§ MR. W. E. MACARTNEY (Antrim, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, what steps, if any, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland proposes to take in the cases of Mr. Fitzsimons and Mr. Tierney recently appointed to the Commission of the Peace for County Cavan?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. J. MORLEY,) Newcastle-upon-TyneThe Lord Chancellor states that he has been informed that neither of the gentlemen named in the question took any part in the proceedings at the Petty Sessions held on the 7th inst., to which I referred in my answer to the hon. Gentleman's previous question of last Tuesday. The Lord Chancellor has made inquiries, and does not find that either of the gentlemen took part in any 750 illegality on the occasion in respect of which the prosecutions of the 7th inst. arose, and he does not propose to take any further action in the matter.
§ MR. MACARTNEYIs the Lord Chancellor aware that one of these gentlemen presided on several occasions when complaints were made of persons living in the neighbourhood being boycotted?
§ MR. J. MORLEYI cannot answer that, and I do not think that the hon. Member can expect me to do so. The Lord Chancellor assures me that from all the inquiries which he has made he is satisfied that the persons on the Commission of the Peace are persons of respectability, and are fit for the post.