§ MR. DANEI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if he is at liberty to publish the address recently received by him from a number of Presbyterians in Ireland; and, if so, will he do so?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. W. E. GLADSTONE,) Edinburgh, MidlothianAll I have to say is that I am at liberty to make the Memorial public, in any convenient form, if the memorialists desire me to do so. But the memorialists did not ask me to make their names public.
§ MR. RENTOUL (Down, E.)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he is aware that the three Presbyterian ministers who signed the letter to him enclosing the address purporting to be from Presbyterians are not themselves in favour of Home Rule; and that the Rev. Mr. Armour, whose name heads the list of three, is the author of the most violent manifesto ever published against Home Rule; and whether Professor Dougherty—even when a Liberal Parliamentary candidate—failed to express himself openly and clearly in favour of Home Rule?
§ MR. W. E. GLADSTONEwas understood to say, in reply, that if Professor Dougherty had been earlier in the field he would have been elected.
§ MR. W. JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)Will the right hon. Gentleman recommend him to try again?
§ [No answer was given.]