The election of Mr. Barry for Cork was marked, according
to the Irish correspondent of the Times, by some noteworthy circum- stances. The Catholic Bishops have, it is said, decided on a new policy. Cardinal Cullen makes a selection among the candidates, and all the priests of the constituency are informed of the name he has chosen. They then vote in secret whether they will have• him or not, and if the majority is with him the minority must vote for him also. In Cork the priests asked Mr. Barry, who, it is said, has 40,0001. a year and is a Protestant, to sign a written pledge to support the tenant right to improvements made without the landlord's consent, denominational education, a " satisfactory solution of the Church question," and the Reform Bill, as their sine qua non. Mr. Barry signed it, and Mr. Vincent Scully and Mr. Downing retired hopeless. Suppose, as we want vacancies, we abolish a few counties in Ireland as nominee seats?
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