The Press.
London, England, 1854-11-04 00:00:00

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The report that Lord Bangor was certain to succeed
as Irish representative peer to the vacancy caused by
the death of Lord Dunailey has elicited a letter from
Lord Talbot de Malahide, who announces his inten-
tion of becoming a candidate. 'Viscount Donerail, who
had obtained several promises, gives way to Lord
Bangor, but will be a candidate upon the next
vacancy.
An official communication has been received by the
Registrar of Queen's College, Belfast, that students
who have taken the degree of A.B. at the Queen's
University in Ireland will le admitted as candidates
for orders in the Church et England and Ireland,
after an attendance of one year at St. Aiden's Collet-re.
Birkenhead, which is under the direction of theAreb-
bishop of Canterbury.
The so-called " Catholic University' was to be
opened yesterday (Friday), without any ceremonial,
in the absence of Archbishop who has left for
Rome. It was expected Oat at the close of the
session, the form of confeiong degrees and honours
by virtue of a bull to 3e obtained trom the Pope
would be gone through.
The agricultural products, &c., of Ireland are
shown in a very impertant o cial return just pub-
lished. The results are calculated to cause some
surprise. It appears that there was in the prsent
year, as competed with 1853, an increase of wheat of
not less than 84,527 acres; but the decrease in other
grain was very great; in oats it was 114,383 acres;
and in here, barley, end rye, 01,377 acres. The total
decrease in cereals was 91,233 acres. With regard
to green crops, considerable changes have °centred
in the system of cultivation. 'rhere was, in the pre-
sent year, an increase in the breadth of land under
potatoes to the :arge extent of 90,702 acres ; but tur-
nips decreases to the amount of 70,271, and other
green crops, 21,141 acres ; so that the augmentation
in potatoes was fully met by the decrease in other
green craps. There was also a decrease in flax, and
in meadow and clover. The total decrease in land
under crops in the present year was very consider-
able, having been 124,575 acres. The return affords
further evidence of the rapid increase of pasturage
and diminution of tillage farming in Ireland.

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Loner commit:Awe flied at his residence in Edin-
burgh upon Thursday week. The deceased was the
eldest son of Mr. John Cuninghame, merchant, of
Port Glasgow, and wag born in that seaport in the
year 1782. He was called to the Scotch bar in 1807.
On the accession of the Whigs to office in 1830 he
was appointed an advocate depute, and promoted in
1831 to the Sheriffship of Elgin and Nairn. In 1835
he was appointed Silicitor-General for Scotland, and
continued to discharge the duties of that office until
1837, when he was elevated to the bench of the
Court of Session. Lord Cuningliame resigned his
judicial seat about eighteen months ago.
VICE-ADMIRAL RICHARD ARTHUR, C. 8., died at
Plymouth, very suddenly, yesterday week. His com-
missions date, commander, 1805 ; captain, 1810;
rear-admiral, 1840 ; and vice-admiral, 1858. His
principal war services were at Copenhagen in 1807,
where be commanded the Vesuvius, bomb; and in
command of the Cherokee at the capture of seven
privateers, including Minable Nelly, under the bat-
teries of Dieppe, in 1810, in which year lie was
gazetted.
Another naval officer, REAR-ADMIRAL LEITH HAY,
expired on the 25th ult. at Blachford. The deceased
was second son of the late General Alexander Leith
Hay, and brother to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir A. L.
Hay, M.P. for the Elgin district of burghs. He
entered the navy in June, 1808, became lieutenant in
1809, commander in 1815, and post captain in 1825.
He had been on the invalid list since his return from
the Barbadoes station in 1841.
Mr. CHARLES BEACH, the colleague of Mr. Ellice,
sen., in the representation of Coventry, died on Wed-
nesday afternoon. The lion. member had been
during the last ten days in a precarious state. Mr.
(leach began life as a clerk in the Birmingham
branch of the Bank of England, on the salary of
1501. per annum. From that situation he was
selected as the managing director of the Birmitigll am
and Midland Joint Stock Bank, which he conduAed
with great ability and credit. Mr. Leach was a few
years since the co-partner in the patent for the rsilwey
axletree, a monopoly which, though the patent has
expired, has continued a large source of wealth to
the two proprietors. He was a director of the
Crystal Palace Company, of the Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire, and of the Shrewsbury and
Birmingham railways, and a large contractor for
working power. He was also the principal and
active partner in one of the most extensive manufac-
tures of machinery in Staffordshire. His eabits of
business and personal industry were uncommon, and
a d his extensive commercial operations sr ;re all
conducted with singular regularity and prudence.