§ MR. MEAGHER (Kilkenny, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will say what steps, if any, have been taken by the Estates Commissioners in the case of the representatives of Pierce Grace, who was evicted from his holding at Ballydowd, O'Mara's estate, county Kilkenny; if he is aware that the holding is in the occupation of a planter named Holmes, and that the landlord, in anticipation of the effects of the Evicted Tenants Bill now before Parliament, has advertised to be sold by auction on Thursday next his interest, and the interest of the evicted tenant; and will he see that no injustice is done to the representatives of the evicted tenant by reason of the said sale.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners have received no application for reinstatement in this case, and have no information as to the matters of fact alleged in the Question.