§ MR. P. A. McHUGH (Leitrim, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary 780 to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland on whose recommendation Mr. Brearton J. Youell, an ex-constable of the Royal Irish Constabulary, has been appointed a justice of the peace for the county of Leitrim; is he aware that in the district of Ballinamore, in which Mr. Youell resides and adjudicates, there are at present eight magistrates, of whom only one is a Catholic, although Catholics constitute at least nine-tenths of the population, and although several Catholic gentlemen in the district have been recommended for appointment to the Commission of the Peace.
§ MR. WYNDHAMMr. Youell was recommended for the Commission of the Peace by the Lieutenant of the county. For many years he held the position of clerk of petty sessions. Four of the justices in the district are Catholics.