§ DR. TANNER (Cork Co., Mid)I beg to ask the Attorney General for Ireland whether ho is aware that Francis C. Garvey, of Murrisk Abbey, Mayo, Ireland, who was appointed clerk of Petty Sessions for Louisburgh district by the Justices of said district, and also recently appointed Commissioner for taking affidavits by the present Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was dismissed his ship and the Service, he being then an officer in the Royal Navy, on a charge of larceny, and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment; and whether, in the face of the above-mentioned finding, he will be continued in the position of trust and emolument to which he has been appointed?
§ MR. MADDENI must ask the hon. Gentleman to defer the question until some day next week. The Registrar of Petty Sessions clerks is making inquiries.
§ DR. TANNERThe matter is one of very great importance, and I ask that an answer shall be vouchsafed at the earliest possible opportunity. I will put the question down again for Monday and shall expect an answer.