IRELAND.
The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Duneannon, and Lord John Rus- sell, are at present in Ireland. Sir James Graham, the Duke of Rich- mond, and Mr. Stanley, intend soon to visit Dublin' where they will be met by their colleagues in the Cabinet and by the Marquis Welles- ley and his son-in-law Mr. Littleton.
Mr. Blackburne and Sir W. Gosset continue in office ; while Lord Grey nominates to every other place about the Castle. Lord Welles- ley 's arrival is fixed to take place on the 26th. The Marchioness Wel- lesley, it is said, does not accompany the Lord Lieutenant to Ireland.- Dublin Mai/.
The Hon. J. Cavendish, proprietor of the Mayo Telegraph, has been released from the gaol of Galway, after an imprisonment of nearly six months, as a punishment for the insertion of it libel in that paper. He has paid 23t1/. to the King, in addition to the other expenses which law proceedings arid the confinement have entailed on him.
We regret to say, that the system of combination amongst tradesmen, which has lately reached a most alarming pitch in England, has spread itself to this countey ; and there appears some reason to believe that a union of purpose exists between the tradesmen of both countries. The sawyers, the best-paid men of any trade, as usual, take the lead ;_ and a meeting of persons interested in the timber-trade takes place te-day, in reference to the claims for advance of wages. The sawyers would do well to remember, that there are many of their body out on bail, im- plicated in the memorable murder of Hanlon, in Thomas Street, and that the Attorney General can at any time bring them to trial, and, no doubt, would do so as a means of putting a stop to combination.-Dublizi Evening Post. [This is strange doctrine. If the Attorney-General has a just ease against any of these men for the murder of Hanlon, he ought to prosecute them on that ground alone. If he has not, to try them for murder when the real offence is combination, would be op- pression in the name of justice. This is not the way to teach the Irish to respect the laws.] We regret to find that a mischievous spirit has been manifested in the county of Armagh; and particularly that it should have been shown towards a gentleman who has been a constant resident on his estate, and not only a kind and indulgent landlord, but who has been ever ready to administer to the wants of all who applied to him, without dis- tinction of party, religious or political. The outrage to which we allude was committed early on Sunday morning last, by the setting fire to three large stacks of turf, belonging to Mr. Irwin, of Violet Hill, treasurer of the county. Two of the stacks and the greater part of the third were completely consumed ; and, had the wind not changed from the point from which it blew when the fire was first discovered, the re- sult might have been the burning of a plantation which surrounds Mr. Irwin's house, and not unlikely the house also. We understand that no clue has yet been obtained to the perpetrators of the diabolical act. -Dublin Paper.
The Earl of Leitrim's mansion at Ryan was set fire tc. and destroyed a few days since.
On Sunday last, a Pattern was held at Newtownlands, where a set of ruffians congregated in murderous array, to perpetuate a disgraceful feud, which has long been the annoyance of that district. The Nolans and the Barrets were the Horatii and Curatii, or "contending powers." They had a desperate engagement ; in which one man was beaten nearly to death, and three women', while probably assisting their husbands to murder their own brothers or cousins, shared a similar fate. The four lie dangerously ill at present. What renders the unfortunate affray, the more deplorable, is, that the greater part of those infatuated rioters are connected with each other by the ties of consanguinity.—Linierick Even- ing Post. On Saturday, John Mason, who was recently tried in Dublin for the murder of Mr. N. Sneyd, was removed to the Richmond Lunatic Asylum, where he will be imprisoned for life. A fight took place on Wednesday week between two men, employed in Casey's brewery, near Bagenals Town. During the scuffle, the par- ties approached the "mash-tun," or kieve ; when one of them seized .on his antagonist and threw him into the liquid, the heat of which was supposed to be at least ISO degrees at the time. The man was most dreadfully scalded ; and although medical attendance was instantane- ously procured, there are but little hopes entertained of his recovery. The other absconded.—Carlow Sentinel.
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