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The majority of the Irish counties and boroughs threaten to be the scenes of uproarious contests. There are signs of conflict in Armagh, Athlone, &artist, County Clare, Clonmel, Cork, Dublin town and county, Galway, Kilkenny county, Kilkenny-, Leitrim county, Londonderry county, Mallow, Mayo county, Sligo, Tipperary county, Waterford, and Wealtord county.
In Athlone, Mr. Ennis will try to defeat the late Member. In Belfast, two Liberals, Mr. M'Clean and Mr. Ferguson, will oppose the late Conservative Members. In Cork, the Honourable Mr. Hutchinson, Conservative, seeks to deprive one of the old Members of a seat. In Dublin town, Mr. John Reynolds and Mr. F. Brady oppose the old Conservative lgembers ; in Dublin county, Sir John Kingsmill and Sir Charles Domvile attempt the same operation.
In Mayo county. the Tories are playing a game similar to that played in the county of 'Tipperary. There are three candidates--Mr. George Henry Moore, a Young Irelander, Colonel Ouseley Higgins, a Liberal and Roman Catholic of the moderate school, and Mr. Roger Palmer, a Tory. The Tory landlords, headed by Lord Lucan, have coalesced with the priests in favour of Moore and 'Palmer, and neither money nor pains will be spared to bring them in.
The seats of the late Members for Dublin University are in some peril. Mr. Napier, it is alleged, has not done all he could for the Church, and has besides coquetted with the Tenant-right men. Mr. G. A. Hamilton has not paid attention to the interests of the University. Moreover, Lord Palmerston's "Ecclesiastical policy" has found favour in Trinity College. The opponents of the late Members are Mr. Wilson and Mr. Lawson. Mr. Lefroy, son of Chief Justice Lefroy, is spoken of.
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