§ MR. J. P. FARRELLTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the impending eviction by Colonel King Harman on his estate near Kenagh country Longford, of a family named Daly; and to ask him whether, in view of the circumstances of the case, he will refuse the employment of the police for this proceeding.
(Answered by Mr. Atkinson.). The circumstances of the case, as they are reported to me, are as follows. A man named Bartley held two houses and a small plot of land on this estate as tenant. He sublet the houses to Daly without Colonel King Harman's knowledge or sanction. Upon Bartley's death in 1901 Daly took possession of the land, also without the landlord's consent. The latter never recognized Daly as tenant, and never accepted rent from him. The landlord has taken proceedings to recover possession on the title. The reply to the second inquiry is in the negative. It has many times been decided to be the bounden duty of the negative. It has many times been decided to be the bounden duty of the Crown to afford every requisite protection in the execution of decrees of a competent Court.