IRELAND.
Mr. O'Connell dined at New Ross on Monday, and at Wexford on Wednesday ; and will be entertained at Carlow on the 10th instant. At Wexford, he adverted to the support given by Irish Members to the Government, and the small return they had received for it " I would be glad to know, without our support, where would they rthe Ministers) be ? and yet, notwithstanding, we have failed in procuring justice for our country. We supported them, not from any interested or personal motives, but solely on account of their good intuitions towards Ireland, and the wishes evinced by them to do away with the painful contrast that subaists between her and the other portions of the empire. But instead of growing stronger, they are becoming more weak. Instead of diminishing the obstacles to the registration of voters, and extending the franchise, we have with difficulty prevented the passing of a more penal measure on the suhjeet, which was introduced by Mr. Sergeant Jackson. If that bill had passed, it would raise the elective franchise to:30/. yearly : if it had become the law, it would be almost impossible fur any man to register his vote. I was greatly afraid that this measure would become the law ; for I dreaded that the Ministry, in a spirit of concession to the other party, would give them their assistance, and go further with them than we would wish. And you, Sir, [addressing Mr. Maher,] who were present, know that had I not attended a meeting of Members of Parliament in the Home Secretary's Office, and interfered, and, in fact, threw myself on the eompassion of the English and Scotch Members, the bill for the 11.7forin of the Canino ations, or, more properly speaking, for Perpetuating Corporation Abuses, would have been passed with all its defects, as it was sent down train the House of Lords. There is, therefore, no use in expecting that the Ministry will be able to serve us; we might as well stand at your liver-side, and allots the water to flow on, that we might pass over dry-footed to the opposite shore."
The rest of the speech consisted chiefly of the old matter about Repeal.
At a meeting on Sunday last, in Waterford, the Reverend John Sheehan proposed that a final sum of 100,000/. should be raised by subscription in Ireland, as a compensation for Mr. O'Connell's public services, and to purchase an estate for his family, as a provision after his death. Mr. Shehan concluded that his diocesan, Dr. Foran, fully concurred with him in the project. A committee was appointed to confer with the trustees of the O'Connell tribute.—Limeriek Chronicle.
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