IRELAND.
The election of Mr. Carew O'Dwyer for Drogheda has been dea clared void by a Committee of the House of Commons, on account of a trifling informality respecting his qualification. Mr. O'Dwyer is again a candidate for Drogheda, as it is fully expected that he will be again returned. Mr. Randle Plunkett is spoken of as his opponent.
Several repayments have been already made to the Excise of the first instalment of the Million Loan; and notwithstanding the notices in Parliament, the Government officers ore proceeding in collecting the money.—Dublin Despatch.
A return has been printed of the number of Clergymen in the Com- mission of the Peace in Ireland. The whole number is 275, of which not one is a Catholic. The officer who made up the return says he cannot make out how many are Dissenters. The only county in which the return is " none," is Carlow ; which we believe is a mistake—there is a Reverend Mr. Roberts in the commission of that county, and there are probably others. Dublin has only one ; and Wicklow only one ; :Monaghan has only two ; Longford, Louth, and Waterford, have three each. Cork has the greatest number, 43. The counties with the next greatest numbers are Donegal and Tyrone, a)0 each ; Kerry, 14 ; Cavan,11; Clare, Galway, Kilkenny, and Londonderry, 10 each.
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