MR. DEASEsaid, he wished to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland, If his attention has been called to a paragraph in "The Pall Mall Gazette," "Waterford Mail," and other newspapers, to the effect that Mr. Goold, R.M., had been removed from Waterford to Now Ross in consequence of errors committed by him in his capacity of Stipendiary Magistrate during the late Election at Waterford; if so, whether there is any foundation for such a statement?
§ MR. CHICHESTER FORTESCUEIn answer, Sir, to my hon. Friend, I have to say there is no foundation whatever for the report to which he refers. I believe that Mr. Goold, during the late Waterford Election, was, unfortunately, confined to the house by illness.