IRELAND.
The Earl of Roden has been sworn in a member of the Irish Privy Council. He took his scat at the board on Monday.
" The time was," remarks the Belfast _Mercury, "when such an honour, conferred on such a I olitieian, would hare been the signal, for hostile de- monstrations. But of late years Lord Roden has not taken a prominent part in public afIltirs. Party animosities have subsided wonderfully, and he appears to have quietly settled down in conformity- with the times. With Joseph Napier as Lord Chancellor, it is quite natural that such a com- pliment should be paid to Lord Roden. A more liberal and enlightened and tolerant spirit now prevails than in the days of Brunswick Clubs and Repeal Aasociatious. The competition among statesmen now is who will advance most rapidly in accordance with the spirit of the eel:, und in their eagernees to advance they are overturning and kicking aside all the old landmarks of party." Excellent accounts arrive from the south of Ireland touching the state of the crops. " The counti7 never looked more beautiful than it does at the present moment." Even the potato shows no symptoms of dis- ease. In the north the crops are not so good.
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