§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will say whether, when Head Constable Allingham was recently elected petty sessions clerk at Miltown-Malbay, some of the magistrates of the district, including the chairman of the county council, who holds the Commission of the Peace, were not summoned to attend; and whether some of the magistrates who did attend, and voted for Head Constable 969 Allingham, were not entitled to sit on the Miltown-Malbay Bench on the occasion; and, if so, whether he will cause another election to be held, and have all the duly qualified magistrates of the petty sessions district summoned.
§ MR. WYNDHAMNotices were sent by the clerk of the peace to every magis-state returned to him by the acting clerk of petty sessions as resident or in the habit of attending Miltown Petty Sessions. The chairman of the county council is not resident in the district. Some of the votes recorded at the election were not valid, but these were disregarded, and the head constable was found to have a majority of valid votes. The necessity for a fresh election does not, therefore, arise.