§ MR. FINUCANE (Limerick, E.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the neglect of a landlord to serve with an ejectment notice a sub-tenant renders the ejectment of the principal tenant illegal; Whether Timothy Conway, of Doon, county Limerick, has been recently evicted, no notice having been served on a Mrs. Hayes, who was a sub-tenant of his for eight years; whether Mrs. 199 Hayes is still in possession, and was never evicted; whether Conway's farm is now in possession of caretakers guarded by several policemen; whether the Irish Government will order the withdrawal of the policemen until the landlord complies with the requirements of the Law; and, whether the evicting landlord in this case is Major Hare, Brompton Lodge, Chester?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. JOHN MORLEY) (Newcastle-on-Tyne), in reply, said, that the answer to paragraphs 2, 3, 4, and 6 in the Question was in the affirmative. There is some doubt as to whether this was a case of sub-tenancy. The omission to serve a sub-tenant would in some cases be a sufficient defence, in other cases it would not. But it should have been put forward at the hearing, and, under the circumstances, the ejectment was considered to be not illegal. The police were necessary, and could not be withdrawn.