§ MR. T. P. O'CONNORasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If the Sub-Commissioners at Galway refused to hear forty-two cases, because the tenants had changed their solicitor in the period between the originating notice and the time fixed for the hearing of the case; and, whether the Sub-Commissioner is justified in refusing to hear cases between landlord and tenants because of a disputed claim with a third party?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, I have received a Report from the Land Commissioners, from which it appears that, after much discussion, the' cases were adjourned, because the tenants refused to pay the solicitor whom they had first retained, and who was entitled, under Rule 36, to claim his costs before the cases were proceeded with, and the tenants had not given the notice of change required by the Rule. The action of the Sub-Commission was 1744 justified under the Rule mentioned. The cases have been again listed for the present sittings, and will be disposed of within the next few days.