MR. PATRICK O'BRIENI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, is he aware that the meeting of the Justices of Tipperary called in connection with the pending election of a coroner was held on the 11th instant, and decided not to change the places of polling used at previous elections of a coroner for the south division of Tipperary; and, has the writ for the election yet been issued; if not, why; and when will it be issued?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURA meeting of the Justices of the County of Tipperary was held on the 11th inst., for the purpose of dividing the South Riding of the county into coroners' districts, but the Justices, under a misapprehension as to what was necessary, failed to comply with the requirements of the Act of Parliament, inasmuch as they neither fixed a place for the holding of the election nor did they make any order as to polling places. To remedy this defect the Lord Lieutenant has been advised that the proceedings for a re-division must be gone over de novo, and he has intimated his readiness to grant a new Warrant for that purpose at the earliest convenient date. The Writ for the new election of a coroner will at once be issued when the re-division of the Riding has been carried into effect.