Mr. FEATHERSTONHAUGHasked the Chief Secretary was or were any person or persons licensed for sale of intoxicating liquor appointed to be a justice or justices of the peace in the county of Tyrone within the past six months, and on whose recommendation; is a gentleman named M'Girr, who holds or held a public-house in Aughnacloy, now a justice of the peace for county Tyrone, and what was the date of his appointment as a justice; was the Vice-President of the Board of Agriculture in Ireland the person or one of the persons who recommended the appointment of Mr. M'Girr; is. Mr. M'Girr still a licensed publican; if not, when did he cease to be, and to whom has his licence been transferred, and when; and does this justice reside on the licensed premises?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI understand that Mr. Peter McGirr, of Aughnacloy, county Tyrone, was in December last appointed to the magistracy for the county Tyrone by the Lord Chancellor upon his own responsibility. The appointment was recommended to him by the Vice-President of the Board of Agriculture and by other persons in whose judgment his Lordship had confidence. Mr. McGirr is the proprietor of the Imperial Hotel at Aughnacloy, and in that capacity is believed to hold a licence. Persons in a similar position have been appointed on previous occasions by successive Lord Chancellors.