18 FEBRUARY 1860, Page 7

IRELAND.

Mr. Justice Perrin, a Judge of the Irish Court of Queen's Bench, has retired. The Irish Attorney-General, Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, has accepted the post vacated by the much respected retiring Judge.

Mr. Richard Deasy, Solicitor-General, succeeds Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald as Attorney-General for Ireland ; and the post of Solicitor-General has been conferred upon Mr. O'Hagan.

The University of Dublin is about to grant the degree of LL.D. to Mr. Rickard Deasy—the first it has ever granted to a Roman Catholic.