§ MR. LONSDALEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the award by Judge Moore of £200 to the Messrs. Hickey, as compensation for injury to cattle driven off grazing lands on the Dundrum estate; whether people who had driven off the cattle have since been put in possession of the lands by the Estates Commissioners; and, if so, will he explain why this has been done in view of the pledge given to a deputation on 13th December last, and since repeated in the House of Commons, that persons who took part in cattle-drives would not share in the division of the lands.
§ MR. CHERRYThe Estates Commissioners inform me that the cattle-drive referred to in the Question took place after the purchasers had been selected by them. The Commissioners are not aware that any of the purchasers were actually engaged in the driving of the cattle, and, so far as their information goes, no persons have been prosecuted in connection with the matter.