IRELAND.
The Lord-Lieutenant and the Countess of Eglinton left Dublin at noon on Wednesday, by the Great Southern and Western Railway, and arrived at Cork about half-past four o'clock, to be present at the opening of the National Exhibition of Irish Industry and Art, on Thursday. Unfortu- nately, the day was one of the most dismally bad weather ; so that the Viceregal arrival was not publicly acknowledged with any very marked( demonstrations.
The census for the county and city of Kilkenny has been issued. The total population in 1841 was 202,420—males 99,114, females 103,306: the popula- tion in 1851 was only 168,746-76,490 males, and 82,266 females; being a decrease of 63,684. The total number of inhabited houses in 1841 was 32,147; in 1851, 25,960. The number of uninhabited houses in 1841 was 1086; in 1851, 1894. The number of buildings in course of erection in 1841 was 105; in 1851, only 29.
Tommey, formerly keeper of one of the best hotels in Dublin, has been ruined by litigation. This has made him desperate or crazy ; and the Lord Chancellor having given a decision against him last week, he swore in court that "he would not appeal to the House of Lords this time, but he would make shorter work of it, shoot the Lord Chancellor, and die like a soldier."' He was arrested, and taken before the Police Magistrates. He expressed some regret for his language, but complained bitterly of lawyers and judges. The Magistrates cut short his tirade by remanding him.
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