§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Lord-Advocate whether the Scottish Education Department have received a petition, signed by all the parents of children attending the public school at Lemreway, Stornoway, urging that Mr. John D. Mitchel should be retained in his appointment as master of the school; and, if so, what action he proposes to take.
THE LORD-ADVOCATE (Mr. SCOTT DICKSON, Glasgow,) BridgtonThe Department have received the petition 549 referred to by the hon. Member, and are inquiring into the matter.