§ MR. BIGGARasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the attention of the Irish Executive has been drawn to the action of the Sheriff of Leitrim in fixing Carrick on Shannon as the place for the nomination of candidates, on next Monday, for the office of coroner for the northern division of that county, Carrick on Shannon not being situate in that district, but at a distance from it, said action of the Sheriff being in direct violation of the provision of the statute 9 and 10 Vic. c. 37, s. 3; and, what steps the Executive will take to compel the Sheriff to comply with the requirements of the Law?
§ MR. TREVELYANI received a detailed complaint on this subject a day or two ago, and at once telegraphed it in full to Dublin. The matter, I am advised, is not one in which the Government could interfere authoritatively; but the Sub-Sheriff was communicated with, and the provisions of the statute pointed out to him. So far as the short interval of time has allowed me to ascertain the facts, I understand that the Sub-Sheriff was, and still is, in some doubt as to the precise limits of the districts, and that search is being made among official records with a view to remove the doubts; but that, in the meantime, the Sheriff has determined to issue a new Proclamation fixing upon Manorhamilton, instead of Carrick-on-Shan-non, as the place of nomination.