IRELAND.

Concurrently with the semi-official statement which has been going the rounds of the papers to the effect that her Majesty will repeat her visit to Ireland on the first favourable opportunity, it is rumoured, and it is said to be with good grounds, that the mock pageantry of an Irish Court is doomed to abolition, and that the Viceroyalty of Ireland will terminate at the ex- piration of Lord Clarendon's tenure of office.—Times. The Dublin Evening Post announces, that "it is with the sincerest plea- sure we are enabled to announce it is the Queen's intention to create the Prince of Wales Earl of Dublin, as a testimony and a record of the heart- felt satisfaction which her Majesty has derived from the loyal feelings and kindness with which she has been received by the inhabitants of the me- tropolis, and in order at once to establish a connexion between his Royal Kghness and her Majesty's Irish subjects. The recollection that this title was borne by the illustrious father of her Majesty, whose claims upon the gratitude of Irishmen have been so appropriately acknowledged since her Ma- jesty came to this country, will render the revival of the title in the person of his grandson a source of additional gratification to the public. The Prince of Wales is also Duke of Cornwall in England, and of Rothsay in Scotland; and the title of Earl of Dublin will, in like manner, always here- after be borne by the heir-apparent to the crown of these realms."

Sir George Grey has informed the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alderman O'Brien, M.P. for Cashel, that her Majesty intends to confer on him the honour of a baronetcy.

At a Court of the Dublin Common Council, held on Tuesday, the reply of the Queen to the Corporation was read, and duly entered on the minutes of Council. Mr. John Reynolds, M.P., stated that when George the Fourth paid a visit to Dublin, the Corporation were not content with presenting an address on his Majesty's arrival, they also presented one on his Majesty's return to London: Mr. Reynolds moved the appointment of a committee to prepare an address congratulating her Majesty on her safe arrival in England. Mr. Loughnan—" Better wait till she gets there." Lord Mayor—" Her Majesty has gone to Scotland, where she will remain for five or six weeks."

Alderman M'Kenna observed, that the second address to George the Fourth re- salted from the circumstance of a violent storm having put his Majesty in danger -of shipwreck on his return and driven him into Milford Haven.

Mr. Reynolds observed, return, the stormy state of the weather in '21 had nothing to do with his motion. There were a great many dangers besides those of the sea; and as the Corporation were all anxious to compliment her Majesty, there could bone objection to his proposition..

Mr.Denehy observed, that they hid every reason to be gratified at the recep- tion which the Queen had met with. The manner in which the citizens had be- haved during the past week was an evidence of high civilization on their part; and many men from various parts of Europe and of the empire had expressed their surprise and gratification at it. Mr. Curran—" The visit of her Majesty has done more for Ireland than coer- cion acts or treason acts, or any others of the kind ever did." Mr. Loughnan--" But we have had a coercion act in force all the time, to keep us quiet."

Mr. Reynolds's motion was carried.

Mr. Walker moved that the address voted by the Corporation to the French Republic last year be expunged from their minutes. He was checked by the Lord Mayor on a point of form. The notice of motion, was that "before we present an address to her Majesty, the address to the French people be expunged." The address to the Queen had been already voted; so the other motion was disposed of. Mr. Walker complained that such emotion should be shirred over. There was now a full house, and it would be " a good time to take the sense of the house upon his notice, and thereby ascertain whether their late outburst of loyalty was superficial or not." On the suggestion of Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Walker gave a fresh notice of motion on the subject; and Mr. Reynolds immediately gave notice of an amendment—" That this Council forward to M. Kossuth an address, con gratalating him and the Hungarians upon their successful and patriotic re- sistance to the combined efforts of the military despotism of Austria and Russia."

The Council then adjourned to the 10th of September.

The Northern Whig comments on two incidents of the Queen's visit to Belfast; ascribing significance to what had appeared only accidental—

'Two occurrences connected with the Queen's visit to Belfast are of much in- terest and importance, upon general and public grounds. The first is, her de- clining to visit the School for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind. The institution is in one respect of a most praiseworthy character; and those who have erected so fine a building, and maintained so large a charitable establishment, are deserving of credit for their zeal. But, unfortunately, though

eahng to the public at large for support, it is strictly sectarian and exclusive;

there can be no doubt, that her Majesty did not think right, especially in a country like this, to lend even an appearance of approval to such an institution.

"The other circumstance is, her Majesty's volunteered visit to the Queen's College. - It was not supposed, or apparently intended, that she would enter that building; it being understood that she would not leave her carriage except for the Purpose of seeing the exhibition of the Flax Society. When she was in the Bo- tanic Garden, however, she re olved to inspect the College, and despatched a mes- senger to intimate her intention. There ti,i teen no preparation for receiving her, except that a few of the officers and professors thought it their duty to be Las she was passing. Her visit, under the circumstances, and after she had turned away from the sectarian establishment, is an expression of opinion which the public will neither mistake nor fail to rejoice at."

Some strange occurrences at Templemore, near Kenmare, are reported by the Cork Constitution, an Orange paper. The Constitution affirms that the Reverend Mr. Rogers, curate of TempIemore, had been excluded from the houses of some persons whom Mr. Ahern, the Roman Catholic clergy- man of the same parish, did not choose to be visited by a Protestant. There- !Ton a correspondence arose, which ended in an agreement to have a pub- U0 discussion in the town of Kenmore, on the leading points of difference

between the Reformed Church and the Church of Rome. A platform was provided, respectable umpires were appointed, and the discussion seemed likely to proceed fairly and decently.

"Thursday being the first day of the intended discussion, from an early hour country-people were seen to be travelling along the roads towards the appointed place. At about a quarter to twelve o'clock, there were scattered about some thousand or fifteen hundred peasants, with a priest here and there. In front and close by one of these platforms stood a burley country peasant with a tall staff, from which was suspended a large placard, on which was daubed, in rude characters—

"Soup! soup! soup! Soup gratis!

Hot and ready every Friday. Hurrah ! hurrah ! the the soup ! Apply to Patrick Connor, Scripture reader.'

"Alongside this 'standard-bearer' stood a 'lad' of equal proportions, bearing a lofty pole, from which hung a number of potatoes, on a string, at top and bot- tom of which were hollyhock flowers. Close by these symbols of peace stood the Reverend Mr. Sullivan, Romanist P.P., and a number of his brother clergy, drawing the attention of all who came into the field to them."

Mr. Rogers presently appeared, and found that there was a deficiency of seats: upon complaint of this Father Sullivan exclaimed-

" I owe you no courtesy. You took no trouble about this place ; but you brought these people here, which ought to be saving the harvest. (Shouting.) They were called here together by a person to cause bloodshed and riot. (Greed yelling.) Allow me now to introduce my Scripture reader to you, Mr. Godfrey." Here Father Sullivan pointed to an eccentric person of dwarf stature, who carried under his arm an immense volume, the encumbrance of which did not prevent him from executing a number of outlandish posturings and feats of agility, such as leaping his own height and spinning round on one toe with rapid pirouettes. As Mr. Rogers stepped on the platform, Father Sullivan, with the vulgar gesture of the hand called "taking a sight," gave a signal to the crowd which caused them to raise and maintain a continuous yelling and shouting. Mr. Ahem presently ap- pearing, he was introduced by Father Sullivan as "the boy to give you pepper in your soup." Mr. Rogers began the discussion, but had scarcely uttered some sentences deprecatory of bitter feeling, ere Mr. Dillon a peace-officer, came on the ground. Mr. Ahern immediately disappeared among the crowd; but Mr. Rogers was arrested, on an information that a breach of the peace was to be dreaded. He pleaded Ms pacific) objects; but Mr. Dillon declared that he had no option, and led him off. To the inquiry, "Am I only to be arrested?" Mr. Dillon replied, "When I meet Mr. Ahern I shall arrest him also: Mr. Leger, get Mr. Ahern." Mr. Leger said, "I have looked everywhere for him, and cannot find him." The Constitution winds up its report with the following specimen of the Re- verend Mr. Sullivan's rhetoric, immediately after the Police had gone- " Three cheers for the Police. (Loud yelling.) Now, witty as they all were, they gave me leave to come up on the platform; and I had my eye round the corner, and the moment I saw the green coat with the—what do they call them-- epaulettes—no, scales—scales is the word, and a long sword, be Ger I got afraid, and that is seldom with me you know. (Great yelling and laughter.) My cock was here—(Pointing to his left)—and while the other cook, was making his speech, waiting for the Stipendiary, I gave my cock the wink, and away with him. (Yells of' exultation.) Perhaps it were better not to place the officers who bad a certain duty to perform in an unpleasant position; and as we liked to give Mr. Abern a good dinner tonight, and a drink, we'd sooner have him there than in Bridewell." (Shouting.) The Southern Reporter, a Cork paper, one of the most intelligent of the

Repeal journals, makes a recantation— , -

"We broadly advocated revolution. We did so from the conscientious belief that, if attainable, it was desirable. We now believe it unattainable; and, so be- lieving, we reject all teaching that tends in that direction, as mischievous and bad. We pretend to no satisfaction with the institutions of the country; we know it to be crushed and degraded by misrule: but we see no course open but that of slowly winning, within the constitution that is imposed on us, more en- larged privileges, and striving patiently after better legislation. We will hold no word of promise to the ear that must be broken to the hope, and we shall do what lies in our power to direct our countrymen in the search of practical good. Eng- land has, let our pride gainsay it as it will, a controlling power over our desti- nies at this moment, which we must recognize. Whatever may lie hidden in a distant future, we must, in our day, turn to the Imperial Legislature for whatever amelioration in our condition laws can effect, and in the Imperial Legislature England has a paramount influence. That influence it is our duty to prevent from being adversely exercised—to gain over, if possible, to our aid. The revolu- tionary policy has been tried—tried by abler and honester men than many who now seem to possess the popular confidence; and the trial only sufficed to show the entire futility of it in the present condition of Ireland. Men who sickened to see the country's energies wasting away year after year in the slow fever of a protracted agitation, and perceived at the same time no reasonable prospect of better government under the existing system, strove to rouse the spirit of the people to one bold effort, and end the struggle in some way. They tried the effort and were beaten. Imperialism had the victory; and enough was shown to convince every rational man, that to revive the contest with no better elements of success than these men found themselves to possess when the trial came, would be not only mad but wicked. A revolution may be the greatest blessing; to effect it may be the highest virtue. But to keep a people in a perpetual ferment of poli- tical discontent, urging on them the necessity of accomplishing objects to which they are unequal, and preventing them from taming to account the advantages, great or little, at their command, is dishonest and reprehensible in the highest de- gree. The main cause of our past misgovernment was, that we were unknown and misunderstood. A Parliament composed principally, or largely, of strangers, can never know or understand us as a native Parliament would. But even such a Parliament may improve its knowledge of our condition, and may learn to de- vise or to adopt measures more suited to our wants. Anything which interests the Monarch In our regard, which brings to us a larger influx of intelligent and reflectiog Englishmen, cannot but be of real benefit to the country. There may be matters in which English and Irish interests will clash, and in such matters injustice will perhaps be still inflicted on us: but in the main, there is no ground for supposing that measures largely beneficial to Ireland are not capable of being odbeMed without the slightest detriment, but, on the contrary, with great advan- tage to England herself. Let us, then, instead of speaking disparagingly or sneer- ingly of the Royal progress in Ireland, congratulate ourselves on It as something giving reasonable hope that Irish wants will henceforth be more inquired after, better understood, and better attended to. If everything connected with it was not quite flattering to our pride, let us be somewhat appeased by the assurance that it may prove truly beneficial to our interests."

It is stated that Mr. W. IL Magan one of the Members for Westmeath, is to accept the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds; and that Mr. John Ennis, High Sheriff of Dublin County, is likely to be a candidate.