§ MR. JAMES O'CONNOR (Wicklow, W.)I beg to ask Mr. Attorney General for Ireland if he can state the number of Roman Catholics in the county of Wicklow who are ex-officio magistrates, and the number of Roman. Catholic magistrates who are not ex-officio magistrates.
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. ATKINSON,) Londonderry, N.There are four Chairmen of Councils in the County Wicklow who are ex-officio Justices of the Peace. They are believed to be Roman Catholics. I have already stated that, exclusive of the ex-officio element, there are twenty-three other justices in the county who are believed to be of the same religious persuasion.