IRELAND.
Lord John Browne was elected on Wednesday for the County of Mayo, without opposition. He promises to be an " independent s4- porter " of the Government. Mr. G. H. Moore made a speech from the hustings at Castlebar. Lord Carlisle returned to Dublin on Wednesday, after an extended holiday in England.
The " great slander case" of Strovens versus Campion continued to occupy the Court of Exchequer up to Wednesday : it had then lasted thirteen days, and was still unfinished. The Chief Baron had begun his charge to the Jury.
There has been a good deal of fighting and rioting by soldiers stationed at Dublin. The Guards and the Shropshire Militia, on Christmas night, fought the men of the 30th and 55th Regiments. The inhabitants suffered much alarm, and many windows were broken. On Sunday evening, a party of the 30th and 55th attempted to rescue some comrades who they errone- ously thought were confined in a police-station : an inspector, a constable, and a prisoner, armed with swords, held the soldiers at bar till aid came. The authorities took measures to put an end to the disturbances, and the ringleaders will be punished.
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