§ MR. KILBRIDEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that a request was ordered to be issued to the Land Commission on the 9th November last for the sale of the Scanlan Estate, in the Scarriff Union, under Section 40 of the Land Act of 1896; and that Mr. Justice Ross, on 11th March, warned solicitors having carriage of sale that he would deprive them of their costs if they did not forward the request; whether he can state if it has been yet forwarded; whether he is aware that the relieving officer of the Scarriff Union has been notice for the eviction of one of the tenants on this estate for one year's rent; and whether, under the circumstances, the forces of the Crown will be given for the purpose?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe request for an inspection of this estate has not yet, I am informed, been issued, as the resettlement of the rental is not complete. I have no knowledge of the statement as to costs alleged to have been made by Mr. Justice Ross, though. I believe that he intimated that solicitors should proceed with due diligence in all sales entrusted to them. I have called for a Report as to the third paragraph, but have not yet received it. The hon. Member must, of course, be aware that the executive cannot interpose any obstacle to the execution of the decrees of a competent Court.