IRELAND.
Certain Liberal electors and ratepayers of Dublin held a meeting on Monday, to "concert measures for sustaining the franchises of the Liberal ratepayers at the Parliamentary and Municipal revisions and Poor-law elections." Mr. B. A. Molloy presided. The upshot was, that on the motion of Mr. John O'Connell, a "Liberal Association of Ireland" was established with that end in view. Upon payment of one shilling, a man becomes an Associate. The Association is intended to aid in doing the work of the general Liberal party, and "is not bound to the advocacy of one political measure to the exclusion or postponement of others" ; to aid in the election of Liberal candidates, Parliamentary and local, without being compromised by their acts or opinions; to assist in any movement approved by the Liberal party ; but not "to interfere in any way unless solicited so to do." Such is the scope of the Liberal Association. Among the other persons who support it, are Mr. John Reynolds, Mr. Pollard Urquhart, Mr. Daniel O'Connell, and Dr. Gray. In reply to an invitation to attend a Tenant-League 'Conference in Dublin, Mr. Sergeant Shoe intimates his opinion that such a conference would be useless, until the North and the- Southil separated by the Con- ferenee of last year, are again unitefli and uutil both Government and Opposition are convinced that the members of the Tenant-Right, party have ceased to quarrel among themselves. He declines to join a Derby.. Walpole-Napier-and-Whiteside party in "independent opposition"; and he recommends the League leaders to give the Government every reasonable assistance in dealing with' theluestion' satisfied that although they cannot get all they want, they will get much that is worth having.
A numerous meeting was held at Londenderry on the 22d, with the Mayor in the chair, to consider what should be one to discover and punish the authors of the late outrage on the Londonderry and Ennis- killen Railway. The ohief speakers were Sir Robert Ferguson M.P., Sir Robert Bateson, Mr. Alexander Mehan, Mr. J. Leathern, the Reverend James Crawford, the Reverend Robert Heginbotham, Major Scott, and Dr. Stacy Skipton. It was denied that the viait of the ]tnniskilleners partook of the character of an Orange demonstration; great indignation at the infamous character of the outrage was expressed by all the speakers ; and a committee was named to raise subscriptions for the purpose of in- creasing the reward offered for the apprehension of the Criminals.
At the annual meeting of the Kilwarlin and Castlereagh Agricultural Society, last week, the Marquis of Downshire proposed that a new so- ciety should be formed, embracing the three counties of Down, Antrim, and Armagh, for the purpose of enabling ,common farmers to compete for prizes with each other, reserving their competition with gentlemen-farm- ers for the annual Royal Agricultural show. At present, the gentle- men and rich farmers carry off all the prizes ; as the common farmers, although they may produce as good. beasts as their richer brethren, can- not produce the like "condition."
The Guardians of Cork have passed a resolution thanking Mr. Edmund Burke Roche M.P. for having taken fifty young women from the work- house to employ them in carrying out his flax speculation. It is stated that he intends to employ fifty boys also.
The first stone of the monument to Daniel O'Connell, in Glasnevin Cemetery, has at length been laid. Sir John Power officiated : there was no public display.
As far as can be ascertained, there has been a decided decrease in the numbers of deaths from cholera in Belfast and Dublin, In Belfast up to the end of last week, there had been 451 deaths and 471 oures. Dublin has, in comparison, been but slightly visited by the epidemic.
Michael Keating, a watchman at Mardyke, near-'Cork, has been found dead at his station by the dike, with his head nearly severed from the body. At first it was thought to be a case of suicide-; but near Keating, wrapped in paper was found a razor, with which, apparently, he had been killed. It was not likely that he could have wrapped it up. Suspicion then fell, on his wife, a drunken and violent woman, who had been heard to threaten her husband : she was arrested.
Three persons have been drowned by the upsetting of a yacht on Lough Erne in a sudden squall : the owner, Mr. Arthur D'Arey, and a boy, swam to a row-boat, and escaped.
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