§ MR. CLANCYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether there is any precedent for the appointment of Mr. Thomas W. Russell to the Commission of the Peace for the County of Dublin, he being unconnected by property, residence, or otherwise, with any district in that county; and, if not, why such a precedent was set in the case of Mr. Russell?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI am informed that it is no uncommon practice for a gentleman living on the border of one county to be placed on the Commission of the Peace for the adjoining county, although he has neither a residence nor property in that adjoining county.