§ MR. LUNDONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland is he aware that Edward Hartigan,
†(4)debates, cliv.,583.92 of Patrickswell, Holycross, Kilmallock, county Limerick, has applied to the Estates Commissioners for their aid and support in reinstating him in the farm of his father, the late Timothy Hartigan, from which he was evicted some twenty years ago, said farm being part of the lands of Bettyville, Croon, county Limerick, the landlord being Reverend J. N. Lee, Hardwick Rectory, Cambridge; agent, Mr. Browne, Southville, Limerick; and will he see that the Estates Commissioners will send an inspector to negotiate between the landlord and tenant for an arrangement.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that they received the application referred to, and approached the owner with a view to effecting a settlement, The owner, however, declined to part with the farm, stating that he himself had purchased the interest of Timothy Hartigan as tenant at a cost of over £800, and had expended a very large sum on improvements. The Commissioners have no power to compel the landlord to place Edward Hartigan in possession of the farm.