§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether the Lordship of Appeal in Ordinary vacated by the resignation of Lord Morris, who was, previous to his appointment to this office Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, has been filled by Sir Nathaniel Lindley, late Master of the 1258 Rolls, and on what ground has departure been made from the unvarying practice with regard to the four Lords of Appeal in Ordinary—namely, that two should be filled by the English Bar Judiciary, one by the Scotch Bar Judiciary, and one from the Irish Bar Judiciary.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI do not think that the system of Lords of Appeal has been in existence a sufficient length of time to constitute any practice of the kind the hon. Gentleman suggests.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that it has been in existence since 1876, and that the practice has been invariably followed, and will not this constitution of the Court of Appeal be a warning to the Australians to avoid it?
§ [No answer was given.]