IRELAND.
Herr Sommer gave a "monster concert" in the Exhibition building on Monday. The Lord-Lieutenant and the Countess of St. Germans were present. ,The audience numbered some 14,000.
The arrival of Dr. Newman at Dublin is announced. It is understood that he will at once set about organizing the Roman Catholic University, so long talked of.
A horrible affair has occurred near Bantry. The remains of Mrs. Sullivan, wife of a farmer in the vicinity, were found in a field, the bones of the body and limbs stripped of the flesh. Mrs. Sullivan from some cause had fallen helpless in the field, and a number of starving dogs had set upon and de- voured her. The dogs in the locality are a nuisance and terror to the in- habitants.
A child, fifteen months old, has died in Dublin from an attack by rata. They got into the cradle, at night, bit the child in several places, and ate away half of the inside of one of the arms.
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