Mr. O'Loghlen has not yet taken his seat as a
Baron of the High Court of Exchequer. The delay has probably been occasioned by neglect at some of the offices in forwarding the King's letters of appointment to Dublin. It has given the Dublin gossips, however, an opportunity of surmising various reasons for the " bitch ; " and among others, that our Protestant King could not be prevailed upon to place a Papist on the bench ! But, as the Standard gravely remarks, this cannot be true, because the law allows of Mr. O'Loglilen's appoint- ment ; and the King never would think of interposing an ohstaele to it, although his Majesty may demur to Romanism as a substantive qualification for office independent of other merits. We entirely agree with the Standard. The King, we are sure, never would oppose the elevation of Mr. O'Loghlen to the bench ; as, were his Majesty to look through the whole bar, he could not pick out a more unexcep- tionable or better-qualified person than Mr. O'Loghlen. It is by making such appointments as these, that Lord Mulgrave and Lord Morpeth are enabled to defy Orangemen and Tories.
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