§ MR. BLANE (Armagh, S.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General, with reference to the case of Mr. Terence M'Alevey, Postmaster at Dromintee, who has been removed from his office on the ground that he resisted a seizure of goods in his own premises, there having been no warrant in the hands of the Sheriff or his officers against Mr. M'Alevey, whether a Memorial, praying for the re-instatement of Mr. M'Alevey, has reached the Postmaster General, complaining that the post office has been removed to an inconvenient place for the inhabitants of the district; and if he, taking all the circumstances into consideration, will restore Mr. M'Alevey to the office which he held for eight years, with satisfaction to the authorities and the public, in the district of Dromintee County Armagh?
§ *MR. RAIKESTwo Memorials have been received praying for Mr. M'Alevey's re-instatement, but in neither of them is any complaint made that the post office had been removed to an inconvenient place. It having been reported to me that the sub-postmaster had been sentenced to a month's imprisonment for an assault on a Sheriff's officer, and as his official conduct was unsatisfactory, his removal from his office was decided on. I regret that I am unable to re-consider this decision.