§ Mr. WILLIAM O'BRIENasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if his attention had been drawn to the fact that it has been publicly boasted by a Member of this House that the Estates Commissioners, in allocating the untenanted lands of Athlacca, county Limerick, acted upon the principle that no man who had borne the standard of the senior Member for the city of Cork should get a perch of land; what observations the Estates Commissioners have to make upon this statement; and will any correspondence between the hon. Member who made it and the Estates Commissioners, or any individual member of that body, on the subject of the Athlacca or other untenanted lands be communicated to the House?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTH (for the Chief Secretary)The attention of my right hon. Friend has not been called to the statement referred to. The Estates Commissioners have no knowledge of the matters alluded to in the question, and the allegations referred to, if made, are absolutely unfounded.