MR. O'CONORasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether leave of absence to attend the Galway election trials in Dublin had been refused to Captain Nolan, late M.P. for that County; if so, whether he would not consider the advisability of allowing Captain Nolan to be present, the Attorney General for Ireland having declared him responsible for the acts of those now being prosecuted, and his own trial depending on the result of the present trials?
§ MR. CARDWELL,in reply, said, he was informed that leave would be given to Captain Nolan for the period neces- 282 sary for attending the trial now proceeding in Dublin. At the same time the leave would be limited to the time necessary for attendance in the case, as Captain Nolan had been much absent from his battery, and His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief deemed his presence there necessary.