§ MR. EDWARD SHEILasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he will consider the case of Mr. Patrick Arnold, of Gormanston, in the county of Meath, who has been confined in Armagh since January 2nd last; whether Mr. F. Tullam, his neighbour, who was arrested in December 1881, has not been released; and, whether, under the circumstances, he will direct that Mr. Arnold be released from prison?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL for IRELAND (Mr. W. M. JOHNSON)Sir, Mr. Tullam has been released, and Mr. Arnold's case is at present under His Excellency's consideration.