§ MR. SPEAKER informed the House, that he had received from Mr. Justice Monahan, one of the Judges selected for the Trial of Election Petitions, pursuant to the Parliamentary Elections Act, 1868, a Certificate of the Court. And the same was read, to the effect that—
§ In the matter of the Petition of Sir George Clendinning O'Donel, Petitioner; and George Eakins Browne, esq., Thomas Tighe, esq., and Joseph Pratt, esq. Respondents, the Court determined "that the Returning Officer was wrong in rejecting Petitioner's demand for a poll to which he was entitled, and in declaring George Eakins Browne and Thomas Tighe, esquires, as duly elected Members for the County of Mayo.
§ "Accordingly the Court doth determine and hereby certify to the Right Honorable the Speaker of the House of Commons that the said Election for the County of Mayo was null and void."