§ MR. MANDEVILLE (Tipperary, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is he aware that on Thursday last the usual fortnightly Petty Sessions should have been held in Carrick-on-Suir, but no Magistrate attended, and, after waiting the requisite 60 minutes, Mr. Kennedy, Clerk of Petty Sessions, had to make the necessary proclamation that the Court was adjourned for another fortnight; that there were 68 cases entered for hearing, all of special interest to the parties concerned, and many of considerable importance to the public; that plaintiffs and defendants, witnesses, prisoners for trial, policemen, lawyers, and others were put to much useless expense and loss of valuable time on this occasion; that there is not even one Magistrate in the whole town of Carrick-on-Suir; that on Thursday last the usual Petty Sessions were held in the town of Tipperary, and only one Magistrate attended there; that there are only a few Magistrates available for the Petty Sessions towns of Ardfinnan, Ballyporeen, Bansha, Cahir, Clogheen, Cappawhite, Dundrum, Golden, &c.; and will the Lord Chancellor of Ireland appoint Magistrates who will attend Petty Sessions, and will he give the people of the County Tipperary a fair representation on its Magisterial Bench?
MR. J. MORLEYThe hon. Member has been good enough to send me a newspaper report containing statements to the effect mentioned in the question. The question, however, only appeared on the Paper for the first time to-day, and I have not yet had time to ascertain the 1600 facts. The matter shall have my immediate attention. Ten gentlemen have been appointed to the Commission of the Peace in the County of Tipperary since August, 1892, and the Lord Chancellor will be glad to consider the names of any other gentlemen brought before him who may prove suitable for the Commission.