§ MR. SEXTONOn behalf of the hon. Member for North Monaghan, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the condition of the Magisterial Bench in Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh; whether in view of the fact that on the last Petty Sessions day, 20th instant, a number of people were greatly disappointed that their cases could not be gone into on account of there being no Magistrate to deal with them, he will direct the attention of the Lord Chancellor to the matter, so that some of the long-promised appointments to the Bench in this district may be made at once; whether he is aware that the Lord Chancellor has had a number of names submitted for his consideration sometime ago; and whether he is aware that in this district, although Catholics form one-half of the population, they have hitherto been excluded from the Magistracy?
*MR. J. MORLEYNo Magistrate attended at these Petty Sessions on the day in question. The Lord Chancellor informs mo the names of two Roman Catholic gentlemen have been submitted to him for appointment. One has been appointed, and the other will be as soon as the necessary formalities are completed.