§ Mr. CHARLES CRAIGasked whether Mr. Donovan has been appointed to the professorship of English literature in the University College, Dublin; and, if so, what is the salary; what are Mr. Donovan's qualifications for the post; and if this gentleman was until recently employed on the staff of the "Freeman's Journal"?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Irish Government has nothing to do with the appointment of professors in University College, Dublin, and I have no information, except what I may have gathered from newspapers, as to Mr. Donovan's appointment. I know nothing as to his qualifications or past.