MR. MITCHELL-HENRYasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, What course the Government proposes to take in reference to the remaining prosecutions consequent on the Galway Election Inquiry?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONsaid, that in consequence of the failure of the recent prosecutions with reference to the Galway Election Inquiry, the Attorney General for Ireland, after consulting with all the counsel who had been engaged by the Crown, had come to the conclusion that there was no reasonable hope of obtaining convictions in any of the remaining cases. The Attorney General announced at once that it was not his intention to continue the prosecution. Under these circumstances the Government, after consulting with the English as well as the Irish Law Officers of the Crown, had determined to abandon any further proceedings in the matter.