IRELAND.
The vacant chair of Professor of the Celtic languages in the Queen's College Galway having been thrown open for competition, four candi- dates were subjected to a public examination, on the 28th, 29th, and 30th of last month. The examiners were the Reverend Dr. Todd, the Reverend Dr. Graves, and Professor O'Donovan, LL.D., &c. The result has been the election of J. O'Beirne Crowe, A.B.
Several days last week were occupied by counsel before Master Murphy in arguing the ease of the English shareholders in the Tipperary Bank. It was urged for them, that they had been induced to take shares by false and fraudulent representations on the part of John Sadleir, and that conse- quently they ought not to be held responsible for the debts of the bank. The counsel for the official manager answered, that this was no defence as against the claims of the innocent depositors—Sadleir had deceived all round, but the shareholders were responsible to the depositors.
On Monday the Master decided, that Mr. Wilson Kennedy and Mr. Vin- cent Scully M.P. should appear on the list of contributories. Mr. Kennedy was a director, with a salary of 600/. ; he had not done what he ought as a director ; he had made an irregular transfer of his shares. Mr. Scully is liable as the real holder of 700 shares, as he had transferred them with a knowledge that matters were going wrong.
On Thursday, Master Murphy decided that the English shareholders must remain on the list of contributories.
The Crown has resigned all claim on John Sadleir's property to the cre- ditors of his estate : Mr. Norris, of Bedford Row, a creditor, is to adminis- ter. It is supposed that large sums were invested by the suicide in both British and foreign undertakings, from which considerable assets will arise.
Murphy, one of the murderers of Miss Hinds, and Dunn, who incited to the assassination and collected money to pay the murderers, were hanged at Cavan on the 16th. Neither confessed his guilt. The attendance of the populace was not large.
A man who is believed to be " Red Pat Bannon," one of the actual mur- derers of Miss Hinds, has been arrested at Drogheda.
Knighting, the railway-clerk, has been committed on no fewer than eight charges of forging transfers of shares.
A number of cavalry officers have behaved ins riotous manner at the din- ner-table of the Hibernian United Service Club in Dublin, smashing glass, china, and furniture. The origin of the outrage is not known. Some of the offenders, who declined to apologize, have been expelled from the club.
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