§ MR. WILLIAM ABRAHAM (Cork Co., N.E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he is aware that at the election of an engineer to the Mallow Union, held on the 5th instant, Mr. 1053 Brooke Brasier, J.P., and Mr. Godfrey Levinge, J.P., voted as ex-officio guardians without possessing the requisite legal qualifications; and, if he will cause inquiry to be made into this allegation?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. GERALD BALFOUR,) Leeds, CentralIt appears to be a fact that the gentlemen named in the Question voted as ex-officio guardians at the election of an engineer to the Mallow Union, but I am informed that they did possess the requisite legal qualification. The successful candidate for whom these gentlemen voted received a majority of seven votes.