§ MR. T. M. HEALY (Longford, N.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, What is the cause of the delay in replying to the Memorial sent three months since to the Lord Lieutenant from Granard, County Longford, asking that the Quarter and Land Sessions should be held in that town; and, what determination have the Government come to?
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY (Colonel KING-HARMAN) (Kent, Isle of Thanet)(who replied) said, that before this Memorial could be considered some preliminary steps were necessary. These were duly carried out, and the matter was laid before the Lord Lieutenant in Council, and the decision of the Privy Council, to which it was referred, had not been come to.
§ MR. T. M. HEALYasked, if the right hon. and gallant Gentleman could say when it would come to a decision on the matter?
§ COLONEL KING-HARMANsaid, the meeting of the Privy Council was to be fixed by the Lord Chancellor, and he had not yet fixed it.