IRELAND.
are has been it good deal of' squabbling in the Court of the Dublin :ion Commission, the partitedars of which ere not worth record- iter ; butt the result of a dispute betwecal Mr. Haire, the Chairman of the (hal-moist-ion, and Alr. Murphy, tit for the sitting Alenabers, was tether ZO011i■ilig. Aiturphy it It so much aggrieved by the ire:a:mut he received from Mr. Haire, that he commissioned the formidable Ebenezer Jacob to demand satisfaction from that gentle- man. Alr. Haire was not by any means unwilling to tight Mr. Altirphy ; but the parties encountered some 'difficulty in gratifying their audit:de Melia:160ns. It was arra»sed that the meeting should take plane: in tile Plurals Park ; Mr. Johnson, a barrister, acting as tlte friteal o: Air. lad ye, and Mr. Jacob as the friend of' Mr. Murphy. As soon as tlet parties reached the ground, they were interrupted by the Rangers of the Park, and had to retreat. It seas subsemiently arranged that di -'v should meet Our all island called the North Bull, On the Clontarf side, of the bay of Thither they repaired, under torrents of rain, about five o'clock in the morning. As soon as the first exchange of shots tsok plaet•, without effect, Mr. Johnson inquired of Mr. Jacob, if he and his principal were satistied ? " Not at all," said the combative Ebenezer. The pistols were reloaded, and the parties fired a second dims sr ithout a hit. Mr. Johnson then walked his friend off the groultd ; Mr. Jacob crying out, at the top of his voice, " Mind, Sir, we are not at ell satisfied." It is siti.1 that Ebenezer Jacob never is satisfied, as long as the combatants can contrive to hold their pistols.
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