MR. JUSTIN M'CARTILYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If he can tell the House what has happened since the 25th of January last to render it necessary that the petty sessions district of Granard, county Longford, should be included in the Proclamation under the Arms Act, seeing that on that day he stated that the magistrates of the district bore public witness to its tranquil and orderly condition?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTERIt is quite true that on the 25th of January I stated that the magistrates had borne witness to the tranquil and orderly con- 1016 dition of the district; but we have since considered that the Proclamation under the Arms Act ought to apply to the county generally.