IRELAND.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin presided at a meeting- on Monday-to peti- tion Parliament against the abolition of the Viceroyalty. The meet- ing was numerously but not very influentially attended; it was unanimous and earnest in its purpose.
A grandhanquet given to Sir Robert Kane, as President of the Queen's College at Cork, on Monday, is regarded by the friends of mixed educa- tion as a great triumph; the guests being very numerous, and represent- ing all religious parties;
At the fourth batch of sales under the Encumbered Estates Act„ on Tuesday, an annuity of 200i. charged on an estate, County Wexford, sold for 2900/.-141 years' purchase ; the lands of' Clontiduffy Nugent, County Cavan, containing about 200 acres, sold for 2,5501.-23 years' purchase. The biddings were spirited, and some frieze-coated farmers were among the stoutest competitors:
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