Mr. Lynch has been received by his constituents in Galway
With processions, bonfires, and illuminations. At Clifden u public dinner was got up to do him honour. At a meeting of the National Association, on the 22d ultimo, a let- ter from Mr. O'Connell wits read encksing one from Mr. Wentworth Beaumont, Member for Northumberland, with a subscription of 100/. to the Justice Rent. Mr. Beaumont, in his letter, assured Mr. O'Connell that he was mistaken in supposing that the result of the Newcastle election was a sign of hostility to Ireland even in that town ; and Mr. O'Connell expressed himself desirous of believing that Mr. Beaumont was right.
At the same meeting, a letter from the Marquis of Conyngbam was read, to the effect that he had given all his tenantry in Donegal every facility for registration. Similar assurances were received from Sir George Cockburn, Mr. George Evans, and Mr. James Grattan. But there seems to be some doubt respecting the correctness of the state- ment of the last-named gentleman: he has probably given directions which have not been obeyed. The Liberals are making the greatest exertions in all parts of the country to register a majority of votes, and generally with success. It. is stated by Mr. John Lawless, in a letter to the Freeman's Journal: that in Queen's County the Whig proprietors, especially Mr, James Grattan and Sir Henry Parnell, are backward in giving leases to their tenants to enable them to be placed on the registry ; and he intimates that they prefer even a Tory to that ardent Radical, Mr. Patrick Lalor, who is the popular candidate. What would become of Sir Henry Pars nell in Dundee, if the ardent Radicals of that town hung back from his side ? Sir Henry should not return evil for good.!
In the county of Cavan, of late years considered hopelessly Tory, 700 notices to register have been served by the Liberals, while the Tories have given in 12 only. The exertions of Mr. Francis Brady, a delegate, we suppose, of the National Association, have effectually roused the Liberals.
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