§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland whether his attention has been called to a case, "Mackenzie v. Gillies," tried in the Dingwall Sheriff Court and reported in The Scottish Highlander of 23rd November, in which Sheriff Hill decided in accordance with a verdict of the Court of Session in the case of "Angus Martin v. Niel MacLean," that in actions for alleged slander it is not competent to base the action on the English equivalent of Gaelic expressions, but only on the orginal Gaelic words; and whether, in face of this decision, steps will be taken either to amend the law or to have arrangements made for trying similar actions by Sheriffs possessing a competent knowledge of the Gaelic language?
§ SIR G. TREVELYANI see no reason to doubt the soundness of the law laid down in the case referred to, which is based on excellent reasons. In a case of libel the ipsissima verba should be before the Court exactly as they were spoken or written.