IRELAND.
Lord and Lady Eglinton have commenced a series of balls at the Castle, which are described as magnificent in their accompaniments, and most successful in their attractiveness to the distinguished of all parties in Irish Society.
The first triennial visitation of the Qiieen't College at Belfast was held on Tuesday, by the visitors, the Duke of Leinster, Lord Chancellor Brady, Judge Green, the Bishop of Down and Connor, and Dr. Coulter, Mode- rator of the General Assembly, in the presence of a great and distin- guished company. The students were eleven more than last year ; and the matriculation-fees were 14431.—they had been 1320/. last year, and 12424 the year before. The Duke of Leinster, on behalf of the visitors, said that everything they saw gave them the highest gratification.
During the past week, the Encumbered Estates Commissioners paid out 66,0001.; making the total amount of funds distributed by them from the commencement of their duties, 2,041,000/.
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