§ MR. LANE (Cork County, E.)asked the Solicitor General for Ireland whether the Lord Lieutenant had received an influentially-signed memorial from the jurors of Cork, protesting against the continued selection of the city of Cork for the Munster Winter Assizes; had he also received a resolution, passed at a public meeting in Cork, which was attended by Deputy Lieutenants, Magistrates, and Merchants, of all creeds and polities, condemning the habitual practice of excluding Roman Catholics from the jury box whilst compelling them to attend court daily for five or six weeks at Christmas time; 843 and what action had the Lord Lieutenant taken in the matter.
§ MR. MADDENThe Lord Lieutenant has received a memorial from the jurors of Cork complaining of the continued selection of Cork for the Munster Winter Assizes. The same memorial contains an addendum to one of the resolutions alleged to have been carried by a show of hands on the subject of the religious constitution of the the jury. No separate resolution on the subject has been received. There is no foundation for the statement that jurors have been rejected on the ground of their religious belief. The objection raised to selecting Cork for the Munster Winter Assizes will be carefully considered before passing the Order in Council fixing the next Winter Assizes.
§ MR. MADDENThe memorial has been received, and I believe there is an addendum attached to it which does not, however, appear to have been passed formally.
§ MR. LANEWas not the resolution in reference to the exclusion of Roman Catholics from the jury added to the memorial?
§ MR. MADDENI believe that it was forwarded as an addendum, but it formed no part of the substance of the memorial.