§ MR. W. A. MACDONALD (Queen's County, Ossory)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he has received the copy of a resolution passed by what is described as a large and representative meeting of the people of Portarlington, disapproving of a scheme proposed by the Government for the drainage of the Barrow by means of embankments, and 1135 advocating the adoption of the plan embodied in the Report of Lord Castletown's Commission, which recommended the widening and deepening of the bed of the river and the removal of obstructions; and whether, after this expression of local opinion, the Government still intend to persevere with their scheme?
§ * MR. A. J. BALFOURYes; and the proposals of the Government will be communicated to the memorialists. The hon. Member may be able to get information from the engineer, Mr. Gamble.