§ MR. HEALYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If it has come under his notice that, at the sworn inquiry in Cootehill Workhouse on the 8th instant, relative to the validity of the late election for Carmeen Division, Mr. Armstrong, Local Government Board Inspector, formally ruled that the solicitor for Mr. Owen McCabe, defeated candidate, had no right to an inspection of the claims under Form A 1 to the votes given to which he objected; will any steps be taken to remedy the injury done to the case of Mr. McCabe by their non-production; is it the fact that, at the same inquiry, it transpired that Vaughan Montgomery, Esq. J.P., Crilly, Aughnacluy, county Tyrone, lodged a claim to vote as lessor of Patrick McCabe, Mountain Lodge, on a valuation of £19 10s., and that, by the sworn evidence of Mr. P. McCabe, his lease, and rent receipts, it was proved that Mr. Montgomery had no interest, directly or indirectly, in this holding; and, will he ask this magistrate for an explanation of the filing of this claim?
§ MR. TREVELYANIt is the fact that the Inspector, Mr. Armstrong, ruled as stated in the case of Mr. Owen M'Cabe, and the Local Government Board are at present in communication with him on the subject. With regard to the claim made by Mr. Montgomery, the facts appear, from the information at present before me, to be as alleged. Mr. Montgomery will be asked for an explanation of the circumstances. It is right to observe that he was not present at the inquiry.