IRELAND.
The-brief stay of the Lord-Lieutenant at Belfast has given great satis- faction to that mercantile community. Lord Carlisle went there osten- sibly to visit Lord Dufferin, and preside at the inauguration of a statue to the late Earl of Belfast; and the hospitalities showered 'upon him by the Corporation -followed as a matter of course. During the three days he passed at Belfast, Lord Carlisle went through much work of the festive kind. He received two addresses, attended two banquets, sailed up and down the Lough, visited the Harbour Commissioners, inspected the gaol -and charitable institutions, and attended a concert and ball.
The Lord-Lieutenant visited the Marquis of Londonderry, at Mount- stewart, on Tuesday. A grand ball was given in his honour : it is re- marked, that "among the notabilities of the fête was the presence of Mr. Gunter of -Berkeley Square ; who, with his highly efficient establishment, travelled not less than six'hundred miles to assist and superintend the festivities "!
King's County has produced a murderous outrage, arising from -a dispute about land. Mr. Ramsbottom, of Moorook Lodge, near Ballyountber, acting as agent for Captain Humphrey, had been oompelled-to eject a tenant from a bit of land ,by process of law. Mr. Itainabottom was returning home in the afternoon after obtaining possession of the land, his olerk, Mr. Beecham, walking by his aide : two villains fired at them from behind a hedge.; Mr. Beecham was nearest to the assailants, and received both the charges of their guns—a bullet passed through his neck, and a number of slugs lodged in his mouth, arm, and other parts of his body : he is pronounced to be in danger. The Constabulary arrested five men on suspicion the same evening; but the Magistrates felt bound to liberate them next day.
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