of an 1300 indignation meeting of the inhabitants of Rogart, Sutherlandshire, held in the Free Church there to protest against the action of the Police Commissioners in stationing a police constable in the district; whether it is the fact, as stated at the meeting, that there has been no police constable resident in the district for the last 70 years; whether he can state what are the circumstances in Rogart calling for this action of the authorities at the present time, who is intended to be benefited thereby, and who is to bear the additional expense?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. H. A. MACDONALD) (Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Universities)I was not aware of the facts stated in the Question, but assume them to be correct. I must decline to answer Questions such as those contained in the last paragraph, which relates entirely to local matters of detail.