MR. MAC NEILLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the tenants on the Letterilly estate of Mr. Orr, near Glenties, County Donegal, are about to be evicted through inability to pay law costs of ejectment decrees, which have been inflated three or four-fold by reason of the agent, who is ignorant of the locality and a non-resident, having inserted, as parties in the ejectment, the names of persons as sub-tenants who had no connection with the holdings; that Charles Gallagher, whose judicial rent is £2 2s., was required to pay £2 6s. 8d. in law costs before the decrees were placed in the hands of the Sheriff, whereas the costs legally leviable in his case were little over £1; and that Gallagher, who is wretchedly poor and without stock, sent on two occasions rent to Londonderry to the agent which was returned because unaccompanied with costs; and whether, having regard to the destitute condition of these tenants, the forces of the Crown will be employed to aid in their eviction?
§ MR. JACKSONI am afraid I can only refer the hon. Member to my reply to a similar question put by him on the 10th of last month. I do not know the details of the particular case.
MR. MAC NEILLWill the right hon. Gentleman take it into his consideration? it is a case of awful hardship.
§ MR. JACKSONI do not know that it is in my power to take any action.
MR. MAC NEILLIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that a predecessor of his in office refused to grant the forces of the Crown to assist evictions on Lord Clanricarde's estate?
§ MR. JACKSONI am not aware.