IRELAND.

The Earl of Besborough, the new Lord-Lieutenant, arrived in Dublin on Thursday last week, and was sworn into office in the usual manner.

Mr. Shell was reelected for Dungarvan on Saturday last, not only without opposition, but in his absence. The Reverend Mr. Bally, a parish-priest, put ' Mr. Shell in nomination. For his sake the electors of Dungarvan would give the Whigs one more trial— "-For you, Mr. Shell, we try an experiment; for you we show our confidence in the present Administration. Let them show their sincerity, let them show their energy, let them show their efficiency in working out perfect equality for Ireland. If not, the day of reckoning is near at hand. Parliament either will shortly be dissolved, or mast die a natural death; and if this Ministry deceive us—if they lose their time mincing with miserable details—if, like men, they do not at once lay hold of the principles of immutable justice and place Ireland on a perfect equality with England—men of Dungarvan, we will have our day of retribution." Mr. Longan seconded the nomination; assuring the electors that he had good reason to know that Mr. Shell's speech in opposition to the Coercion Bill was the principal means of bringing about the English Members to oppose the measure!

The feeling of the crowd found vent in exclamations; such as " Will he get the Repeal Magistrates restored? " "Hurrah for Repeal! Shell is no Re- pealer, and we must have one." " We will let Sheil in this time, but we must have a Repealer, the next; and if he is not one, we will put him out." " Three cheers for O'Connell and Repeal." At the close of the proceed- ings, Mr. Galway, a friend of Mr. Shell, attributed his absence to the want of information as to the time when the election was to take place, and to its having been fixed for an earlier day than he had reason to anticipate.

The " walking over" for Dungarvan has provoked a good deal of dis- cussion in the newspapers. The Evening Nail of Monday taunts the Free- man's Journal for its silence on the subject. With the exception, it says, of an article that it copies verbatim from the Limerick Examiner of Saturday, written in anticipation of the " walk over," the Freeman keeps a mys- ierions silence. The following is the article thus copied from the Limerick paper—

"We have this day the strangest, rnay, almost incredible, news to impart. Richard Later Shell, who styled our agitation for national greatness a splendid phantom,' is the unopposed Member for Dungarvan ! Perhaps in the annals of Parliamentary representation there can be found no precedent for this occurrence.

Mr. SlIFIL PUBLISHED NO ADDRESS TO THE PURE CONSTITUENCY OF DUN- GARVAN I—TEE COUNTY HIGH SHERIFF (SIR ROBERT PAUL) PUBLISHED NO ADVERTISEMENT THAT HE HAD RECEIVED THE QUEEN'S WRIT, AND AP- POINTING A DAY FOR THE ELECTION !! The whole affirir appears to be unac- countable. We were anxiously awaiting the result of the labours of the Com- mittee of the Association, when the only intimation of the result of their pro- ceedings given to the public reached us by this morning's Freeman; which says, that the gentlemen composing that Committee thought it prudent not to interfere in the Dungarvan election. "In Cork, on yesterday, Mr. Joseph Hayes was waited on by some gentlemen of that city, to ask him to offer himself as the Repeal candidate for Dungarvan. Whether he consented or not, the Cork Examiner does not say ; but these gentle- men little knew that the mock election was to have taken place today at eleven ticker. If the Committee of the Association only required a candidate, most cer- tainly there could not be found in Ireland a fitter or more able man than Mr. Hayes. We hesitate not to repeat over and over again, that this course of pro- ceeding towards Wing candidates is calculated to damage irreparably the national Cause; and that some important change in the mode of conducting the agitation far Repeal must be made before the confidence of the people can be restored, or their minds reassured that Mr. Shell's description of our agitation is not a just and proper one."

The Evening Mail quotes an additional paragraph, which the Freeman had found it inconvenient to insert- - " Our position is, that if Shell be permitted to ' walk over' Dungarvan, a `heavy blow and great discouragement' will be given to Repeal; thousands of warm, sincere friends of the cause at present, will pause in the agitation of that measure; no funds of any amount will be contributed to the treasury of the Asso- ciation; and we shall be disgraced before the world as gasconading poltroons, who at one moment screamed for legislative independence, and at another permitted ourselves to be cajoled by the chicanery and deceit of an English Whig faction." The Nation is moderately rampant on the same subject; declaring, amidst other strong things, that the Committee have been guilty of cow- ardice, or something worse, in allowing Dungarvan to remain in possession of Mr. Sheil. The Nation, however, is not to prove so unworkable as might have been supposed: it never predicted immediate national independence; and till the time of consummation arrive, it advises the people to accept all the good offered them by the Government. Its hopes, too, are somewhat high-

- " One momentous reform we may at once expect from the Whigs; in fact; we cannot perceive that they have any special mission here but to effect that. Tories, Protectionists, Leaguers, all parties, are ready to vie with each other in doing everything else for us but that; we mean the abolition of Church Establishments.

The Pilot speaks in language more consonant with Mr. O'Connell's pre- sent policy of accommodating the Whigs- " While the end and object of our labours consist in the restoration of a Domes- tic Legislature, and while we see every day the path widening and smoothening towards that great consummation, we shall accept every intermediate improve. ment, and treat men who want to cement the Union by justice with fairness as to their measures, but perfect candour as to our own. We want to repeal the Union, by peaceful, moral, and constitutional means. They say they want to destroy our anxiety for the measure; and if they cannot convert the Liberator, to disband his forces by measures of substantial justice and amelioration, which will make Ireland prosperous without Repeal. We do not believe they will be able to effect this; but let them try. It is a fair and honourable competition."

Not content with regulating and controlling opinion at the weekly meet- ings at Conciliation Hall, Mr. O'Connell has been working in Committee meetings; and in addition he attended a Ward meeting, at which certain proposals were submitted and approved.

At a Committee meeting of the Repeal Association held on Thursday week, Mr. O'Connell gave notice of his intention to bring forward a series of resolutions de- claring that the Association had no connexion whatever with any newspaper, and repudiating the use of physical force in achieving Ireland's nationality. On Sa- turday the resolutions were submitted to the consideration of the Committee. A long and rather angry discussion ensued; in which two or three members of the Committee opposed the resolutions respecting physical force, as calculated to aim at a particular journal, the Nation. Mr. O'Connell read extracts from leading articles in that paper, inciting to physical force; and disclaimed all sympathy with such doctrines. The Committee adopted the resolutions. On Sunday, Mr. O'Connell attended a meeting at the Customhouse Ward, and spoke of his resolutions. He said that attempts had been made by some young gentlemen, called " the Young Ireland party," to annoy and thwart him in the pursuit of his projects for the good of Ireland. He felt that the time had arrived when a great amelioration might be worked out for Ireland—when many good measures might be passed. The Whig and Tory parties might be considered as extinct, and an Administration was in power professing their determination to propose salutary measures. Was he to refuse those measures ? (Cries of " /;') The Conciliation Hall was crowded to excess on Monday; the Lowd Mayor in the chair. At the commencement of the proceedings, a letter was read from Mr. Smith O'Brien; enforcing the necessity of the Association's proving itself to be in earnest in the cause of Repeal by calling upon the various constituencies to put forward Repeal candidates to oppose the reelection of the Whig placemen. So convinced was he of the absolute necessity of marking opinion in this way, that he should prefer the risk of defeat in each case to acquiescence in the reelection of the Ministerial candidates.

Mr. O'Connell began his speech by adverting inter elle to Lord Milltown's letter recommending a suspension of the Repeal agitation till the new Government had proved itself unworthy of confidence, (a suggestion to which he could not assent); and proceeded to read the report of the Committee appointed to consider the pro- priety of opposing the reelection of Mr. Sheil for Dungarvan. The Committee, on considering the case, had deemed it inexpedient to recommend:a contest: thaw was not sufficient time for preparation; and besides, in another year there would be a general election. Mr. Gtoimell thought the Committee had come to a right ionclusion: Dungarvan would return a Repealer next time, in spite of any Govern- ment. He moved the adoption of the report. Mr. Meagher rose, and evinced an intention-to address the meeting. Several persons endeavoured to dissuade him from the rash attempt, but in vain.

Mr. O'Connell—" You see we shall have causes enough for dissension. I ask you to keep quiet." [On reconsideration, Mr. O'Connell asked leave to "change his mind." and thought it would be better to hear Mr. Meagher at that stage of the business.] Mr. Meagher expressed his regret that the battle of Repeal was not fought on the hustings of Dungarvan at every risk. Such a contest would have taught the Whigs that the Repeaters were banded to advance their own objects, and not to back them. The influence of the Government had been brought to bear on that Association; and one of their number—he might call him an apostate—had

already received the reward of his turpitude. (Loud cries of " Name, name! i ")

Mr. O'Connell rose and demanded that Mr. Meagher should name the ndividua

referred to (Continued cries of " Name, name") Mr. Meagher appealed to the Chair whether he was bound to name? The Chairman expressed his opinion, that he was bound to name the person he alluded to. Mr. Meagher--" The per- son, then, I referred to, is Mr. Clements. (Loud disapprobation.) That gen- tleman, though a member of this Association, has received a Government appoint- ment."

Mr. O'Connell repudiated the idea of attacking an absent gentleman. He was aware that three gentlemen from the Nation office had come there that day for the purpose of creating disturbance.

A. scene of indescribable confusion, and an angry discussion, ensued; in which Mr. J. O'Connell, Captain Broderick, Steele, Mr. Mitchell, and others, took a

When tranquillity bad been somewhat restored, Mr. O'Connell proceeded to denounce the conduct pursued by Mr. Meagher. Mr. O'Connell denied that Mr. Clements had received any Government appoint- rnent; but although he had, it did not follow he was an "apostate." Was the O'Conor Don to be called an apostate because he had joined the Government under the impression that he could thereby render good service to Ireland? After some more wrangling, the report was agreed to. Mr. O'Connell then read a long document, purporting to be a declaration of the principle on which the ASSOCia+ tion was founded. It disclaimed connexion with any newspaper, and denounced all appeals to physical force; declaring that the means by which Catholic Emend, potion was achieved, and by which the Anti-Corn-law League of England had triumphed, were the only means by which repeal of the Union was to be sought.

The rent was 1361.