§ MR. JUSTIN M'CARTHYasked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland for the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, Whether the recent vacancy in the office of Clerk of the Peace for the county of Longford has been filled in the ordinary way by uniting that office with the Clerkship of the Crown; and, if the ordinary course has not been pursued, whether he will state the reason for the exceptional proceeding?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. W. M. JOHNSON)At present there are difficulties—which it is not necessary to state—in the union of these offices; provision, however, is made for the temporary, but efficient discharge of the duties of the office of Clerk of the Peace.