IRELAND.
On Tuesday the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench gave his decision in the case of alleged abduction of Ellen Magee, a Roman Catholic child, at Belfast. The Reverend Mr. Hanna was present, and stated, in reply to some reflection on his conduct, that the child came to him of her own accord, and stated to him that she had been persecuted, and asked his protection. Chief Justice—I have nothing to do with that question here. All I have to do now is to tell the child that she is at liberty ; that there is no restraint on her ; and that any person putting restraint on her now would he liable to punishment for false imprisonment. I tell her, also, that it is her duty to obey her another, and to stay with her mother ; but, if she wishes to have a Bible, or to attend any particular place of worship, she is at liberty to do so. The Chief Justico, addressing the girl, then said—You are new at liberty to go with whom you please. With whom do you want to go 1' The girl replied, in a firm and distinct voice—I wish to go with my mother, and I will go with her. The parties then retired, the mother and daughter going away in company.
The working carpenters of Dublin have struck for an advance of 4d. per day in their wages. A compromise was reported last week, but un- happily the attempt at an amicable adjustment failed.
The potato crop of 1859 promises to turn out the finest grown in Ire- land since the good old times, when the market value of that article of food ruled from a shilling to eighteen-pence the hundredweight—Arorthern Whig.
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