IRELAND.
The Dublin Exhibition closes on the 31st instant. It has not been a paying concern, and the loss of the patriotic projector will-be very con- siderable. As a token of the exalted estimation 'in which Mr. Dargan's
noble enterprise is held, and of .the generous sacrifice made, the exhibitors have invited him to a-public entertainment.
It appears that twenty-three students havkinratriculated-in the Galway College this session ; thirteen were- Roman:Catholics; :sevon-of the Es- tablished Church, and three Presbyterians. 'The Galway Vindioator,'. a Roman Catholic journal, congratulates the College on its signal triumph in raising the standard of education so soon after a period of terrible de- pression. Since the College was opened in 1849; 177.- students have entered; 93 Roman Catholics, 68 of the Established Church, and 21 Presbyterians.
In the diocese of Tuam there are12,000 Protestants,•of whom 5367 are -converts. In the diocese of Killala the number of Protestants is 5266, and the converts 577. In the diocese of Achonry the niunber is .3061, and-
the converts 48. . . _ - - • • -
The grain-markets have taken a turn. At Armagh, wheat has fallen from 16s. 9d. per hundredweight to 146. 6d. ; • and the four-pound loaf has receded from 10d. to 81-d. AtGalway, ast week, grain and all other provisions hadA downward tendency, from the abundant supply of sound potatoes. About Linieric.h,the potato-blight seems to have :subsided.
While the Lord-Lieutenant and the Countess St.-Germans were sitting in one of the rooms of the Viceregal Lodge, late on-Tuesday night, a gentleman suddenly walked in and sat down. Lord St. Germans asked him what he wanted ; and the stranger said, an interview. But Lord St. Germans, seeing that the intrader was of unsound mind, rang for his Aide-de-camp • who po- litely conducted the stranger to the police?etatien. It turned out that it was the Reverend Henry Stannard; a clergyman of the Established Church. Be had evaded the sentinels and constables at the Lodge ; and he escaped from the stationhouse.. Captain Winter, the Aide.de-camp, stated these facts be- fore the Dublin Police Magistrate, in order that measures might be taken to secure the Lord-Lieutenant from intrusion.
A young man has been dlit bail by Mr. O'Callaghan, a Dublin Magis- trate, a Proteetent.sermon; "questions" for Catholics. Mr, trate, for forcing a handb' pa.Mr.Oatreenan. The bill was a notification CeBrennan alleged that lineding him tq be a Catholic, "thrust" the bill into his hand with intent to hurthis feelings; and perhaps to pro- voke a breach-of-the Ismael:am mihilueva right to-force.billampon-people in the street. The.diseributeriessetteththatite merely "handed" the bill to Mr. O'lltenitall,.'whortalobbitest • 1.f ri....6,„1 inquest into the causes of tip " • " o he Are a So W4'121116.414 Ireland has at '
gress of theinindiy; 'Abair come out that thetilt4
was caused by the faultiness of the piston,-Shat x have bed both the red' tail-light and also-!thle.,sehiten officer who sent them down the line the Very daY:ot the tetattsletenughtess have done ; that the servants of the express-tram have given more precise orders for their -use.thabxert.11414.; thattottriblottilltit: and side lights ought not to be liable to go out, ,Jiatherailslitrbtappesesb seen that the tail-light was in order; that a gr epatched down the line immediately, in order to e enough to allow ample time for pulling-Up ;• that-semi/ catch the attention ought to have been-employed over
which was not seen till the goods-train was ' vents of the goods-train ought to have been moreei' ,
than they were ; that the breakof the goods-tittiall! t ' .;i not been for a long time, as it had only half the holdibilitlid, intended to have.. The proper speed of the goods-trilnistrer-tet ardilltli an hour, but in some cases from twenty-five to twentyaseifirmilles'Mihte* were required. Experiments made before the Coroner's Jut# showed/1,141a similar train to that driven by Gass could be stopped in half-itsruilaleit less —that is, some twenty or a hundred yards short of the spot aeheze thee/, press stood. It was also shown that the small hand-hunp-.usedhyrtinrguard of the express could be seen at the distance of half-a-Mile. Blit.elese were deliberate experiments; all who took part in them being prepared for what was to happen. -- The inquest terminated with this verdict—" That the deceased, Thomas William Jelly, died at Clownings, in the parish of Whitechurch, on Wed- nesday the 5th of October 1853, from injuries received by a collision on the Great Southern and Western Railway on that day. , W`e; find that the col- lision was caused by the negligence of James Gass, the engine-driver, and John O'Hara, the stoker of the 'pick-up' tram ; we therefore find James Gass and John O'Hara guilty of the manslaughter of the said Thomas Wil- liam Jelly." The Jury added to their finding, a resolution that they would have called the attention of the Directors to the necessity for oettam 'alter. ations and amendments in working the line ; but as Lieutenant Tyler, the GovernmenfrInspector, was making inquiries, they left the matter in his hands. In conclusion they say—" We have minutely examined the'rides and re- gulations which have been issued by the Directors to their officials. It ap- peare to us that those rules and regulations reflect the highest credit on thi judgment of their authors, and that they are well caletilitteiln • 'alb* lives and property of the passengers. It is our conviction'tlY&tt is lay can attach itself to the Company on account of the lets but, on the contrary, we consider them fully entitled-161E1 fidenco which they have hitherto enjoyed." .nottdan owat A fifteenth victim has been added,. in the person et4.4413,1148naacoll died in Stevens's Hospital since the inquest terminated ..• "9,U" ° 001ja r 011 • :TidaD namotiO sdf
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