The address - with which the retiring Solicitor-General for Ireland, Mr.
Law, bade farewell last Saturday, on behalf of the Irish Bar, to the retiring Lord Chancellor, Lord O'Hagan, and the enthusiasm with which it was apparently received by the
crowdof Irish barrieters present on purpose to do honour to his lordship, must have been observed with • a certain feel- ing of disgust by these of our contemporaries in this country:who have taken so much pains to run him down. The position has been •an exceedingly difficult one to fill with dignity, under the - constant and acrimonious attacks of the able but perverse Lord Justice Christian ; and that Lord O'Hagan has maintained his dignity fully and done his work ably, under the incessant fire of those diatribes, implies in him a -great equanimity and a just self-respect. We trust that, as a -consequence of his retirement, Ireland may gain even more from the steady exercise of his political influence in the discussions of the House of Lords, than she will lose even by the loss of his judicial ability and impartiality.
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