MR. ASSHETON CROSSI beg to say, Sir, that it is not my intention to move the Notice which stands in my name for to-night with regard to the Clare County Writ, but I shall put the Notice down on the Paper formally for Friday, the 18th instant; and in the course of the evening I shall be glad to arrange with hon. Members interested in the matter as to the actual date when a discussion on the subject can take place. The precise terms of the Notice referred to by the right hon. Gentleman are as follows:—
That the office of Attorney General of the Colony of Victoria is an office or place of profit under the Crown within the meaning of the Statutes in that behalf.That Sir Bryan O'Loghlen has since his Election for the county of Clare accepted the said office, and has thereby vacated his seat.Afterwards—
§ SIR JULIAN GOLDSMIDgave Notice that he would oppose the Resolution of the Home Secretary,
MR. ASSHETON CROSSsaid, that since making his former announcement he had had an opportunity of conferring with a number of the Irish Members, and found that Friday, the 25th instant, would be more suitable for the discussion of the subject than the date he had previously mentioned. The debate on the question of the Clare County Writ would therefore be taken on the 25th of this month.