In Ireland itself, the rumour of the Ministerial intentions has
not provoked anything like the shout of opposition that might have been elpected from some parts of it ; and Mr. Trevelyan's letter has been very complacently welcomed. The journals, in- leed, report Mr. John O'Connell to have said that the English ere going to take and keep the possessions of the Irish land- rds ; which is very like saying the thing that is not : but the 'Connells are evidently going down in the world, and their im- irtance is waning fast. The idea of a meeting of "Irish ;tables" to consult with Ministers on effective measures is anced at with approval in unexpected quarters. Already there an assemblage of gentlemen in Dublin, self-styled the" Repro- cave Employment Committee," whose deliberations have taken ractiCal turn. The fever of distress and agitation about the ntry does not increase. The arms-buying, indeed, goes on iciently to show the vague barbaric reliance in offensive
Dons; shocking tales of famine are rife, but they are not se than the inevitable sequel of what was known already ; ad altogether the ferment is decidedly allayed. Meanwhile, the calls for aid continue, multiply, and extend to all quarters : among others, the Duke of Wellington is called upon to invoke Royal and Imperial succour. Dr. M‘liale's fervid appeals are in this country taken simply as a sign, not accepted as precept ; his new outrages on political economy, in the old anti-forestaller fashion, would at any other time provoke a smile, but scarcely so strong a feeling as contempt : it is a way they have of doing things in the West of Ireland, or of Africa even the Bishops of those parts, it seems have not yet read their book any further. Upon the whole, inland is in the mood to submit with hopeful reliance to any wisely vigorous treatment for delivering her from her troubles.
