§ MR. O'SHAUGHNESSYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he can say whether the Estates Commissioners have yet considered the case of James Fitzgerald, of Ballingrane, in county Limerick, tenant to the middle landlord, Michael Ruttle, of a house and a half-acre of land on the estate of Lord Southwell, at the yearly rent of £4 10s. for inclusion in the sale of the estate; and whether, having regard to the fact that James Fitzgerald is a solvent tenant and has a small farm besides, they will give him the right to purchase his house and plot for one of his sons on the same terms as the tenants.
§ MR. CHERRYThe Estates Commissioners have directed their surveyor and inspector, when visiting the estate in question, to inquire into and report upon the alleged sub-tenancy of James Fitzgerald in the holding of Michael Ruttle, 830 a purchasing tenant. When the report has been received the Commissioners will be in a position to rule upon the case.