§ 7. Mr. GRAHAMasked whether any decision has as yet been come to in respect of the holding of the quarter sessions in Philipstown; and whether he is aware that the discontinuance of the quarter sessions at Philipstown imposes expense and inconvenience to a large section of the people of North King's County, who are now obliged, in many instances, to travel twenty-five miles by car to Tullamore and stay over-night from their homes for the transaction of trivial legal business?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe petitions of certain inhabitants of Edenderry and Philipstown praying that the Order in Council abolishing quarter sessions at the latter town should be rescinded were considered by a Committee of the Privy Council in May last, and the Committee's recommendation that the application should not be complied with was confirmed by the Council on the 30th June. In arriving at their decision, which was duly communicated to the petitioners, the Council had regard to all relevant considerations, including those set forth in the question.