§ MR. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that Mr. Owen Joseph Kelly, Mountain View, Blackrock, County Louth, upon whom the Commission of the Peace was lately conferred, sat on the Bench at Licensing Sessions for the County of Louth on the 31st October last; whether he is aware that Mr. Kelly is a partner in or connected with the firm of C. Smyth and Company, wholesale and retail wine and spirit merchants, Clanbrassie Street, Dundalk; and whether he proposes to take any steps in the matter?
§ MR. BRYCE (for Mr. J. MORLEY)The Annual Licensing Sessions for the County of Louth were held on the 28th, not 31st, October last, and it appears to be the fact that Mr. Kelly took part as a Magistrate in these Sessions. It does not appear that Mr. Kelly is a partner in the firm referred to, but inquiry is now being made as to whether he has any beneficial interest in the business.