§ MR. JOYCEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will explain why the Lord Chancellor of Ireland has continued in the commission of the peace for the County of Antrim and for the City of Belfast a magistrate who has pleaded guilty, in the Belfast Police Court, to a charge of drunkenness preferred against him; and whether he can state the reasons why, shortly after pleading guilty to the charge of drunkenness, this magistrate was made a deputy lieutenant for his county.
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. ATKINSON, Londonderry, N.)There is no information in the Crown and Hanaper Office bearing on these allegations. It has no means of identifying the persons to whom reference is made, or of ascertaining whether the matters are of recent or ancient date.