§ *MR. WEBSTER (St. Pancras, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether his attention has been drawn to the following statement appearing in The Globe newspaper of the 1st January, 1893:—
That when the Elections Petitions Office at the Four Courts, Dublin, was opened yesterday, it was discovered that several important decuments connected with the Meath Election Petitions had disappeared";and whether the same is correct; and, if so, can he inform the House what were the documents which were lost; and also if any, and what, steps have been taken to recover them?