§ MR. BLANE (Armagh, S.)asked the Solicitor General for Ireland if at Lurgan (county Armagh) Petty Sessions, held on the 5th instant, James McAleese brought an ejectment against a cottier tenant named Sarah Poland, of Derrytagh North, on Lord Lurgan's estate, and decree granted; if Mr. James Fford obtained an ejectment against a cottier tenant named Cairns, of Derryadd, and decree granted; if same farmer obtained a decree of ejectment against a cottier tenant named James Scullion, of Derryadd, both on Lord Lurgan's estate; if Mr. C. Brownlow, agent for Lord Lurgan, adjudicated in the cases; if the cottier tenants mentioned will lose the benefits of the 4th section of the Land Purchase Act of 1887; and if he will communicate with the Irish Land Commission, with reference to those ejectments, when arranging the proposed sale of Lord Lurgan's estate?
§ * MR. MADDENsaid, that the tenants referred to all held under weekly agreements, but none of them were on the estate of Lord Lurgan. Mr. Brownlow was one of eight magistrates who adjudicated on the occasion; but as he had no connection with the estates 1790 involved, there was no reason why he should not do so.
§ * MR. MADDENHe had no connection with the estates on which the evictions took place. The hon. Member has been misinformed.