THE O'GORMAN MAHONI have to present a Petition of rather an unusual character with regard to explosives. There are Acts requiring the Guardians in particular districts in which they exist to take precautions against these explosives. And this is a Petition praying that at the same time certain Acts heretofore in existence should be repealed. The Acts mentioned are the 38 & 39 Vict. It further prays that magistrates shall henceforth be deprived of the power of appointing individuals to look after these explosives, as there now ceases to be any necessity for doing so, since the Authorities have confided the matter to the police. The Petition is signed by one of the most respectable men in my county, whose only fault happens to be that he is a Conservative. The Board of Guardians with which he is connected are Liberal in the extreme, and this matter shows their feeling as regards Conservative gentlemen; for, although opposed to both Whigs and Tories, they will tolerate such men as that.
§ Petition to lie on the Table.