§ Mr. MULDOONasked the Attorney-General for Ireland whether he is aware that an election for petty sessions clerk for the districts of Skull, Ballydehob, and Goleen was held on the 22nd June last; that the Lord Lieutenant has withheld his sanction to the person selected and ordered a new election; that the clerk of the Crown and peace, instead of at once taking steps to carry out this order, has left it to the justices to fix the time; and that the latter have deferred the election and compliance with the Lord Lieutenant's order till the 9th November next; whether he will regard this action as an evasion of the order and a non-compliance with their duty by the justices; and, if so, what steps he intends to take to enforce compliance?
§ Mr. REDMOND BARRYThere was, I understand, some question of postponing the election until November, for the convenience of the magistrates. But I am now informed that the election will take place on 14th September, and that notices were posted last Saturday to that effect.