HC Deb 20 May 1895 vol 33 cc1586-7
MR. SHEEHY

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that at the petty sessions held at Woodford on Monday the 13th inst. Colonel Longbourne R. M., presiding, a bailiff on the Clanricarde estate occupied a seat on the Bench; and whether, in view of the fact that his attention has been frequently called to the relations that exist between Colonel Longbourne and Lord Clanricarde's servants, he will state whether it is the intention of the Lord Chancellor to take any action with regard to the conduct of this Magistrate?

MR. JOHN MORLEY

Colonel Longbourne informs me that it is not the fact that a bailiff on the Clanricarde estate occupied a seat on the Bench at Woodford Petty Sessions on the 13th instant, and that no relations of any sort exist between him and Lord Clanricarde's servants.