MR. ENGLEDEW (Kildare, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will take steps to alter the present 1291 arrangement by which the nomination to the office of High Sheriff in Ireland is kept almost exclusively in the hands of one class; and if he will consider the necessity of allowing the county council to nominate a fair proportion of the gentlemen who are willing to fill this office, and whose names are submitted for the selection and approval of the Lord Lieutenant?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI see no reason for altering the present arrangements in regard to nominations to the office of High Sheriff in Ireland.