§ MR. T. W. RUSSELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Nationalist Convention recently held in Dublin was attended by Major Jekyll, the private secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; and whether it is usual for the private secretary of the Queen's Representative in Ireland to attend Party political demonstrations?
MR. T. M. HEALYI will also ask whether the attention of the right hon. Gentleman has been called to the fact that at the Unionist meeting held in Dublin this week another Viceregal official chose to declare his colours on the Tory side?
MR. J. MORLEYNo, Sir; I have not heard of the Viceregal official who has declared his colours on the Tory side. As to the question on the Paper, the hon. Member has been misinformed. Major Jekyll, private secretary to his Excellency, informs me that the report is entirely untrue, and that he was not present at the Convention referred to.
§ MR. T. W. RUSSELLI feel bound to say that the question is not on the Paper as I handed it in, but no doubt it was revised properly. What I desired to ask was whether the information was conveyed by the Evening Telegraph, a Government organ?
§ MR. SEXTONMay I inquire whether the right hon. Gentleman has any information that at a political meeting at Trinity College this week a Judge of the High Court of Justice—Mr. Justice Warren—attended and spoke, as a Judge of the High Court of Justice, against the Home Rule Bill?