IRELAND.
Mr. T. O'Brien has been elected Mayor of Dublin for the ensuing year.
The Dublin Pilot reports a number of Repeal meetings about the country. Two of the most striking were those on the 4th at Sligo, and on Sunday last on the Curragh of Kildare, both attended by Mr. O'Connell. The numbers of the Sligo meeting are not stated ; but it appears to have been a very large one, in spite of bad weather. The Mayor presided, and Mr. R. D. Browne, M.P., and Mr. J. P. Somers, M.P., were in Mr. O'Connell's train. Afterwards, 170 Repealers of Sligo entertained Mr. O'Connell at a banquet in the Hibernian Hotel. The meeting at Kildare, according to the Pilot, far exceeded in numbers that at the time of George the Fourth's visit, " long considered to bear away the palm from all Irish assemblies." A large force of soldiers and police was concentrated in the neighbourhood ; but the meeting was most orderly-
" The immense area, spreading for miles at every side of the Stand-house, was covered so closely that not an inch of the surface could be seen for a v ry extensive distance; and to detect the beginning or the ending of the multitu- dinous assemblage was a task of some difficulty to the eye. • After having assisted at the celebration of mass on Sunday morning in the Catholic church of Kildare, Mr. O'Connell set out for the Curragh, accompanied by Mr. Steele and the Reverend Mr. Brennan. Thousands of the townspeople of Kil- dare accompanied him to his place of destination in public procession ;and by the side of his carriage rode a vast number of wealthy graziers and farmers, mounted upon excellent horses. Triumphal arches, beautifully ornamented, were thrown across the road through which be passed at various points; the windows of the houses in the locality were hung with flowers and garlands; and the whole scene presented a gay and animated appearance." After the meeting, Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Steele were entertained at a public dinner in the Stand-house.
The number of troops in Ireland is in process of increase. A bat- talion of the Sixtieth Rifles arrived at Dublin on Tuesday ; two other regiments are expected from England ; and three in Ireland, under orders of removal to England, have been directed to remain.
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