15 JULY 1871, Page 2

The project entertained by Her Majesty's Government of pro- viding

a Royal residence in Ireland, to be inhabited usually by Prince Arthur, appears to have been dropped for the present. It is to be brought forward again " when the state of public business will allow." We admit that the resistance in Birmingham to Prince Arthur's annuity is not encouraging, but the proposal of a resi- dence in Irelaud is only an act of justice, and could hardly have been opposed. The Government is too timid about such matters.