§ Mr. MEAGHERasked the Chief Secretary whether the composition of the bench of magistrates in the Castlecomer Petty Sessions district is mostly of the Tory and Unionist personnel; and, seeing that the Lord Chancellor of Ireland has had the names of several properly qualified gentlemen of popular tendencies recommended to him by the local bodies and by the Member of Parliament for the Division, whether he will see his way to accede to the request of the people and appoint additional magistrates?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Lord Chancellor informs me that he does not know the political views of the magistrates referred to. The names of certain gentlemen have been suggested to the Lord Chancellor for appointment to the Commission of the Peace in connection with the Castlecomer Bench, and will be duly considered.