§ MR. SEXTONOn behalf of the hon. Member for East Galway, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary 'to the Lord Lieu- 458 tenant of Ireland whether Colonel Long-bourne, Resident Magistrate, has applied to the Government to allow him to reside at Portumna instead of Loughrea, where his predecessors up to the present have resided: and whether, in view of the feeling in the district and of Colonel Longbourne's association with the agent to Lord Clanricarde, he will be allowed to reside in the immediate vicinity of Portumna Castle?
MR. J. MORLEYColonel Long-bourne, Resident Magistrate, received permission to reside at Portumna instead of Loughrea, because no suitable house was available at the latter place, while there was one to be had at Portumna. Portumna was formerly the headquarters of a Resident Magistrate, and Colonel Longbourne's immediate predecessor resided about six miles from Loughrea.
MR. T. W.RUSSELLIs the reason why a house cannot be obtained for a Resident Magistrate to be found in the fact that Lord Clanricarde refuses to put the house in repair?