§ MR. JAMES GILHOOLY (Cork Co., W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been directed to the case of M'Carthy v. Sullivan and Flynn, tried by Mr. Justice Holmes and a common jury on the 7th inst.; whether he is aware that the learned judge said that Mr. Maurice Leonard, agent to the Earl of Kenmare and a Justice of the Peace for the county of Kerry, had been mixed up with collusive proceedings and fraud, and had dragged the name of the Earl of Kenmare through the mire; and whether the observations of Mr. Justice Holmes and facts on which they were founded will be brought under the notice of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland?
MR. J. MORLEY; The Lord Chancellor informs me he has been unable to find any report of the observations which, it is alleged, were made by the learned judge in question. If the hon. Gentleman will furnish me with further particulars, the matter will again be inquired into by the Lord Chancellor.
§ MR. J. GILHOOLYasked, if the right hon. Gentleman would inquire of Mr. Justice Holmes whether he made these observations?