§ MR. J. P. FARRELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he is aware that at a Petty Sessions Court held in Longford, on Monday, 20th January four men were charged with illegally interring a dead body in Moydow grave- 39 yard contrary to the Local Government Board order, under which the graveyard is closed; whether he is aware that the parish priest, Canon O'Farrell, stated these people had no other place of interment pending the opening of a new cemetery at Ardagh; and whether he will assent to the suspension of the order closing Moydow graveyard until the new cemetery at Ardagh, for obtaining which a Provisional Order has been sanctioned by Parliament, can be opened.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe burial ground at Moydow was closed more than a year ago. If the District Council is prepared to allow the new cemetery at Ardagh to be used by the inhabitants of Moydow, pending the provision of additional burial ground at the latter place, the Local Government Board would not object to suspend the operation of the Closing Order until the Ardagh Cemetery is ready for interments. But the Board, as at present advised, could not consent to the use of the Ardagh Cemetery, as a permanent measure, by the people of the Moydow district.
§ MR. J. P. FARRELLThis is a very important question locally. The prosecution has been adjourned till Monday. Am I to understand that the proceedings will be withdrawn if Counsel give the undertaking asked for?
§ MR. WYNDHAMI should like to have the Question in writing in the course of this evening.