§ MR. MOONEY (Dublin Co., S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the 137 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware of the fact that during the recent elections under the Local Government Act, a meeting was held in Rathfarnham (County Dublin) petty sessions court by the Conservatives, in furtherance of the candidature of Colonel Hercules Rowley, of Marley Grange, Rathfarnham; and will he state what steps, if any, were taken by the authorities to prevent a political meeting of this kind from being held in the court-house.
§ MR. WYNDHAMI am informed that Colonel Rowley was not a candidate at the elections referred to, and that no meeting was held by Conservatives in the court house on the occasion.