MR. O'BRIEN (for Mr. HARRINGTON)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is a fact that at a meeting of electors held in Wexford on Sunday 10th, in support of the candidature of Mr. Small, a police constable and a Government reporter entered the committee rooms for the purpose of reporting the proceedings; whether the constable and reporter were acting under the instructions of the Government in thus presenting themselves in the committee room of a candidate; and, whether such a proceeding is not calculated to interfere unduly with the right of election?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, a constable and a Government reporter did enter the room where the meeting referred to was being held. They did not do so under instructions from the Government, but upon the invitation of a leading member of Mr. Small's committee. They were subsequently asked to retire, and at once did so. There does not appear to be anything in the matter calculated to interfere with the right of election.