IRELAND.
Mr. Mervyn Arehdall has been returned Member for Fermanagh, in place of his uncle, the General, without opposition.
Mr. Robert Shapland Carew, has been created Baron Carew of Wexford. A vacancy in the representation of the county of Wexford is made by this creation ; and a new writ was moved for in the House of Commons on Wednesday.
It is stated in letters from Dublin, that Mr. Sergeant Perrin is about to retire, both from his duties as a senator and as a leading counsel at the Irish bar, in consequence of the precarious state of his health. This will, if true, create another vacancy (the second within a few weeks) for the county of Monaghan.
The report of Dr. Doyle's death, which we copied last week from the Courier, was incortect : the Doctor is very ill, but still alive.
A new National Commercial Bank of Ireland, with a capital of five millions, in five.pound shares, is in contemplation ; it is calculated that there will be established through its medium about 300 banks through- out the country.
The Reverend Mr. Crotty, of Birr, was arrested on Sunday week, by Captain Vignolles, on depositions made by the Reverend Mr. Ken- nedy. 7 here was a general fight on this occasion in the &Tel between the parties of both priests, who each contended for exclusive posses- sion of the edifice ; and Captain Vignolles put out by farce all the rioters.—Limerick Chronick.
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