IRELAND.
Roused by Mr. Roebuck's notice of motion, the supporters of the Irish Viceroyalty met in the Rotunda at Dublin on Monday. The meeting was large, and composed of influential Irishmen. They were unanimous in their opposition to Mr. Roebuck's proposal. '
Major Gavin has been returned for Limerick in the room of Sergeant O'Brien. His opponent was Mr. John Ball. Both were Liberals.
The trial of the Reverend Peter Conway, ".the Mayo priest," for illegal -conduct at the Mayo election, began in the Dublin Court of Queen's Bench on Tuesday. The prosecution had been ordered by the House of Commons and it has been conducted by the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General for Ireland ; the leading counsel for Conway was. Mr. O'llagan. The Jury con- sisted of six. Protestants and six Roman Catholics. Lord Chief Justice Lefroy presided. The Court has been, crowded.
A fire at the Atby Workhouse, not in itself of very serious magnitude, was attended by a' sad loss of life. It broke out early in the morning, hi the clothes-store. In an adjoining dormitory slept thirteen children ; the flames spread to this room ; ten of the children escaped, but three were burnt to death. In another dormitory were twelve men ; this place rapidly filled with smoke ; the fumes roused some of the sleepers, and seven managed to escape, but five were overpowered by the smoke and perished from suffocation.
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