2 FEBRUARY 1861, Page 5

IRELAND.

Mr. Sergeant Deasy, Attorney-General for Ireland, has been appointed to the seat on the Bench vacated by Baron Greene. There will, con- sequently, be a vacancy in the representation of Cork.

Twenty young men, ten Protestants and ten Roman Catholics, com- peted for five clerkships in the office of the National Education Board. The examination took place in Dublin ; but the papers were forwarded to examiners in England, who decided on their merits without knowing the names of the candidates. Four clerkships were awarded to Roman Catholics, and one to a Protestant.