IRELAND.
Mr. Smith has been formally withdrawn from the contest for the Dublin University seat in the House of Commons ; leaving Mr. Hamil- ton in sole possession of the field. The Tory party regard the result of the hidden struggle which, has been going on for some weeks, as a tri- umph over the Government.
The Newry Telegraph says that Mr. Smith has no chance in Coleraine ; he being particularly unpopular with the Presbyterian electors, after a speech which he made in his professional capacity in the Irish Court of Queen's Bench, on the subject of Presbyterian marriages.
It is said by the Dublin Monitor, that Mr. Litton, who travelled to London on purpose to beg the post of Master in Chancery, vacant by the death of Master Curry, has been a second time refused ; and the Monitor adds, that if the report is true, it does not pity Mr. Litton, for it was "a mean, a very, very mean thing of him to apply for the office," after the rebukes he received respecting the Solicitor-General- ship and the Chairmanship of Kilmain ham. Mr. Sergeant Greene is named for the Mastership ; and Mr. Litton is to be consoled with the relinquished quoit.
Mr. O'Connell has come forth in a new "hereditary bondsmen" letter to the people of Munster, urging the enrolment of Repealers, with what variety he may. "Justice to Ireland," he says, "requires these things "— " First, The total extinction of the tithe rent-charge. "Secondly, The protection of Irish industry, and the promotion of Irish manufacture.
"Thirdly, The fixity of tenure of land, in order to encourage agricultural improvement, and recompense the tenant for his labour and capital. "Fourthly, A complete representation of the people in the Commons House of Parliament, by the greatest possible extension of the suffrage, and by the protection of the ballot. "Fifthly, The abolition or entire beneficial alteration of the poor-laws. "Sixthly, THE REPEAL or Tint Unios. The Repeal of the Union is the only means by which the other great objects can be achieved. All the other bene- ficial measures will easily be carried the moment our own Parliament is re- stored. Without that restoration Ireland is condemned to suffer the continued domination of a bigoted and anti-national faction. There is no relief, no re- dress, to be expected from a foreign, an uninformed, and ungenial Legislature." He encourages the people to hope much from the present aspect of affairs—" the happy concurrence in the condition of political matters." With three millions of Repealers, "it will be impossible to postpone for many months the restoration of the Irish Parliament": "there ought to be six millions of Repealers," but three of "enrolled Re- pealers" will do. One might have done during the late riots in Eng- land—
" It is true that opportunity has gone by; but the history of England is not
at an end, nor is the aspect of public affairs so very free from peril as to nudte it at all improbable that the Irish people may be wanted again by the English Government. Let us, then, from the present moment determine to be ready for the first favourable opportunity of making it the interest of the British Government to do justice to Ireland."
"Every thing," Mr. O'Connell emphatically repeats, "depends upon there being Repeal-wardens in every parish."
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