IRELAND.
Ile Dublin- Traders Protective Society has broken ground -in a %let movement to rouse public opinion against the proposed abolition ef the 'Viceregal Doint. Alderman Kinahan presided, and several respectable merchants tookpart in the proceedings. An expressly non-politioalcesolu- Lion was agreed to, protesting in the strongest manner against the mea- sure, " as calculated to inflict serious injury on the already depressed trade of this city." It was agreed also that the cooperation of the Cham- ber of Commerce should be solicited.
The Dublin correspondent of the Times states that a considerable por- tion of the Martin estates in Galway have been sold by private contract, at twenty-two years' purchase of the old rents. "An English Roman Ca- tholic clergyman, who has recently acquired great wealth by the demise of an elder brother," has in conjunction with three lay gentlemen " em- barked largely in the speculation " - and it is said that he has done so with a view to maintaining the influence of his own church. By the expiry of an old lease, a vast tract of land on the sea-shore will shortly fall into the hands of the new owners, and they project spirited improve- ments.
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