§ MR. BLANE (Armagh, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the Board of Guardians of the Armagh Union, at their meeting on Tuesday, 5th instant, by a majority of one, appointed a person named David Brooks to the position of Master of the Armagh Workhouse; whether he is the same David Brooks against whom a man named Bernard Vallely obtained a decree for damages for the seduction of his daughter, Widow Berry, alias Vallely, at the Armagh Quarter Sessions, Easter, 1886; whether Widow Eliza Berry, alias Vallely, and her illegitimate child, James Brooks, are at present inmates of the Armagh Workhouse, over which David Brooks has been appointed Master; and, whether, under those circumstances, the Local Government Board, of which he is President, will consider the propriety of refusing to sanction the appointment of David Brooks as Master of the Armagh Workhouse?
§ THE CHIEF SECEETAEY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)The answer to the first paragraph of the Question is, Yes; the answer to the second is also, Yes; the answer to the third paragraph is, No; and with regard to the last paragraph, in reference to the Local Government Board, I have to say the matter is still under my consideration.