IRELAND.
A great meeting of the inhabitants of the county Dublin, called by the- Sheriff, was held on Monday, to give expression to their delight at the Queen's first visit to Ireland. The leading speakers were the Conservative Peer Viscount Monk, and the Liberal Catholic Mr. Preston, son of Lord Gormanstown. The Earl of Charlemont, Sir G. Kennedy, and Mr. C. Fitzsimon, son-in-law of the late Mr. O'Connell, also took part in the pro- ceedings; which were perfectly unanimous, and of the warmest loyalty. At a meeting of the inhabitants of Cork, convened by the Mayor for a similar purpose, and for the appointment of a committee to prepare an ad- dress, some interruption and excitement occurred, on an attempt by Mr. Dennis O'Flynn to move an instruction to the committee that they should embody in the address a paragraph praying the Queen's mercy on behalf of all those now suffering for political offences. Mr. 0' Flynn was opposed, and assailed with violent interruptions; and it was a long time before he could gain even a hearing. By good temper and extraordinary per. severance, he at last obtained a hearing for his speech and resolution; but the resolution was "rejected by a large majority."
At Dublin, Cork, and Belfast, the most extensive preparations are made, at public and private cost, to give the Queen a suitable reception: tri- umphal arches are springing up in all directions, and a vast array of illu- minatory apparatus is in progress.
Mr. Thomas Carlyle is travelling through the South, in company with Mr. Gavan Duffy. They arrived at Cork on Sunday, and left together, for Killarney, on Monday.—Daily News.
The Mercantile Advertiser says—" We have heard that an investigatiort has been ordered by the Lord-Lieutenant respecting the calamitous affray at Dolly's Brae, and that it is to be held at Cmstlewellan."
John Pierce, a convict in Carrickfergus Gaol, has been Murdered by a fellow prisoner. Some time since, Pierce was insubordinate in his conduct; the Gover- nor of the prison remonstrated with him; the man was moved, amended his be- haviour, and kept himself very much apart from the other culprits. This led them to suspect that he was a spy upon them; and they vowed revenge. One morning, the whole body suddenly fell upon Pierce, and before the gaolers could interpose, knocked him down, and kicked him with their heavy clogs, so that he was soon dead.
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