§ MR. CONWAY (Leitrim, N.)had the following Question on the Paper:—To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is in accordance with the spirit and letter of the Land Law Act of 1881, that the Chairman of the Sub-Commissioners should fix the judicial rent whilst in Court, on the mere testimony of a landlord's valuator, and without at all visiting the farm affected by such rent; whether, at the late sitting of the Sub-Commissioners, Mr. E. O. M'Devitt in the chair, at Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, the case of "Sarah Maguire v. Owen Wynne" came on for hearing; and, whether the Chairman fixed the judicial rent on the basis of the old rent; and, if so, whether the Government will afford facilities to Sarah Maguire for a re-hearing of her case? The hon. Gentleman complained that the Question was not in the form in which he handed it in. It ought to be—["Order!"]
§ MR. SPEAKEROrder, order! The hon. Gentleman will put the Question as it appears on the Paper.
§ MR. CONWAYBut it does not appear on the Paper as it ought to be.
§ MR. SPEAKERThe hon. Member will content himself with putting it as it appears on the Paper.
§ MR. CONWAYThen I decline to put the Question.