IRELAND.
Lord Clarendon presided at the annual examination of masters held at the National Education Board, on Thursday week. Ninety-seven mutest had undergone satisfactory examinations. Lord Clarendon regretted the opposition that still existed against a system based on the principle that children of different creeds brought up together would feel the more tole- rant of each other's belief as men. He deplored the errors and misrepre- sentations that still protracted the bitterness of religious dissension, and still precluded many estimable Protestant clergymen from exercising their due influence on education; and he regretted that such persons should join in the crusade against a system that most assuredly no Government or Parliament will now depart from.
Mr. John Martin and Mr. Kevin hod O'Doherty were rapidly trans- ported, under military escort, from the Richmond Penitentiary to Kingston, last Saturday morning, and placed on board the Trident war-steamer, Us be taken to Spike Island on their way to the Bermudas.
The new Bishop of Down and Connor has signalized his elevation by an act of some energy. Dr. Mortimer O'Sullivan was announced to preach on Monday at Belfast for the Church Education Society; but the Bishop interdicted him, on the ground of his being a stranger in the diocese.
Arrangements have been perfected throughout the country for collecting the sixpenny rate in aid. The Commissioners have forwarded sealed orders to the various unions, specifying the amount for each electoral division, ac- cording to its valuation.
Reductions of rent have been made in so many instances by the land- lords of some districts, as almost to amount to a general movement. The Duke of Devonshire, Lord Stradbrooke, and Lord Lorton, are among the names prominently mentioned. The leasehold tenants in the electoral division of Swords, county Dublin, lately published an address praying for reductions; but their landlords held a conference, and resolved to reject the prayer thus urged in public combination, intimating at the same time that individuals might be allowed the advantage of surrendering their leases.
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