The Bishop of Killaloe, at the request of the Government,
will go to the see of Limerick. There is no material difference between the net incomes of the two sees—none that could have made it an object to the Bishop of Killaloe to have made the exchange if it had not been an object both with the Government and the Bishop to cooperate in ac- celerating the operation of the Church Temporalities Act ; for by vacating the see of Killaloe, that see and Clonfert become consolidated, the Bishop of Clonfert taking the title of Killaloe.—Globe. It is rumoured that Lord Plunkett contemplates the introduction of two bills,—one for sweeping away the Six Clerks, and numerous other officers of the Court, by which a saving of upwards of 4,000/.. would be effected for suitors ; the other for establishing a series of new rules and orders, which would change our Equity system entirely, and make the Court of Chancery accessuble and cheap.—Dablin Morning Register.
The following changes in the Irish Bench are spoken of; the At- torney-General, Mr. Blackburne, to become one of Puisne Judges of Common Pleas ; Mr. Crampton, Solicitor-General, taking his place, and Serjeant Perrin Solicitor-General ; Mr. Richards and Mr. Ball, Equity practitioners, are mentioned as candidates for the vacant Ser- jeantcy. The latter gentleman is a Roman Catholic of moderate polities.—Liverpool Journal.
The Water Witch, a very fine steam-vessel, recently built at an ex- pense of 12,0001 was totally lost on the right of Wednesday'week, in a fog off Ballyhafe, on the Wexford coast. Four passengers, the mate, and three of the crew, were ilrowned, in an attempt to get to shore in a boat. The captain, two ladies, and four of the crew, reached land in safety.
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