IRELAND.
A Queen's letter was received at Dublin Castle, on Tuesday, appoint- ing Mr. Devonsher Jackson one of the 13:gain Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, and Mr. T. B. C. Smith Solicitor-General.
On the same day, Archdeacon Pakenham received an official intima- tion of his appointment to the Bishopric of Meath.
Much annoying anxiety prevails among the Conservatives of Dublin respecting the next election for the University, to fill the vacancy oc- casioned by Mr. Jackson's elevation to the Bench. The candidate al- ready in the field, and favoured by the party generally, is Mr. Hamilton ; but it is supposed that Mr. T. B. C. Smith, selected for the office of So- licitor-General, will also be the Government candidate for the vacant seat in Parliament. But Mr. Smith, though classed with Conservatives, has been quite inactive in party politics.
A Commission has been appointed to inquire into the mode of con- ducting criminal prosecutions in Ireland, before the superior as well as the inferior tribunals.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin made another negative announcement on Monday. He was adjudicating on the claim of Adam Ward against Mr. Thomas Hutton, for payment on account of some cars which had been hired for the use of Lord Morpeth's Committee. Mr. O'Connell said- " As I never intend again to stand for Dublin, I may say I never knew any thing so shameful as the Liberal electors requiring cars to come up to vote at the last election. In Tipperary, some of the voters walked fifty miles to the hustings; in Cork, some walked a hundred miles ; but at the last election here, nobody came up to the poll unless he was coached." (Laughter.) Mr. Ray—" They will not even come to the registry, my Lord, without cars, and they think we can hardly expect them to come to the hustings without them. They expect greater facilities at elections than at registries."
The sum claimed was 21. 10s: Mr. O'Connell proposed to award a
Adam Ward—"I think, my Lord Mayor, it is a very unjust thing to cut down a poor carman's fare, when so much money was squandered at the last election."
Lord Mayor—" There was no money squandered."
Ward—. Upon my oath, I know freemen to have received, by their own con- fession, 71. for their votes."
Lord Mayor—" Upon the Liberal side ?" Ward—" Yes, any Lord."
Lord Mayor—" That is an additional reason why I should never again stand for Dublin. Upon your oath, did you know of any bribery at an election when I was a candidate ? 6
Ward—" No, my Lord, I did not."
Lord Mayor-J. You did not ; and I would not take the return of all the cities in Ireland by bribing a single person."
The claim was allowed.
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