§ MR. JUSTIN M'CARTHYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is true that in the district of Ballymahon, county of Longford, cases entered for hearing before the justices of the peace have remained unheard for more than three months because it was necessary that they should be heard by two justices; and, during that time, although there is a court every fortnight, only the resident magistrate attended; and, whether, if this be true, he will take any steps to secure a better attendance of magistrates?
§ MR. TREVELYANI find, on inquiry, that one case, being a charge against a caretaker for overholding possession of a cottage, has remained unheard during the past two months for the reason stated, and that the non-attendance of a second magistrate was 1418 caused on two occasions by the illness of a local justice who usually acts, and on the third by a heavy snowstorm, which prevented a resident magistrate from arriving from another district. It is expected that the case will be disposed of this week.