§ MR. SAMUEL YOUNG (Cavan, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been directed to the case of Lindsay, tenant, and Mrs. Corry, landlord, decided by Mr. Justice Meredith at the Land Commission Court at Dublin on Tuesday last, when a decision was come 238 to the effect of which would be to make a sale on such an estate dependent on the Irish Land Act of 1881, and not on the Ulster custom, as has hitherto been believed to be the right of the Ulster tenant; and whether he will consider the advisability of amending the Irish Land Laws, so as to prevent the Ulster tenants from being deprived of the right of free sale under the Ulster custom.
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. G. W. BALFOUR,) Leeds, CentralThe hon. Member misapprehends the facts. The sale was hold to be a sale under the Ulster custom, one of the incidents of which is that the landlord should consent to the transaction to make it valid. In this case this consent had not been given, and the purchaser was accordingly decided not to be a tenant entitled to have his rent fixed. The decision upholds the custom, and no legislation is necessary.