IRELAND.
The following piece of epistolary elegance is attributed to the pen of Mr. O'Connell, and has appeared in the Dublin journal where his lu- cubrations usually appear. What possible object he can propose to serve by a piece of low slang, which has more than Cobbett's coarseness without any of his power, we do not pretend to guess. If the appoint-
- ment of which he complains have been made, and under the circum- stances he describes, surely it might have been censured in another form. The appointments in this country are far from being unexcep- tionable. For instance, we find Mr. John Holcomb, the notorious Ultra. Tory, and present candidate for Dover, one of the revising bar- risters for•Dorsetshire,—a county more nearly divided between Reit. former and Anti-Reformer than any other in England; and yet the ap- pointment has not called forth a single remark— To TICE RIGHT HONOURABLE!! ! EDWARD Grryfry SMITH STANLEY, AUTOCRAT
OF IRELAND.
" Derrynane Abbey, 1st October 1832.
" Grgirry!—Allow me to ask, with all submission and all the reverence duo to so amiable, so good-natured, so sweet-tempered a youth as you are, just two or three ques- tions. They are these-
" Query—Is the Mr. Robinson to whom, as a Deputy, you have confided the registra- tion of the electors for the great and important county of Kerry, the Mr. Robinson who is the nephew or near relative of Lord Farnham, and who has acted on many occasions, if not always, as theconfidential counsel of Lord Farnham? Is he the advocate of the Orangemen in Cavan, and the prosecutor of the Catholics there? Is he the gentleman who attended as counsel for Captain Graham and the shooters at Newtownhany ? hue the Mr. Robinson who took an active part with the Magistrates of Cavan in denouncing the present Administration last year? Is he, in short, the Orangeman, the Bruns- wicker, and the Conservative—the open, avowed, candid, and consistent enemy of Re- form, and of that Ministry to which you. Grapy, appertain ? " Eh, Gridfry, what say you ? "I have the honour to be, with the most profound sense of your political sagacity, good humour, and sweet condescension, Grtery, the humblest of your slaves, "DANIEL D.DONNELt. Postscript on business.'—These questions may, hi the course of mutable, sublunary affairs, be asked of you elsewhere. lie prepared with your ingenious replies."
One of the objections to Mr. Robinson sounds strangely from a bar- rister—he appeared as counsel for Captain Graham ! Would Mr. O'Connell have had Captain Graham convicted or condemned without benefit of counsel ? As to ingenious replies, elsewhere or anywhere, we really know but one reply that any man could make to questions so put; and that requires no ingenuity. The barrister for Kerry is a Mr. Hawkins, The Protestant Conservative Society of Ireland held a special meet- ing on Friday the 5th, pursuant to adjournment, when a sum of 3,000/. was voted to be placed at the disposal of a Committee. The Com- mittee are at liberty to apportion this amount "as may seem to them most desirable." The 'Evening Packet of Saturday contains the follow- ing article :—" We understand that a change in the proprietorship of the Evening Mail will take place early in the ensuing week. Mr. Glynn, one of the present proprietors, retires on payment of 3,000/, which, it is said, he will receive in cash."—Dublin Eapress. The in- ference, we suppose, is, that the Conservatives have bought Mr. Glynn's share of the Evening Mail.
The Duke of Devonshire and the Earl of Shrewsbury have given 100/. each to the Trappists of New Mount Melleray, Waterford.
The great annual fair of Ballinasloa commenced on Friday the 5th; and notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, the conse- quent bad appearance of the cattle, and the thin attendance of visitors, the prices obtained equalled the most sanguine expectations. The show of sheep upon the Race-park was less than in any past year, by at least 10,000 head ; and the prices were proportionally increased as the demand was unusually brisk. The highest price was obtained by Pa- trick Taafe; who sold his first and second lots mixed, containing 400 wedders, at 21. 129. The sales amounted to 37,621 at the close of the day, at an advance of 3s. on ewes, and about Si. On fat wedders. There was an auction of short-horned- "helmets on the Greet4 ma the second day of the fair. The prices were prodigious-221. 10s. for two-year old heifers. Mr. Taafe also sold 30 rams at prices fromt twelve to thirty guineas each.
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