IRELAND.
Five noblemen have been named as likely to be appointed to the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland,—the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Wham- cliffe, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Westmoreland, and Lord Heytesbury. Lord Heytesbury, it is now generally understood, will be Earl De Grey's successor. The Dublin Mail says that Captain Bowles, of the Guards, brother of Admiral Bowles, will accompany Lord Heytesbury to Ireland as his Private Secretary.
The Honourable Henry A. Cole, son of the late Earl of Enniskillen, was elected on the 18th, without opposition, to represent the borough of Enniskillen, in the room of his late uncle, the Honourable Arthur Cole, who had resigned before his death.
Sir David Roche is about to retire from the representation of Lime- rick. A preparatory meeting has been held at Limerick, to make arrangements for the election of a successor. At the meeting, Mr. James Kelly, of Erina Lodge, late High Sheriff of the county, and brother-in- law to Mr. E. B. Roche, was unanimously chosen. He is a staunch Repealer. Thanks were voted to Sir David Roche for his past services.
Mr. Alexander O'Driscoll has been restored to the Commission of the Peace for the county of Cork ; his dismissal having been the conse- quence of his conviction for an aggravated assault and his demeanour in court after sentence. The " remonstrances of the Orange party in the county " are said to have effected his restoration.
The Dublin correspondent of the Morning Chronicle announces that Sunday the 28th July has been fixed by the Roman Catholic Prelates in Dublin " as a day of general humiliation and prayer among the Ca- tholic population of Ireland" on account of O'Connell's imprisonment.
The Attorney-General has received instructions to prosecute, at the next Assizes for the King's County, Constable Ogle, one of the Police- men dismissed in consequence of the recent Government investigation. The Tipperary Vindicator states that Ogle and other persons have been arrested ; and that the whole plot must now undergo a rigid and search- ing investigation.—Morning Chronicle.
At the weekly meeting of the Repeal Association, on Monday, Mr. J. H. Talbot, late M.P. for New Ross, presided. The Reverend Mr. Sheehan, of Waterford, read an address to Mr. O'Connell from the Roman Catholic Bishop and clergy of the diocese of Waterford and Lismore, and handed in 1071. as their subscription ; for which a vote of thanks was of course given them. Various "deputations" from dif- ferent parts of the kingdom, loaded with contributions, were presented. Among these figured Manchester with 3251., Waterford with 1071., London with 751. 16s. Id. ; and Scotland sent 1341. The " rent " of the week amounted altogether to 3,1781. One of the orators estimated the time of the meeting as worth 151. per minute.
The first stone of a monument to the memory of General Gillespie, to be erected at Comber, was laid on Monday, with much ceremony and oratorical display, in the presence of a great assemblage of Free- masons.
The Galway Vindicator announces a horrid occurrence near Gort, on Friday week. Peter Larkin, a pensioner, with a razor murdered his two sons while sleeping; cut the breast off his daughter, a young woman, since dead ; and attempted the life of his wife ; but some of his neigh- bours, hearing the noise, rushed in and seized him.
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