MR. KENNEDYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state the number of Magistrates for the North Kildare Division of the County of Kildare appointed 1209 by the present Lord Chancellor of Ireland since his acceptance of Office, with or without the recommendation of the Lord Lieutenant of the county; whether the Lord Chancellor has received the names of seven gentlemen qualified to fill the Commission of the Peace in the district; if the refusal of the Lord Lieutenant of the county to recommend those gentlemen is the only objection to their appointment; whether his Grace the Duke of Leinster, the Lord Lieutenant of the county, has any personal knowledge of them, and on whose recommendations does he act; and whether any steps will be taken by the Irish Government to apply to North Kildare the Resolution of this House with regard to the Magistracy?
§ MR. J. MORLEYThe Lord Chancellor states that two Magistrates have been appointed for the division referred to, both on the recommendation of the Lieutenant of the county. The names of seven gentlemen were submitted to the Lord Chancellor, who submitted four to the Lieutenant for recommendation, and the latter recommended one. The remaining three are now under the consideration of the Lord Chancellor. It is not possible to answer the inquiry as to the personal knowledge or sources of information of the Lieutenant of the county. The Lord Chancellor will apply to North Kildare, in the appointment of Magistrates, the same rules as he has applied, and intends to apply, to other counties.