MR. O'BRIENasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he is aware that Captain Sarsfield, Vice Chairman of the Cork Board of Guardians, refused to take the opinion of that Board on an application for the use of a board room for a conference of the elected and ex-officio Guardians of the county on the subject of the defects and suggested amendments of the Poor Law system in Ireland; and, whether it was within the Vice Chairman's competence to refuse the Board an opportunity of deciding upon the application; and, if not, whether an intimation to that effect will be conveyed to him?
§ MR. TREVELYANI am informed, Sir, that the Vice Chairman did not refuse to take the opinion of the Board. There was a difference of opinion among the Guardians as to whether or not the use of the Board-room should be granted for the purpose asked, and, after some discussion, the matter dropped, not having been pressed by those in favour of it, and no formal resolution having been put.