IRELAND.
The Dublin letters of Wednesday contain an account of two atro- cious murders on the borders of Queen's County and Kilkenny,—one
of a steward of Captain Lyster of Grenan, who was shot by a party of Whitefect on Saturday; and another of a farmer, whose skull was frac- tured by the same ruffians, three in number, while on his road from Portarlington to Maryborough.
Two men were murdered, one on the 17th and another on the 21st April, at Belfast. The former was an Orangeman, the latter a Ca-
tholic. The authorities have offered a reward for the discovery of the murderer of Machriar, the Orangeman, but none for the discovery of the murderer of Rice, the Catholic.' The funeral of Maebriar was attended by a number of Orange Lodges, headed, the Northern Wig
says, by Sir Robert Bateson. Macbriar was a tenant of Sir Robert's. There was a riot, of course. The funeral of Rice was attended- by a number of Catholics. Here there was a riot also, of course. Some of the inhabitants of Belfast have memorialized the Lord Lieutenant, praying him to institute a judicial inquiry into the causes of this melon. cooly state of society! Where have the memorialists been living for the last thirty years ? Why, we have been doing little else all that time but inquiring into these causes.
At Carrick-on-Suir Vestry, it was determined by the Protestant in- habitants not to assess the Catholics for any matters required for di- vine service.—Dublin llforning Register. [This is doing for the Ca- tholics, what, at St. Audeon, bublin, they have done for themselves.] On Monday last, a Vestry was held in the church of Finner, for the lower division of the parish of Innismacsaint ; the Reverend Hugh Hamilton in the chair. After the usual sums for the use of the church were granted, the Reverend Ali. Macdonnell, P.P., said he had a re- quest to make on behalf of his brethren, which, be hoped, would not be denied them : he did not come there to demand it as a right, but he asked it as a favour, which, if obtained, would be gratefully remembered by himself and his congregation. He then begged leave to propoSe • that 201. be given towards building a chapel in the parish. The sum was unanimously granted.—Balishannon Herald. [What will Mr. J. • E. Gorden and his patron say to this?]
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