MR. PATRICK O'BRIENOn behalf of the hon. Member for the St. Patrick Division of Dublin, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Camberwell Board of Guardians intend sending Joseph Jones to Ireland against his will, although he has spent forty years in London; and whether, pending a change in the law, he can arrange that Joseph Jones can be retained in Camber-well.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. T. W. RUSSELL,) Tyrone, S.My right hon. 79 friend has asked me to reply to this question. I do not know how long the pauper referred to has resided in England, but I understand that he has previously been twice removed to Ireland, and that an order was obtained by the Camberwell Guardians on the 6th instant for his being again removed to that country. The pauper has, however, now' given additional particulars as to his residence in Camberwell, and the guardians are causing further inquiries to be made. If the result is to show that he is settled in Camberwell, the order will not be proceeded with; but there is no power to require the guardians to abstain from removing the pauper to Ireland pending any alteration in the law on the subject, assuming that he is legally removable.