§ MR. LUNDON (Limerick, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Bevan estate, situate near Bruff, in the county of Limerick, has come before the Estate s Commissioners for sale to the tenants; and whether Messrs. James Butler and James Mulcahy, both evicted tenants on the estate, shall be considered in the purchase negotiations with a view to their reinstatement; or whether the Estates Commissioners will send one of their inspectors to interview the occupant of the 189 holdings, John Van Bevan, to ascertain if he be willing to resign the lands in favour of the evicted tenants Butler and Mulcahy.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that no proceedings for the sale of the estate referred to have yet been instituted before them. The Commissioners will, however, have inquiry made into the cases of the two evicted tenants named, both of whom have lodged applications for reinstatement.