THE O'DONOGHUEasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether his attention has been called to a sheriff's sale at the suit of Lord Kenmare for rent due, wherein 1234 the sheriff has declined to sell the stock and cattle of the tenant, Patrick Whetstone, at his request, although adequate to meet the execution and upon the premises, but has notified that he will sell the tenant's interest in the holding, whereby his family will be evicted; and, whether the Government approve the action of the sheriff?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTERSir, this is a matter that does not concern the Government; but by the courtesy of the subsheriff, I have been made acquainted with the facts of the case. The subsheriff had to execute a decree for rent against Patrick Whetstone. On his arriving at the farm, Patrick Whetstone said to him—"There are the cattle, do what you can with them." He did not, however, feel that it would be safe to impound the cattle, and in view of the state of the country he was afraid he would not be able to find a bidder for them. Accordingly, he intimated that he would sell the tenant's interest in the holding. That, however, is a matter with which the Government have nothing to do.