§ SIR CHARLES W. DILKE (for Mr. CHAMBERLAIN)asked the Secretary 1530 of State for the Home Department, Whether he intends to order a prosecution of the persons (including an Alderman and Councillor of the borough and a Guardian of the Poor) who were reported by the Commissioner to have been guilty of corrupt practices at a recent municipal election in Carlisle?
MR. ASSHETON CROSS,in reply, said, the matter had been put in the hands of the Treasury Solicitors, who did not advise a prosecution.