A stir was made in Dublin on Monday, by the
arrest of Mr. High Sheriff Taylor, at the instance of his brother Sheriff Grant ; the fernier having received a message from Alderman Perrin, which it was under- stood he had accepted. The dispute arose with regard to the appoint- ment of some gentlemen in the High Sheriff's office, whose personal qualifications became the subject of angry discussion, 'which proceeded to such lengths that a challenge ensued. The worthy Alderman, whoa Lord Mayor, met the late Mr. Ruthven in to duel ; when two shots each were exchanged, without effect.
According to a letter in the Dublin Vindicator, the Liberal cause in the county Of 'Monaghan is in low condition ; which is attributed in part to the fact, that "there has been no person connected with the county promoted to any (eke in the State." The writer makes a shrewd guess at the mainspring of much Irish patriotism., A correspondent of the Limerick Chronicle, a Magistrate of-the conity"of Clare, gives at account of some high-handedprOceedingS on the part of Mr. Tamplin, Roman Catholic curate of Dom, in.Clare- 44.1teetompanied by a body-guard of fifteen or sixteen stout young fellows, he terambulated the parish together with a horse and cart to levy contributions for building a new parish-chapel ; and where he did not get cash, he took blankets, or quilts, or greatcoats from the poor, to be retained till released by sasb. In one house he entered, instead of taking a pledge, he had to ad- minister the last rites of the church to a dying labourer of mine. Another of my labourers had to sleep last night—and such a night—without a blanket, and without a sod of turf, all the turf of the country being still on the bog, and likely to continue so. This is no secret, as I have reported it to the Go- vernment."
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