IRELAND.
Another attempt, and one having more practical elements of success than any preceding one, is to be made to establish steam communication between New York and the Irish coast. An -extraordinary meeting of the Town and 'Harbour Commissioners of Galway was held on Saturday evening, to bear Mr. Wagstaffe, eon of -"one of the most extensive steam- ship owners in New York;" state that he and his father have resolved to put on a line of steamers between New York and Galway. He brought letters of introduction.from the American Ambassador, Mr. Abbott Law- rence ; and the Galway Vindicator reports his statements- " The vessel which 'he had now, prepared ready to start was, be had no hesitation in saying, one of 'the fastest and strongest steamers which ever sailed on the ocean. This vessel would be followed by others of the very strongest and swiftest build which it could be possible for wood and iron to make. alt was the intention -of himself and of his father to bring, by means of other .communication, the goods and passenger traffic of the Continent through Ireland. He sought no pecuniary assistance; .he merely wanted co- operation and kindlyiecling on the part of the people of Galway. With re- gard to the emigrant accommodation, he was determined to snake snob an improvement in this particular as had been never before attempted. The steerage passengers should be provided with berths which would contain only two each ; the sexes, except in cases of families, should be kept sepa- rate ; saloons should be provided for them, where they might sit; with _ proper cooking accommodation, the best description of food, and a voyage of only eight days, at a charge of 6/. each." This first vessel would start from New York on the 15th December, and arrive at Galway on the 23d of that mouth: lie should come over in it himself, •and would then cater more fully into details with them. " He might not succeed in the first or Se- -cond-or third trip ; but he still would not be disheartened—his experiment should last for six months." If he succeed he will ultimately put on vessels that shall do the voyage in seven days.
It was resolved unanimously by the Commissioners, that Mr. Wag- staffe's vessel should enter the port of Galway free of all duties for the apace of six months. Mr. Ennis, the Chairman of the Irish Midland Great Western Railway, promised all the assistance and cooperation which the company can possibly give.
The Railway Company have since resolved, immediately to set about the formation of an electric telegraph between the Galway and Dublin termini; a step which will bring the American news to Dublin in little more than eight days; "anticipating the London press, as at present supplied, by upwards of three days."
Emigration rapidly proceeds among nearly all classes—from those who are in a comfortable position in their own land, down to absolute paupers. The latter arc sent out at the expense of the ratepayers, who find it the cheapest way of providing for them. Mr. Edge, a landlord, has shipped 140 persons, at an expense less by 1121. than he would have had to pay for their maintenance in the workhouse for a single year. A thousand paupers are to be sent from the union...if Nenagh. Accounts from Canada and New Brunswick state that able-bodied paupers recently sent out from Irish workhouses had been at once absorbed in the labour-market, and that work could have been readily found for many more.
News has come of the arrival of 200 Irish emigrants at Peru; where they have made engagements to work for seven years.
An English company in the county of Kerry employs 600 persons in making peat charcoal, and ships 400 tons a week. The pay is 10d. a day to men„ and 6d. to women and boys.
Large orders have been received from America at the Clare quarries for liege suited for paving.
The remains of the late Richard Lalor Sheil were interred in the churchyard of Templetuohy, a highland glen about six miles from Tem- pleinore, en Wednesday sennight. The resting-place of -the curator-states- man is on the property he acquired by his marriage with Mrs. Lalor.
'The case of Birch, registered p.oprietor of a Dublin newspaper called the World, versus Sir 'William Somerville, 'has recently occupied the Irish Court of Queen's Bench in a preliminary stage. Mr. Birch has broughtan action against the defendant to recover 70001., •claimed as a balance due "for work, labour, and service rendered by plaintiff in support of the existing, Adminis- tration, at the instance and request of the-defendant, from the 16th of July 1848 to the 16th ef.Jannary I851," including a charge of 8001. for copies of the World, supplied and distributed, as alleged in the declaration. last week, application was made on behalf of the defendant, by Mr. Perrin, for a clear bill of particulara, and thatin default of such bill all proceedings should be stayed. The plaintiff, by 'two Queen's counsel, Mr. Whiteside and Mr. M'Donougb, opposed the application, and upset it on some technical point; but the Judges gave their -opinion that the bill of particulars supplied was totally illusory, and that the defendant was entitled to a more specific bill. The application for a specific -bill of particulars was renewed this week. 'The plaintiff had in the mean time amended his bill, by stating that his services had been rendered in " composing, writing, and publishing in the World newspaper, various articlesand paragraphs in-support of the existing Admi- nistration, at the request of the defendant,; and also for various attendances on the defendant and on his private secretary, at the defendant's instance and request" The Court was unanimous in thinking that this bill differed in no essential respect from the first, and was, like that, " perfectly illu- sory" ; so they granted 'the applicaticrn for staying proceedings till a suffi- cient specification of the demands were given to the defendant.
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