IRELAND.
The nomination for the vacant seat at Enniskillen took place on Thurs- day, when the following gentlemen were proposed and seconded—Mr. Paul Dane, the Honourable John Lowry Cole, Mr. John Collum, Mr. H. M. Darcy, and Mr. W. A. Dale. The show of hands was declared to be in favour of the Honourable John Lowry Cole. A poll, however, was demanded on behalf of the other candidates.
A large meeting, perhaps 3000 strong, was held at Thurles on Mon- day, to declare for tenant-right and Parliamentary reform. The promi- nent men present were two Members of Parliament, the O'Donoughue of the Glens, and Mr. Blake, about a score of Roman Catholic clergymen, and some local notables. Mr. George Henry Moore paid a hurried visit to the meeting. The result was a declaration in favour of Mr. Bright, of tenant-right, and "independent opposition."
The Irish bar recently adopted an address to Baron Pennefather on his retirement from the bench. The presentation of the address by Sir Thomas Staples, father of the bar, in the library of the Four Courts, on the 12th, was a touching scene. The aged Judge, who has sat on the bench for thirty-eight years, was accompanied by his son ; and the room was crowded by barristers, who listened with a feeling silence to the Baron's words of thanks and farewell.
It is rumoured that Dr. Cullen will take up his abode permanently in Rome. An Italian exotic, the climate of Ireland does not agree with him.
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