§ Order for Third Reading read.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read the third time."
§ MR. TULLY () Leitrim, S.protested against the Third Reading of this Bill at this time, because it contained what was called the Peace Preservation (Ireland) Act of 1881. No case had been made by the Government against the right to carry arms in Ireland, and he thought the time had come when the Government should be prepared to state what their policy was in this matter. Farmers required the use of the shot gun to deal with the vermin on the land, and found the utmost difficulty in obtaining permission to carry one, and it was a very serious matter to them. Ireland was told that the Government was on the eve of a new departure, and that great powers were to be given to Ireland, and if that was so why should not the Irish people have the same right to carry arms as the people of England, Scotland and Wales? He strongly protested against the Arms Act being again included in this Bill.