§ DR. CLARK (Caithness)asked the Lord Advocate, Whether the report in the Edinburgh Evening News is correct, describing the eviction of John Middleton, farmer, of Cairns Aberlour, by a force of labourers and policemen, who, without notice, turned him and his family out, tore off the roof, and demolished the farm house, or left it in flames; whether it is true that Middleton was not in arrears of rent, but the rent had been paid up till the last term; and, whether the Government will consider the desirability of bringing in a measure regulating evictions in Scotland?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. H. A. MACDONALD) () Edinburgh and St. Andrew's UniversitiesMy attention was only called to this matter last night, and I am not prepared to give an answer at present.