§ MR. JUSTIN M'CARTHYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether his attention has been called to the fact that, previous to the last Spring Assizes in the county of Longford, a candidate offered himself as collector of county cess for the barony of Moydow, and proposed to collect the cess at 8d. in the pound remuneration, while another candidate tendered at 1s. in the pound remuneration; whether the latter candidate was appointed by the vote of a great majority of the grand jury, only three grand jurors voting for the candidate who tendered at 8d. in the pound; whether it is the fact that the sureties of the rejected candidate were not objected to by anyone, and that he had proposed to pay into the bank, or lodge to the credit of the county treasurer, the full amount of the collection; and, whether he has received any information as to the reason for this action on the part of the grand jury?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, all matters connected with the appointment of barony cess collectors rest exclusively with the Grand Jury of the county, who transmit no information on the subject to the Government.