HOW IRELAND IS GOVERNED

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1833, 5 April 1884, Page 4

HOW IRELAND IS GOVERNED

Mr W. J. Corbet, M.P., writes to us (says the " Pall Mall Budget ") as follows ( in reply to a correspondent in our columns who asked, retening to a statement made by Mr Alfred Webb a few days ago on the way in which Ireland is nt present ruled. "Does he mean that the Protestant minority govern the Catholic majority ? Since Catholics have the right of voting and sitting m Parliament, how can this be true !" :— " It is perfectly true, for this reason : the whole focal authority, administration of finances, the emoluments of office, and all are almost without exception in Protestant hauda: and why? The Loid Lieutenant of Ireland, wh-> must by law be Protestant, appoints Piotestant county lord-lieutenauts and deputy Lieutenants, The county lord-lieutonants nominate Protestauts for the commission of the Peace. The high sheriffs nominate Protestant grand jurors, who appoint Protestant officials from secretaiies down to sheriffs' bailiffs. The PiotesUut exotficio poor law guardians, whoiulc the roast in most unions, appoint Protestants officials from top to bottom ; and so the game is played. As an instance of how the system is worked, I would mention the shameless way in which juiy packing was canied out in tlietii.il of pusoners from various parts of It eland, at Wick low, ou a recent occasion, Catholics specially summoned, and attending at expense and inconvenience, weie one after another oideied to stand aside until exclusively Piotestant juries weie obtained. The county supplies a fanillustration of my allegation. Theiearo, speaking in lound uumbeis, 10.000 Piotestants and ."34,000 Roman Catholics, yet the whole administration is piactically in the hands ot about 260 Piotestant officials, pud and honoiary, including 92 out of 97 magistrates. There are about 50 Catholics officials in the humblest ranks. I freely admit that many amiable and estimable Protestants •re to be found in authority in the couutiei, but Government is in the grip of the ascendancy faction, who hate the people, their cause, and their religion, The suggestion, therefore, of > our correspondent that Ireland is constitutionally governed according to the will of the Catholic majority, is simply preposteioii^."

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