§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Monaghan, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether it has come to the knowledge of the Chancellor that Mr. Thomas Ferguson, J.P., of Banbridge, County Down, recently made a composition with his creditors; and whether, in consequence, it is proposed to remove him from the Commission of the Peace and ex-officio Guardianship of the Poor?
§ MR. JACKSONNo information to the effect alluded to in the question has come to the knowledge of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and his Lordship's Secretary is informed by the proper officials that no proceedings of any kind have been taken either by or against the gentleman referred to in this question.