§ MR. SEXTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether, at a place called Cloonchewers, county Roscommon, a tenant named John Mulrenan was lately evicted from a holding on the estate of Lord de Freyne; whether, after the eviction, Mr. M'Dougal, the agent of Lord de Freyne, set fire, with his own hands, to the house which had been occupied by Mul- 502 renan, and thereby placed in imminent danger of destruction several occupied houses standing near; whether other similar acts of destruction have been recently perpetrated on the same estate; and, whether such acts are illegal?
§ MR. TREVELYANNearly a year after the eviction, the agent observed that the house was so dilapidated as to be, in his opinion, dangerous to those living near. It was for this reason that he burned it. The burning, though near to other houses, did not place them in imminent danger of destruction. Other houses on the estate were burned a considerable time ago. I am not aware that anything illegal was done.