§ MR. M'DERMOTT (Kilkenny, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Leutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been drawn to a resolution adopted on the 7th instant by the Poor Law Guardians of the Tulla Union, County Clare, protesting against attacks made upon them by Mr. Charles Kelly, the County Court Judge (acting as Revising Barrister), upon the ground that they had improperly struck a rate in the month of December last; whether he is aware that, as stated in the resolution of the Guardians, the rate in question had to be struck in December to maintain the solvency of the Union by enabling the discharge of urgent obligations; and whether, in so striking the rate, the Guardians acted in obedience to the law and at the instance and with 1553 the approval of the Local Government Board?
§ MR. ASQUITH (for Mr. J. Morley)My attention has been drawn to the resolution referred to. I understand that it not unlikely the question will form the subject of legal investigation, and, under the circumstances, I do not think it is desirable to discuss the matter.