IRELAND.
The Earl and Countess of Eglinton returned to Dublin on Saturday ; visiting the iron bridge over the Shannon, at Athlone, by the way.
Lord Monteagle hasbeen at Tarbert, inspecting the present pier there, in order to the substitution of a new one by the Grand Jury of Kerry.
Mr. Robert Walker, of the United States, has been to Galway, with an eye it is reported, to the establishment of a line of packets between New York and Galway.
Dr. Manning, the late Anglican Archdeacon, now a Roman, preached a sermon on Tuesday in the church of St. James, Dublin, on the occasion of its consecration by Dr. Cullen.
A "grand banquet" was given at Carlow on Tuesday, by the consti- tuents of Mr. John Sadleir M.P. A great many notables from the ranks of "the Irish Brigade" were present. In his after-dinner speech, Mr. Frederic Lucas attacked Sir James Graham as the possible head of a Ministry pretending to be favourable to the Irish Roman Catholic party. This called up Mr. William Keogh, who defended Sir James in his usual dashing style of oratory. The chief of the feast, Mr. Sadleir., declared that he should never be content until a due proportion of Irish Roman
' Catholics took a direct and main part in the government and legislation of these realms. If this modest object could not be accomplished, he thought that the sooner "our political connexion ceases the better.'
An application was made to Mr. Justice Crampton, on Wednesday, for the _release on bail of Mr. J. C. Delmege and the soldiers of the Thirty- firat Regiment now in Emit; gaol, charged with the "wilful murder"
of the men killed at Six-mile Bridge. Counsel were heard on both sides ; but the Judge postponed his decision until Thursday, in order that he might read the depositions in the interim. It was signified that Mr. At- torney-General Napier was of opinion that bail ought to be accepted. Next day the Judge admitted Mr. Delmege and all the soldiers to bail. Father Burke and Father Clune, the priests who headed the mob in the Six-mile Bridge riot, were arrested and lodged in Ennis Gaol on Thursday, with the consent of the Government.
Everybody knows that Irish elections are seldom carried on in the fairest of fashions, but an illustration of the process may not be deemed superfluous. One Crotty, a citizen of Carlow, held a bond and judgment for 7001. against one Dowling. This was granted not to liquidate any debt which was due to Crotty from Dowling, but to protect his property from the Tipperary Joint-stock Bank, which held large bills against him. Dowling was solicited to vote for Mr. Sadleir at the last election; but he imprudently declared he should vote for his landlord, Mr. Clayton Browne. Thereupon he was arrested at the suit of Crotty, on the nomination-day. Subsequently, Dowling applied to the Court of Queen's Bench for an order for his discharge' and a conditional order was granted. On Mon- day, Crotty appeared by counsel to show cause why that order should not be made absolute ; and then the facts were stated. Mr. Justice Cramp- ton decided in favour of Dowling, on the ground that there was no legal debt due. Mr. Justice Crampton delivered a judgment of great severity, characterizing the arrest as a "moat monstrous proceeding" ; ordering Dowling to be discharged, and Crotty to pay the whole of the costs. An action for false imprisonment has been instituted against Crotty.
According to the Castlebar Telegraph, two hundred paupers have re- ceived their discharge from the Castlebar Union Workhouse during the last fortnight. The number of paupers in the house on Sunday was 618
Donnybrook fair, held this week, has been a "miserable spectre" of what it used to be,—no fun and frolic, no "mischief and murder," but plenty of Police to keep order where there was not spirit enough to create disorder.
It appears from later accounts that Lismore Castle was not destroyed by the fire that occurred there, but only a small part of one wing, which was to have been taken down for improvements.
As Mr. Richard S. Fleming was returning home from Sekull Petty-Sessions in a small sailing-boat, the vessel missed stays and capsized, and Mr. Flem- ing and a little boy who was with him were drowned.
Captain Edward Pratt, Paymaster of the Ninety-ninth Regiment, has com- mitted suicide, at Kingstown, by throwing himself into the sea after twisting a rope about his limbs and neck. Captain Pratt's mind had been affected by the defalcation of a sergeant of his regiment, who acted as his clerk and who had shot himself: the pecuniary loss was 8001. Captain Pratt was about sixty years of age, and married.
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