§ THE EARL OF LEITRIMasked Her Majesty's Government, What is the cause of the delay which takes place in the office of the "Irish Church Temporalities Commission," at Dublin, in granting the "Merging Orders" to relieve the estates of those persons who have paid their money for the purpose of purchasing the tithes in certain parishes in Ireland to relieve their estates therefrom, under the provisions of the Act for the Disestablishment of the United Church of England and Ireland in Ireland; and to know why the "Merging Orders" have been withheld for several months; and, if measures will be taken to remove the inconvenience caused by the delay complained of?
§ THE MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNEsaid, he had been in communication with the Irish Government, and had received a telegram from them, stating that no delay occurred in granting, those Merging Orders beyond what resulted from the pressure of business in the Solicitor's office, and that the noble Earl's own Merging Order was issued on the 21st of the present month.
§ THE EARL OF LEITRIMsaid, he had never received it.