IREIAND.
Notice has appeared in the Dublin Gazette for the enrolment of the Irish Militia; the number of men required is 30,000.
The fighting in the Crimea has stirred the martial ardour of the Irish, and the recruiting-sergeant more readily obtains followers.
The inquest On john Mitchell, the engine-driver who perished through the "ambuscade" on the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway, ended in a verdict of "Wilful murder" against six men, who are alleged to have con- spired to place stones on the mils to murder the people in the train ; and the Jury expressed an opinion that a seventh man had a previous knowledge of the crime.
The Liverpool failures have had a disastrous effect on the mercantile com- munities of Dublin, Cork, and Limerick ; and it is feared that many stop- pages will ensue. Messrs. Perrins and Wright, of Dublin, have announced suspension of payments : their liabilities are between 50,0001. and 60,000/. Other firms are mentioned at Dublin as about to stop payment.
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