20 DECEMBER 1856, Page 6

IRELAND.

'There has been a " run " on the branches of the National Bank at Tip- perary, Clonmel, and Cashel, apparently without any real cause, but sup- posed to have originated in alarm at the late decision of the Lord Chancellor on the law of joint-stock banks. It is anticipated that the panic will speedily subside.

The last discovery regarding the murder of Mr. Little too much resembles the revelations made before, which have led to nothing. Dowd, an engine- driver, tells how, five days before he made the disclosure, he saw a man leave the building where the bag of money was found, late at night, and in a furtive manner. Dowd has borne a good character.

By the upsetting of a smack on the Lower Shannon during a storm, no fewer than thirteen pIrsons have been drowned—the whole of those on board.