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The people of Ireland are looking forward with interest to

a visit from her Majesty, and the corporation of Dublin have prepared a loyal address. The national habit of blundering, however, cannot be quite laid aside, and the address is to contain a petition for the renewal of the Galway contract—a purely executive measure, with which only the responsible advisers of the Crown are concerned. It is to be hoped that this clause will be expunged before the address is presented, or it will resemble a little too much the habitual Irish address, "God bless your honour—give us a penny !"

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