§ MR. SEXTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether a gun given up last January to the police of Carbury, county Kildare, by Mr. James Biglen, a farmer of that district, is still retained by the police; whether three local magistrates, Messrs. More O'Ferrall, Pilkington, and Palmer, applied that Mr. Biglen should be allowed, a licence for the gun; whether Mr. Biglen pays eleven hundred pounds a year rent, and holds three large farms fully stocked with sheep and cattle, for the due protection of which it is requisite have firearms; and, whether the Government intend, to return his gun to Mr. Biglen, and to allow him a licence; and, if not, why not?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. W. M. JOHNSON), in reply, said, the Viceroy had considered the matter, and refused, the application.