§ MR. M'GOVERN (Cavan, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, is he aware that Mr. R. H. Johnstone, Bawnboy, County Cavan, is a member of the syndicate who recently purchased the Morley estate, and Grand Master of the Orangemen of the County of Cavan and City of Dublin; has he applied to or been recommended to the Government as a proper person to be appointed a resident magistrate and, if so, have the Government any intention of appointing him to this position.
§ MR. WYNDHAMI have no knowledge of the matters alleged in the first paragraph. The inquiries in the second paragraph relate to matters which are properly treated as confidential.