The Dublin Freeman's Journal is very indignant that a Scotehman
should have been preferred to an Irishman for the post of Queen's Ad- vocate in Ceylon ; and thus remarks upon Mr. Stark's appointment- " When the Judgeship iu Ceylon a as vacant, we heard a gentleman offer to bet ten to cue that it would be given to a Seotchman, though numerous appli- cations were made from the Irish bar. Now, is not this too bad? Is it not enough to disgust and dishearten the friends and supporters of the Adminis- dtration, to know that even a p.mtion of the Colonial patronage of the United .Empire is absohttely denied to Ireland'? The death of one Scotehman mime 11 vacancy on the Colonial bench; another, who rejoices in the euphonious name of Dunwoodie, or ' Datuer Boobie,' succeeds him; and now, this third favoured.Scot, with nme a equally merodaius, is put into lmi IÜë as 'Qiiet'i Advocate, and equally sure to make stay for a' neighbour:' and MIS tito fortunate supporters, of a Campbell or a Macaulay regularly Succeed each othe in the good thinge of office, while the ' Piens us blood, in language' 'and reli- gion,' arc denied the slightest participation in the good fortune of theii neigh: bouts."
[Lord Melbourne had better beware. He may abandon his Apprel. priation principle and suffer his Corporation Bill to be Toryfied ; and the Irish patriots will still press him to their bosoms ; but on the Aubject of patronage and pay they are sensitive. They are "disgusted and din. heartened" when a Scotchman or an Englishman gets a place that would suit one of the Tail.] The Dublin Evening Nail says, that "Captain Gleeson, who was once dismissed from the constabulary service of Ireland for insubordi- nation," has been appointed Barrackmaster of St. Lucia.
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