§ MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Fermanagh, N.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If it is true, as stated by "One of the Doomed," in The Fermanagh Reporter of 26th August, that—
Half a score of evictions were carried out, ten or twelve days ago, on the property of the Marquis of Ely, at Garrison, county Fermanagh;and, whether, in view of the fact that a large number of the tenants of the Marquis of Ely were evicted in the county of Wexford also, the Government will exercise some influence to prevent this nobleman's agent from carrying out these evictions?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)It is reported in The Fermanagh Reporter that evictions took place on Lord Ely's estate, in the county Fermanagh, on the 14th of last month. All the persons evicted were re-admitted as caretakers, pending redemption. I suppose the other evictions referred to by the hon. Member were those about which he asked me a Question the other day. I have nothing to add to the answer I 1070 then gave. There appears to me to be no room for any action of the Government in the matter.
§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDBut the right hon. Gentleman then stated that the evicted people were forced by the local branch of the National League to go into the poorhouse. Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that there is no local branch of the National League, and that his statement has caused considerable indignation in the district?
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACHWhen I saw the Question on the Paper I directed further inquiries to be made, the result of which I shall know in a day, and, of course, if I was wrong I shall say so.