§ The Duke of Wellingtonsaid, he had some time ago moved for certain papers respecting the manner in which the Poor-law was administered in Ireland. Those papers were not yet before the House, and he wished to know when there was any chance of their being produced. He was particularly anxious to have the correspondence between the guardians of the Naas Union and the Poor-law Commissioners, because 807 he understood that the returning officer for the Naas Union had been tried and convicted of an offence. He would not name what that offence was, because he was not in possession of the trial; but he was desirous that there should be laid before the House the record of the trial of Bartholomew Carney, which took place at the assizes held in Green-street, Dublin, on the 17th of January, 1839, before Chief Justice Doherty and Mr. Justice Johnson.
The Marques of Normanbysaid, the Poor-law Commissioners had been applied to for the papers moved for, which were, he supposed, in the course of preparation. As to the case to which the noble Duke adverted, of the facts connected with which he was not aware, there could be no objection to the production of the documents required.
§ Subject at an end. Adjourned.