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IRELAND.

(From the Home Neios.) The Lord-Lieutenant has conferred the honor of knighthood upon Mr Tait, who for three successive years has been Mayor of Limerick, and lately contested it in the Conservative interest. The Irish Government have appointed Mr Maurice Keatinge, son of Judge Keatinge (on his father retiring from the Probate Court), Marshal of the Court of Admiralty. Mr Keatinge is already one of the Principal Registrars of the Court of Probate and Registrar of the Court of Faculties, and is to hold three offices, the salaries of which amount in all to about .£2OOO per annum. The inquiry into the death of the man shot by a soldier at the election riols in Drogheda has closed. The jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against one of the two soldiers of the 9th regiment, which one they could not determine. The jury at the. inquest on the body of Captain King, who was shot at Sligo borough election, has found that the pistol went off accidentally during a struggle with Mr Webber. They expressed great sympathy with Captain King's family, and censured the police for not giving him an escort. * The corporation of Dublin have reelected Sir W. Carroll Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. "Captain" O'Brien, the reputed Fenian, who is charged with being concerned in a number of outrages in the county of .Cork, has been again committed for trial and lodged in the county gaol. Since his escape from Mallow Bridewell he has been leading a roving and lawless life in the neighborhood of Ballyclough, levying black mail on the farmers. It is supposed he would not have been so easily captured by the police, as he is a daring fellow, if he had not been overcome with fatigue when they came upon him . Evidence was given that he attacked the houses of some fanners, fired shots at those who refused admittance, and in one instance, at least, broke, in and carried off firearms. As Dr. Savage, of Armagh, was returning to that town by train from Newry a night or two ago, a gun heavily loaded with grape shot or slugs was fired at the first-class carriage in which he sat, breaking the thick glass. Dr. Savage was the only passenger in the carriage, and, as he was leaning down at the time, he escaped with slight cuts ab,out the face and hands. A reward has been offered for the discovery of the person who fired the shot. A singular "alimony" case has "been before the Provincial Court in Dublin. The wife of a respectable shopkeeper of that city, some years after "her marriage, and when two children were born, "sudr denly called a cab, put her own personal property into it, drove to the quay, and took shipping for Australia." She did this, it was stated, against the earnest entreaty of her husband. She remained in Australia three years, never asking any maintenance. She then came back to Ireland, and her husband met her at the boat, and besought her to return. She offered to do so, on condition that she should be at liberty to leave his house when she pleased. That condition he refused, and she then went to London, and supported herself for several years by her skill as a high-class milliner. She never claimed alimony during the six years of separation until now, and her claim was for ,£2OO a-year. Judge Battersby said it was one of the most extraordinary cases that ever came before him. The facts were the oddest he had ever known. There was not the slightest imputation on either side. . Counsel added that there was not the least allegation of any impropriety, beyond that she "acted with caprice." The judge decreed £40 a-year as alimony. The Irish election petitions now lodged impeach the returns for Dublin city, the boroughs of Londonderry, Belfast, Enniskillen, Drogheda, Carrickfergus, Carlow, Youghal, Athlone, Galway, and Cashel. In the case of Dublin a petition is presented by the Liberals against Sir A. Guinness, and by the Conservatives against Mr Pirn. In that of Londonderry the petition against Mr. Dowse, in the interest of Lord Claud J. Hamilton, is met by a memorial to be presented to the House of Commons, for a commission specially to inquire into the corrupt practices at a previous as well as at the last election 1 there. The Belfast petition is promoted i by the Conservatives against Mr M'Clure. i Mr Munster prays for Mr O'Beirne's seat in Cashel. The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland has i passed a resolution condemning the mem- * bers of the brotherhood who voted at the I. last election for candidates pledged to disestablish the Irish Church, and directing > their expulsion from the institution. At • the same time all Orangemen who are i engaged on " anti-Protestant and Radical > newspapers" are at once to cease their i connection with the society.