§ MR. DOLAN (Leitrim, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that Mr. Johnston, landlord of an estate at and around Drumkeerin, in the county of Leitrim, has taken proceedings against some of his tenants to recover rent which only fell due on the first of the present month; and whether, seeing that terms of purchase on this estate were almost agreed upon, the difference between the reduction offered by the landlord and that demanded by the tenants being only 6d. in the pound, he will, under the circumstances, request the Estates Commissioners to intervene with the object of effecting a settlement, and obviating the cost and irritation of the proceedings now threatened.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that they are at present in communication with the parties in this case with a view to effecting a settlement, if possible.