IRELAND.
A "Queen's letter" has been received in Dublin, constituting a new College, of which the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of Dublin, and the Reverend James Wilson are to be the heads. The appointments of Professors to rest with these three ; and in case of their disagreement, with the Lord-Lieutenant.
Mr. Macdonnell, Chief Clerk in the Irish Secretary's Office, has just been appointed a Commissioner of the Education system with a salary of 1,000/. a year! The late Commissioner, Mr. Carlile, had 300/. We had hoped that Mr. James Grattan's motion for returns would have shown the utter failure of the whole plan, as one calculated for national purposes; but these returns have not yet been presented, although ordered by the House of Commons four months since. In the absence of these returns, and of all explanation as to the charges of jobbing which were distinctly put forward in this journal, a new officer is created, with an enormous salary. Is this just to Mr. Grattan ? Is it fair to the public ? The poor schoolmasters, whose labour is immense and responsibility great, receive 121. a year, white an office pet is placed at once upon a salary of 1,0001. This is Whig economy.— Dublin Evening Mail.
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