IRELAND.
Mr. O'Connell has addressed a letter to the National Association, recommending the formation of electioneering Committees under the title of" Friends of the Queen"—
" Procure as many as you can to join you. Take the list of the places re- turning Members to Parliament. Open, as it were, an account in each place. Ascertain your own strength, and also the probable strength of the enemy. Procure local committees to be formed to act gratuitously for the friends and against the foes of the peace and prosperity of Ireland. Do every thing to prepare for the coining contests, and to spare as much expense to the popular candidate as possible. There is one thing certain, that we will not have any money to pay in bribes ; but it is a great object to have honest men returned without any expense whatsoever. Write everywhere to the pacificators' to have the voters in their respective parishes go to the hustings at the expense of a small subscription in the parish. Organize every thing now while there is time, and let us all be ready before the hour of contest comes on. This is a most important crisis. We have on the throne a Monarch educated to cherish the rights and liberties of all the people—free from preoccupations and pre- judices, and ready to do justice to all, without distinction of sect or persuasion. We have surroundiog her Majesty a Ministry honestly desirous to promote the interests and protect the franchises of every part of the empire. For the first time may Ireland raise the head of hope. This is the very point of the great experiment we are making to ascertain whether or not Ireland can be well and justly governed by an Imperial Legislature, or whether we shall be driven back to lock for a restoration of our native Parliament. This is the most happy period to work out the experiment. Ireland is now leady to amalgamate with the entire empire." The Belfast Northern {nig assures Lord John Russell that "his angling for Tories will do no good after all."
A proclamation, forbidding, in unusually strong and threatening language, all Orange processions on the IiIth of July, has been issued from Dublin Castle.
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