§ MR. BIGGARasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether, in the election of Poor Law Guardians for electoral division of Belhubet, Cavan Union, Mr. J. Boland was decided by the returning officer not to be elected, he having taken for Mr. Boland's opponent seven proxy votes in the name of Mr. James O'Lawder, when, in fact, the legal title to the property was not vested in Mr. Lawder, but in the Receiver of the Matrimonial Division of the High Court of Justice; 1142 and, whether he will have the case reheard?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, at the election of Poor Law Guardians referred to, the Returning Officer recorded Mr. Lawder's proxy votes for Mr. Boland's opponent. The Local Government, having some doubt as to the legality of the decision, procured a legal opinion on the question, which was to the effect that the Returning Officer had acted legally. There is, therefore, under the circumstances, no reason for ordering a rehearing of the case.