IRELAND.
Mr. George Henry Moore, one of the Members for Mayo, was feasted by his constituents at Castlebar, last week. Archbishop M‘Halo was present, but he yielded the honour of presiding to a Mr. Blake, the brother-in-law of Mr. Moore. In the order of the toasts, "the Pope" preceded "the Queen." Amidst a flood of Celtic speech, Mr. Moore's effusion is conspicuous only from his position. Mr. Moore answered the question, Why cannot Ireland frankly accept its new position as part of the United Kingdom, united under the common interests and blessings of the British constitution ? The position of the Irish, under the Bridal constitution, he said, can never be the same as that of the English, because equal terms are not held out to the people of both countries. The first obstacle is the Established Church. Speaking of the indifference of the Irish people to politics, he observed that public action has retrograded since 1846— " Aye, thank God, it has. What was the policy of 1846 but an organized imposture, a gross and sinister cheat, warmed into life by the fondest hearts and truest energies that ever gave birth to a people's cause ? It lived on the blood of the Government that nourished it, and it expired amidst the sepulchres of the people it betrayed. If the Irish Members who still profess to do their duty are not trusted as those men were, thank God, they are watched as these men ought to have been watched. Whatever amount of public confidence we may ultimately deserve, there is not the slightest doubt that we shall ultimately obtain it ; and, so far from regarding the present national distrust with dismay, I regard it as a good omen of an honester future. Now that the position of the independent party is recognized and approved of by the country, no doubt can exist that it will ultimately be reinforced by the country." Archbishop eulogized the conduct of Mr. Moore in Parliament, and insisted on the necessity of continuing the policy of " hide. pendent opposition."
The Lord-Lieutenant recently appointed Mr. Hyde, of the University of Oxford, Master of the Limerick Diocesan School. This invasion of the Saxon roused the patriotism of several reverend gentlemen, _and they prayed the Lord-Lieutenant to suspend the appointment, as Mr. Hyde was not educated in Dublin ! Of course Lord Carlisle has declined compliance with this requisition. In his reply to the remonstrants, he says that he "should consider it an exhibition of great illiberality if the graduates of Trinity College, Dublin, were to be excluded from holding appointments to schools and places of education in England, and he is not prepared to enforce a similar prohibition against the University of Oxford." The Dean of Limerick has explained, that Mr. Hyde was not selected until all the men of Dublin University of equal ability had refused the office.
The Lord-Lieutenant has appointed the Venerable William Fitzgerald, Archdeacon of Kildare, to be Bishop of Cork, Cloyno, and Ross. Dr. Fitzgerald was formerly private Chaplain to Archbishop Whately.
A fire broke out in the Accountant-General's office of the Bank of Ireland, at Dublin, early on Monday morning. It did no very great damage; all the important books, enclosed in iron safes, escaped the flames. It seems to have been simultaneously observed about half-past five by the housekeeper, the sentry, and a policeman. Engines were speedily on the spot, and in two hours the flames were subdued. It is supposed to have originated in one of the flues ; but there is no evidence of the fact. Close inspection on Saturday and Sunday night showed that all was apparently safe. The Directors are blamed for discontinuing the old "Dank Guard," two watchers who were on duty all night.
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