IRELAND.
It is stated that Mr. Justice Moore is about to retire, and to be succeeded in the Common Pleas by Mr. Attorney-General Wolfe. Baron Foster is confined to his house with a severe fit of' gout. Chief Justice Bushe has not attended Court since the melancholy death of his daughter-in-law.
For some weeks past, a case of vast importance, affecting the 10/. franchise in the counties of Ireland, has been before the Twelve Judges, who sat on three separate days in the King's Inns to hear the arguments of counsel. The question arose on an appeal from the Assistant-Barrister of Cavan ; and the points to be decided were—. first, whether the oath of the 10th George IV. (the act which accom- panied the Roman Catholic Emancipation Bill, and substituted the ltd. for the 40s. franchise,) should be put to the Jury on appeal before a Judge of Assize ; and, secondly, whether a tenant should have a clear interest of 10/. over and above all charges, and which a solvent tenant would consent to pay, in order to entitle him to register. The case turned on the construction of the 10th George IV. and the Irish Reform Bill; the counsel for the appellant bolding that the latter bill contetnplated a beneficial interest, de. rived from labour, &v. and not an absolute interest, which a solvent tenant would pay in addition to the rent. On Wednesday the Judges pronounced their decision on the vitally-important question. Seven to five were in favour of the right to put the oath under the 10th George IV.; and ten to two that there should be an interest of 10/. per annum beyond the absolute value. These decisions are entirely in favour of the Conservatives. They will have the effect of disfrunchising one- half of the county constituencies in Ireland.— Times Dublin Corm.
Mr. Crylibace, the Presbyterian parson, who was arrested for preach. ing in the streets of Derry, has been liberated, on entering into his own recognizance not to preach in any street, square, or field in Derry or its suburbs.
Mr. Litton has subscribed 177/., in various sums, to charitable in- stitutions in Coleraine. Mr. Litton is going the right way to work; we dare say be will be elected for Coleraine.
A great meeting of the supporters of Government in the county of flitlwy was held at Loughrea, on the 8th instant ; and an address to the King, praying him to retain his present Ministers, was unani- mously adopted. The High Sheriff of Galway was in the chair; and the attendance of the nobility and gentry of the county was very nu- merous.
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