said thus much, I consider myself called upon, with the greatest submission and respect, to add, that with the exception of the expressions adverted to, I hold that my conduct on the occasion in question was altogether blameless. I challenge all inquiry, fearless of the results. Certain I am, that my character for honour would continue unimpeached, and my character for temper and moderation, qualities which, during a service in the army of upwards of 20 years, of which 11 were in the command of a regiment of cavalry, have been both tried and proved, would not suffer. With reference to the latter part of your letter, I wish to observe, that composed as the bench of magistrates was, viz., Mr. Barron, Mr. Browne, and Mr. Joseph Bourke, with his son, Mr. Dominick Bourke, and after their decisions on the preceding day, I considered it prudent to abandon the other prosecutions, but I also considered it right to do myself justice, and state, through my solicitor, my reasons for doing so. My letter was not disrespectful; and it did not occur to me that the fact of my holding the commission of the peace, though absent from the bench, and indeed from the Court, was to obstruct me in a course I should have otherwise thought myself justified in adopting. In this country I have always declined to be a magistrate; in Ireland I considered it a duty imposed upon me by the state of the country. I have, when permitted, applied myself zealously, and I hope honourably, to its discharge; and I can assure the Lord Chancellor, for whose opinion I shall be always disposed to show the highest respect, that it is with no inconsiderable pain I find I have incurred his Lordship's disapproval. I have, &c. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's letter; and I am directed by the Lord Chancellor to express his unfeigned regret at feeling it his duty to order a supersedeas to issue. Letter referred to in Mr. Sugden's Letter of 2d December 1842, page 22. Sir, To Neal Davis, Esq. Castlebar, 11 November 1842. As I am informed, the magistrates came to no decision in the first case yesterday, from being divided in opinion (two and two) whether a landlord can proceed for trespass in shooting on his estate under the 27th of Geo. 3, c. 35. The second case was withdrawn in consequence of an objection raised by Mr. O'Malley, that the tenant who prosecuted would be an incompetent witness to prove the trespass, an objection admitted by the bench, and acquiesced in on my part. In the third case, and where the tenant again prosecuted, the magistrate who had before voted that he alone could prosecute, now, with Mr. Barron, adjudicated 2s. 6d. as a sufficient fine for an aggravated trespass; aggravated, it must be considered, from its being the third committed in two days; and after Mr. O'Malley had declared to my gamekeeper his determination to persevere in such a course. Under these circumstances, I think it would be vain and unwise to proceed further at present, I therefore request you will be good enough to withdraw the remaining cases. Yours, faithfully, Secretary's Office, Four Courts, My Lord, By the direction of the Lord Chanceller I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that having regard to the circumstances under which the supersedeases issued, and the time that has since elapsed, he has directed your Lordship to be restored to your former place in the commission of the peace for the county of Mayo. Mr. St. Clair O'Malley has also been reinstated in the same commission. I have, &c. The Earl of Lucan. (signed) Henry Sugden. No. 16. Sir, No. 16. Castlebar, 28 Oct. 1843. I HAVE to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th instant, informing me, by direction of the Lord Chancellor, that having regard to the circumstances under which the supersedeases issued, and the time that has since elapsed, he has directed my name to be restored to its former place in the commission of the peace for this county, and that Mr. St. Clair O'Malley has also been reinstated in the same commission. COPY of the COMMISSION appointing the Earl of Lucan Lord Lieutenant of the County of Mayo. VICTORIA, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland QUEEN, Defender of the Faith, and so forth: To all unto whom these presents presents shall come, greeting. Whereas, by an Act passed in the first and second year of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, " An Act to provide for the better Order and Government of Ireland by Lieutenants for the several Counties, Counties of Cities, and Counties of Towns therein," it is amongst other things enacted, that it shall and may be lawful at any time after the passing of the said Act, for Her Majesty's Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, commonly called the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, or of any Chief Governor or Governors thereof, by letters patent, to be made under the Great Seal of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, to substitute, assign, and appoint under him or them Lieutenants of the several counties, counties of cities, and counties of towns in Ireland, and that such Lieutenants and their Deputies, to be appointed in manner in the said Act mentioned, shall have and exercise within the limits of their several and respective jurisdictions all and every such powers and authorities as by an Act passed in the forty-ninth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled, "An Act for amending and reducing into one Act the several Laws for raising and training the Militia of Ireland," or by any other Act or Acts in force in Ireland, the Governors or Deputy Governors of counties or places in Ireland may respectively have or exercise, or might have had or exercised before the passing of the said Act of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, and shall also have full power and authority to do, execute, transact, and perforin, all and singular the matters and things in and by the said letters patent to them prescribed, declared, or entertained, which to the Lieutenants of Her Majesty may in anywise lawfully belong, as by the said Act may amongst other things appear: And whereas the office and place of Lieutenant of the county of Mayo is now vacant by the death of Howe Peter Marquess of Sligo, late Lieutenant thereof; Know ye, therefore, that We of our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, by and with the advice and consent of our right trusty and wellbeloved Councillor, William Lord Heytesbury, Knight Grand Cross of the most honourable Military Order of the Bath, our Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, have, under and by virtue of said Act of Parliament of the first and second year of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, and for the better execution of the same, nominated, substituted, assigned, and appointed, and by these presents We do nominate, substitute, assign, and appoint, the Right honourable George Earl of Lucan Lieutenant under our said Lord Lieutenant for the county of Mayo, during our pleasure, and him the said Right honourable George Earl of Lucan Lieutenant for the said county of Mayo We do by these presents make, substitute, assign, and appoint, to have and exercise the said office of Lieutenant for the said county, within the limits thereof, and every power and powers, authority and authorites, which by the said Act passed in the forty-ninth year of the reign of King George the Third, or by any other Act or Acts in force in Ireland the Governors of counties in Ireland may have or exercise, or might have had or exercised before the passing of the said Act of the first and second year of the reign of his said Majesty King William the Fourth, and also all powers, rights, and authorities specified in, or conferred or granted by, the said last-mentioned Act, or which Lieutenants appointed by Us for counties in that part of the United Kingdom called England lawfully may have, use, or exercise, and to have and to hold the said office or place unto him the said George Earl of Lucan during our pleasure as aforesaid. And our further will and pleasure is, that these our letters patent, or the inrolment or exemplification hereof, shall be in all things good, firm, valid, and effectual in the law unto the said Earl of Lucan, during our pleasure as aforesaid, and shall be construed and interpreted in as favourable and beneficial manner and form as may be for the most benefit and advantage of the said Earl of Lucan, without any further grant or confirmation from Us to be had, procured, or obtained: provided always, that these our letters patent be enrolled in the Rolls of our High Court of Chancery in Ireland, within the space of six months next ensuing the date of these presents. In witness whereof, We have caused these our letters to be made patent. Witness, William Lord Heytesbury, our aforesaid Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, at Dublin, the 14th day of February 1845. Inrolled the 20th day of February 1845. RETURN to an ORDER of the Honourable The House of Commons, RETURNS" from each DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM in Ireland, specifying the Name, the Year in which Opened, the Number of Patients for which intended, the Quantity of Land purchased, the Price by the English Acre, the Amount of the Purchase Money of Land, the Quantity of Land rented, and the Rent by the English Acre, the Cost of Building, Cost of Bedding, Furniture, and other Contingencies, and Total Expenditure on each Asylum previous to its Opening:-Of the Expense of each Addition, including Furnishing, &c. to each Asylum, and of the Number that can be accommodated by each Addition; and of the additional Numbers that were accommodated in each Asylum without Additions to the Buildings, and of the Expense of the Alterations, Furnishing, &c., and the Total Number which could be accommodated in each Asylum, on the 31st day of March 1845:-Of the Names of the Counties, &c. attached to each District Lunatic Asylum, with the Population of each by the Census of 1841, and the Total Population of each District, and of the Proportion which each County was to pay of the first Expense of each Asylum:-Of the Expense of each District Lunatic Asylum for each Year since the 31st day of March 1839, showing the Total Annual Expense, the Annual Average Expense of each Patient, the Number of Patients from each County, and the Sum charged to each County in each Year:-Of the Number of Patients in each on the 1st day of April in each of the said Years; the Number admitted, the Number discharged, distinguishing those discharged as Cured, as Relieved, and as Harmless and Incurable, and the Number transferred to Workhouses; the Number who have Died, and the Total Discharged and Died, the Number to whom Admission was refused, and the Average Number in each Asylum in each of the said Years-Of the Total Expenditure in each Asylum in each of the said Years; the Total Cost per Head per Annum; the Expenditure in Furniture, Bedding, and Linen; the Expenditure in Fixtures, Alterations, and Additions, Workmen's Bills, &c.; the Total Expenditure in Clothing; the Expenditure per Head per Annum in Clothing; the Total Expenditure in Salaries and Servants' Wages; the Expenditure per Head per Annum in Salaries and Servants' Wages; the Total Expenditure in Food only; the Cost per Head per Annum in Food only; the Cost per Head per Week in Food only; the Cost per Head per Day in Food only; all calculated from the Average Number of Patients in each of the said Years :-Of the Particulars of each Salary and Servant's Wages, and the Total Amount of the same for each of the said Years:- And of the Number of Patients admitted into each Asylum between the 31st day of March 1839 and the 31st day of March 1845, the Number discharged or taken away by their Friends as Relieved or Incurable within that Period, the Number of Relapsed Cases, and the Number who died within that Period, and the Number remaining in each Asylum on the 31st day of March 1845:" "SIMILAR RETURNS from the CORK LUNATIC ASYLUM from the 31st day of March 1839:" "RETURN of the Number of INSANE PERSONS, including Idiots, in each Gaol and in each Workhouse in Ireland, on the 31st day of March 1845, with the estimated Annual Cost of maintaining, &c. each; and the Total Number in Asylums, Gaols, and Workhouses in Ireland, on the 31st day of March 1845." (Sir Robert Ferguson.) 547. Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, |