IRELAND.
The inauguration dinner of the Mayor of Dublin took place on Mon- day. The Marquis of Anglesea is lying at the Lodge, extremely ill of his old complaint—tic : he requested the Mayor to favour him by going thither, instead of the Castle, whither his Excellency was incapable of proceeding: but the Mayor refused, on pretence that Maritimo was out of his jurisdiction. When had an Orangeman a touch of courtesy? The Chief Baron, in consequence, officiated instead of the Lord Lieu- tenant. The dinner took place in the evening. It was as Conserva- tive as the heart of Mr. Judkin Butler could desire. The King's health was drank with three times three ; the Queen's with nine times nine. On the Duke of Cumberland's health being drank, the Mayor expressed a wish that the band (the military band of the 9th) should play " Protestant Boys ;" but the band had received orders to play no party tunes, and they struck up "Non Andrei." Whether the choice of the tune was merely accidental or not, we know not ; it was immediately clamoured down ; and, after a pause, "God save the King" was repeated. The Mayor, after some altercation with Colonel Wild- man, gave the " Immortal Memory;" which was also saluted, amidst tremendous groans, with " God save the King." There was a general cry of " Go home !" and the insulted band then shut their books and departed. " Protestant Ascendancy " was afterwards drank, and thanks returned by Sir Harcourt Lees. The company sat to a very late hour. The account does not say they drank full stoutly, but that is to be taken for granted.
The Dublin newspapers have been mightily engaged during the week in giving rumours, and various versions of rumours, of the arrest of our
reverend prelate (Dr. Doyle]. He has been quietly going through his pastoral duties, and during the past week has officiated at the ceremony of confirmation in this town, to which numbers of the youth and adults of the surrounding neighbourhood have been admitted.— Carlow Post.
Passive resistance to the payment of rent has commenced. A dis- tress for rent in arrear was lately put up to sale -in the neighbourhood of Canturk, but there were no bidders : and there is no perceptible dif- ference between the "passive resistance" to rent and tithe.—Cork Constitution.
Leave for meat on Friday, which has been enjoyed by the Roman
Catholics in this eity slime the beginning of July, was- revoked yester- day, in consequence of the favourable state of the general health.— Woe terfora Mirror.
A letter has just arrived in town from a friend of the member for Clare, which states that, on Saturday morning, a Miss Scott eloped from Cahir Con (between Knock and Kildysart), with Maurice O'Connell, M. P. They crossed the Shannon in a pleasure-boat, and landed at Shanagolden, county of Limerick. From thence they pro- ceeded in a chaise through Limerick. Their route will probably be through Waterford to Bristol, and thence northward to Gretna Green. Miss Scott has, or will have, it is said, 20,0001.—Dublin Paper. The greatest indulgence was given by the officers of the convict ship to Luke Dillon on his passage to Botany Bay ; but his conduct was so bad, that on his landing in that colony, he was sent to the interior, and by the last accounts was engaged in the most menial sitnation.— Water- ibrd Mirror. [This is the scoundrel whom the Government would not hang, for fear of bringing gentlemanly vices into disrepute.] A splendid new War-office steam-packet, called the Victory, yester- day arrived from Liverpool, at which port she was built. Her materials and machinery are of the first order. She is intended, we understand, for the Cork and Bristol station—Cork chronicle of Monday.
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