§ DR. AMBROSE (Mayo, W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether his attention 918 has been called to the fact that a farm and land belonging to James Carroll, of Fielduff, near Louisburgh, county Mayo, was recently sold by public auction at the instance of the landlord, to whom £10 were due for rent, that the farm realised £35, and of this sum £16 were offered to the tenant, the remainder, £19, going to the landlord for rent and costs; whether he is aware that these proceedings took place without the authority or consent of the tenant; and whether he proposes to take any action in the matter.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) I have no means of ascertaining the precise facts of this case, but even assuming them to be as suggested the matter would not appear to be one in which the Government have power to interfere. If the tenant has been wrongfully deprived of his property, he has, I presume, a remedy at law.