§ Mr. BOLANDasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether, in the case of the recent election for a petty sessions clerk at Cahirciveen, he is aware that all the magistrates who voted, including Colonel Ross, received notices that they were entitled to vote; and whether, in view of the fact that the records show that when the vacancy occurred Colonel Ross had made the necessary attendances, the mere postponement of election on several occasions, due to equality in voting for two candidates, disqualifies a magistrate who was admittedly qualified when the vacancy occurred and has received notice on every subsequent occasion?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe hon. Member appears to be under a misapprehension. The notices issued simply informed the magistrates of the date of the election. Colonel Ross did not vote at any previous election, so the question of the validity of his vote did not arise; but, as a matter of fact, his attendances were not at any time such as to give him the qualification required by the judgment of the Court of King's Bench, to which I have referred in my previous answer.