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IRELAND.
DUBLIN, SATURDAT EYENING.—At a Privy Conn•
cil held at the Castle on Thursday, present his Excel-
lency the Lord Lieutenant, the Lord Chancellor,
Judge Perrin, Baron Richards, the Judge of the
Prerogative Court, and the Chief Secretary and At-
torney- General, a proclamation was issued, under the
12th and 13th of Victoria, abolishing the gaol of
Newgate as a Government prison, and airecting that
all prisoners there confined, except those under rule
for transportation, be removed to the Richmond
Bridewell before the 31st of August. A proclama-
tion was also issued constituting the town of Belfast
the future assize town for the county of Antrim, in
place of Carrickfergus, where the assizes hare hitherto
been held.
His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, attended by
the officers of his staff, proceeded yesterday to Kings-
town to inspect a new swivel bridge constructed by
the Board of Works, and fur the present temporarily
erected in the commissioners' yard, but ultimately
intended for the town of Belmallet, in the western
part of the county of Mayo. After viewing the
bridge, and expressing his admiration of the ingenuity
and beauty of its construction, his Excellency went
on a short excursion by the Atmospheric Railway to
Dalkey, and returned to Dublin by the five o'clock
afternoon train.
The Lord-Lieutenant has accepted an invitation to
dine with the mayor and town council of Belfast dur-
ing his Lordship's stay in that town.
Tae Marquis of Waterford has directed his agent
to make reductions according to the quality of the
land, graduating from five to twenty per cent., in the
rents of his estates in the north of Ireland.
The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the
Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway was held yester-
day, but no dividend was declared, and the report
read was only agreed to on the condition that a com-
mittee of five should be appointed to confer with the
directors, and go with them through an inspection of
the accounts. The Right Hon. Edward Lucas, deputy-
chairman of the company, took the opportunity of
resigning his office, as he saw no prospect of an im-
provement in the state of the country. Unless a
change for the better took place before the next half-
yearly meeting, he would quit the country and go
abroad.

There is nothing new to report as to the condition
of the crops.
The Lord Chancellor has named Messrs. Curtis and
Woodlock stockbrokers to Acheson Lyle; Esq., the
newly-appointed Master in Chancery.
The ratepayers of Dublin are all just now on the
alert to qualify for the burgess roll, under the new
Corporation Act, which comes into operation in No-
vember next, tied requires that the specified rates shall
be paid before or on the 31st of the present month to
qualify.
DUBLIN STOCK AND SHARE LIST, AUG. 23.
Three per Cent. Consols, 96i i ; ditto for Account,
9th September, 96k; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent.
Stock, 97g ; Four per Cent. City Deb. of 921. 6s. 2d.,
734 ; National Insurance Company, 25/. paid, 2l
Midland Great Western and Railway Canal Company,
471. 10s. paid, 261.

EXECUTION OF PATRICK FORBES.
This tragic event took place on a scaffold erected on
the north side of the gaol, in front of Carliol-street,
at eight o'clock on Saturday morning, in the presence
of an immense number of persona.
Ou the preceding evening an interview, which of
course was of a painful and distressing character, took
place between the unhappy culprit and two of his
children, one of whom, his eldest daughter, is in ser-
vice in Northumberland-street. From this period he
gave himself up entirely to his devotions, in preparing
himself for the awful change which speedily awaited
him. During the night he was visited by his spiritual
adviser, the Rev. F. Betham, who again attended at
aix this morning, when he administered the last rites
of the Roman Catholic Church, the holy communion.
We are informed that he appeared fully alive to a
sense of his approaching end, and satisfied those
around him as to his preparation for death.
At six o'clock crowds were found loitering about
the scaffold ; and from that hour till the time of exe-
cution immense numbers continued to arrive until an
assemblage variou'ly estimated at from ififteen to
twenty thousand, was congregated.
The conduct of the crowd presented no new or pe-
culiar aspect. The jeer and the laugh went round
es usual. Still it ought to be stated that some por-
tions of the vast assemblage behaved in a quiet and
decorous manner, having attended evidently from
mere motives of curiosity.
Immediately after the clock of St. Nicholas had
struck the hour of eight, the fatal procession was ar-
ranged frotn the condemned cell, in which the cul-
prit had undergone the ordinary process of pinioning
to the scaffold. The convict was decently attired in
a suit of black, with a cross suspended on his breast ;
his appearance was wild and dejected, and as he
vvallatd along he lifted his eyes to heaven and uttered
such ejaculatory observations as " Jesus have mercy
on me," "Mother of mercy pray for me," " All Saints
pray f,r me," " Chri-tian fiends favour me." Mr.
Betham read the service of the Church suitable
for the occasion. This was continued for two
or three moments on the platform, the poor
sufferer being on his knees, and with intense earn-
estness and fervour breathing out " Pray for me
—Mother of Jesus pray for me," " Jesus hkve
mercy," " Jesus have inercy." After the brief in-
terval thus spent in prayer, the executioner proceeded
with his duty, the culprit being held up under the
gibbet by two officers (one of whom wore a Waterloo
medal) until his neckerchief was taken off, the cap
drawn over his face, and the fatal rope adjusted.
When all was arranged, the preconcerted signal was
given—the prayer, " Jesus have mercy," " Jesus
have mercy," repeated by the sufferer, his hands being
firmly clasped ; the drop fell, and he was launched
into eternity. Some confusion for the moment arose,
owing to the rope being rather too slack, which drew
forth loud execrations, yells, and hisses from many,
but the great bulk of the people witnessed the spec-
tacle in melancholy sadness. According to the ordi-
nary practice, the body hung an hour, and was then
cut down and interred within the precincts of the
prison.