IRELAND.
At Clonmel, on Friday, Mr. Richard Albert Fitzgerald, of Muckridge House, Youghal, was elected Member for Tipperary, in the Repeal interest. There was no opposition.
At the Repeal Association on Monday, Mr. Fitzgerald, the new Member for Tipperary, took, not the oaths, but his seat, as Chairman. Mr. O'Connell pro- posed petition to Parliament, for removal of the restrictions on the regular (conventual) orders of the clergy; which gave occasion for some Anti-English epeeches from "the Liberator and others, and which was of course carried. In a second speech, Mr. O'Connell set himself to attack the report of the Commissioners of Land Inquiry; which, borrowing a phrase from C.obbett, he called " cat-lap." It had one merit--that of justifying the agitation for Repeal, by proving facts and the hopelessness of expecting anything from British legislation. In the course of his speech, Mr. O'Connell said that it had been his intention, should her Majesty visit this country, to overwhelm her with addresses, detailing the grievances and sufferings of her Irish subjects: but he had altered his mind on the subject, and he would not be guilty of such a want of courtesy. He would not ask her to do what she had not the power to concede. She possessed no more political power than a policeman in coloured clothes. (Laughter.) The Minister who possessed a majority in the House of Commons was virtually the King of England. Should her Majesty come to Ireland, she would be received with all the respect and veneration due to her high station and exalted virtues. It was not her fault that the present Government were in power; it was with regret she parted with the Melbourne Administration. He finished by moving that the Com- missioners' Report. be referred to the "Parliamentary Committee" of the Asso- ciation, to inquire into its facts and representations. Mr. Roebuck appears to have been attacked by every speaker in the proceedings of this day. 'The rent was 3661.
The Cork Constitution says that the abolition of the Glass-duty has already induced parties to seek for premises in Cork in which to carry on the manufacture extensively.
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