§ MR. JOHN REDMONDI wish to to put a question of which I have, I fear in vain, attempted to give private notice to the Chief Secretary. I wish to ask him whether it is the fact that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has refused to sanction the appointment, to the position of High Sheriff of Dublin, of the gentleman selected by the Corporation of Dublin; is it not the fact, that the statue under which the Corporation Acts was passed in the year 1876, at the instance of Mr. Butt, and that it gave power to the Corporation to select three names; has it not been the invariable practice of the Irish Government in the past to accept the first name on the list and will the right hon. Gentleman state the reason why this invariable practice has now been departed from.
§ MR. WYNDHAMI have no information on the matter raised by the hon. Gentleman, but if he will give me an opportunity to acquire the information and look up precedents, I shall be able to answer him on another day, say Monday.