IRELAND.
Mr. O'Connell made his triumphal entry into Dublin on Tuesday afternoon. The Courier's correspondent says- " De arrived at hAfpast four o'clock, and was received on the pier at Kingstown, by the head Akers of all the different trades. Many of his fellow-labourers in cruse of Ireland ibr the last twenty-five years, greeted him and his son Morgan O'counell on their landing with hearty and cordial welcomes. The heads of all the different trades. who were patiently waiting Mr. O'Conneirs arrival for seven hours, within a mile or two of Du7lin, clamed him on his landing. The pier of Kingstown was crowded with ladies and gentlemen : and ou his getting into his catriage from the landing-place, one universal shout of welcome home rent the air. The prax•ession then went on as fast as the dense and constantly increasing crowds would permit it. About three hours were consumed in getting to Dublin, a di.stanee of only six miles. The darkness rapidly approached, and the numbers continued to multiply until the arrival at his house in Merrion Square. The Orange aristocracy of the square, as well as those living iu the surrounding streets. had prudently retired in the early part of the thy."
Mr. O'Connell addressed the assembly from the balcony of his house amidst the most enthusiastic .cheering. The crowd dispersed peaceably at the conclusion of his speech. All flags and banners were excluded from the procession on Mr. O'Connell's express injunction.
In presenting Alderman Morrison, the new Lord Mayor, to the Lord• Lieutenant, on Wednesday, Mr. Recorder Shaw got into one of that sort of speeches which last year brought on him the criticism of Lord Wellesley ; praised up the Corporation of Dublin as ancient, loyal, and efficient, and hoped that, in making any reforms which the lapse of time rendered necessary, due regard would be given to the peculiar construction of society in Ireland. The Lord•Lieuteraant, in addressing the new Lord Mayor, assured his Lordship of the anxiety he felt to support him in the due execution of his office; he recommended his Lordship to consider himself as the first officer of a great commu- nity, and not the nominee or yearly chief of a party; and that the allusions of the Recorder to contemplated legislative enactments respect- ing Irish Municipal Reform were uncalled for on an occasion like the present ; and his Excellency observed, that tranquillity and prosperity could only be obtained or preserved by doing away with the artificial state of society refered to by the Recorder, and assimilating the three countries into one common system. Lord Mulgrave then expressed most emphatically his determination to uphold the Union, and closed his observations amidst loud cheering.—Globe Correspondent.
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