IRELAND.
A second meeting, on thesubject of intermediate education, has been held at Cork. It was successful this time ; not because the Roman Catholics are less in favour of a separate grant, but because they stayed away. Lord Fermoy again occupied the chair, and the Bishop of Cork was principal spokesman. He argued very forcibly in favour of mixed education, and the promotion of intermediate schools. A similar meet- ing has also been held at Carrickfergus.
The Roman Catholics held a counter meeting on Wednesday. It WAS addressed by the Roman Catholic Bishops of Cork, Kerry, Cloyne, and Ross, in their ecclesiastical robes, Mr. Fagan, M.P., and Sergeant Deasy, M.P. The meeting unanimously voted for separate education for the children of each sect, founded on religious teaching.
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