§ MR. J. P. FARRELL (Cavan, W.)I beg to ask Mr. Attorney General for Ireland whether he can state who is the receiver of the Annaly Estate, county Longford, and has the Court of Chancery had reports from him on the management of the Carrick-boy bog on this property; is the court aware that the bailiff has recently deprived three tenants named Peter Kenny, John Mason, and Peter Keenan of their spread-bank, which prevents them getting turf in this bog; whether any affidavit has been filed in court on behalf of the bailiff, and has his proceeding been sanctioned by an order of the court; whether, when Mason produced a notice received from the bailiff before the sub-commission, the sub-commissioners declared it to be an illegal document; and will steps be taken by the Court of Chancery to compel the bailiff to restore to those tenants their turbary rights?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. ATKINSON,) Londonderry, N.The Question of the honourable Member appears to be founded on a misconception. The Crown has no right 19 to interfere in litigations of the character mentioned in the Question conducted by private parties, and relating to their own private affairs. Nor have I, as Law Officer of the Irish Government, any right to express an opinion of the kind asked for on the action of the court or of the parties litigant in the matter.