IRELAND.
Sir Pulteney Malcolm's fleet returned to Cork Harbour on Thurs- day, after a cruise of five days off the Western coast. We understand that it will sail forthwith for Plymouth, there to be inspected by Sit James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty ; and will return to Cove in the course-of ten days, considerably reinforced.—Cork Re- porter. [Sir Pulteney has arrived in town.] The amount of the Protestant Conservative Rent, received last week in Dublin, was SOW. 7s. 4d. There are a great number of clergymen contributors.
A band of 1,700 reapers and 800 binders assembled on the 14th on the grounds of Mr. Heart, one of the jurors on the trial of the Carrick- shock rioters, who was favourable to their acquittal ; and in one hour and forty minutes they cut down forty acres of wheat. The band then proceeded to the lands of Mr. Conway of Ballyhale, whose wheat-crop they also cut down. Nearly all the respectable farmers in the country joined in these acts of popular gratitude. On Wednesday last-week fifteen acres of wheat belonging to Captain Paul Carter, a Protestant gentleman at St. Austin's Abbey, County Carlow, were 'cut down in a similar manner, by his Catholic neighbours.
A tremendous thunder-storm passed over the South-east coast of Derry on Saturday sennight. Some of the hailstones that fell during the storm measured two inches and a half in circumference. The oats and late potatoes were Much injured.
'A private of the 10th Hussars refused some time ago to charge a party of the mob at one of the late insurrectionary meetings, and called on the rioters to rescue him when taken into custody. The man has been tried by a Court-martial, and found guilty. The penalty is death. -He was a habitual drunkard.
On Tuesday, as the quarrymen of Mr. Campion were clearing away some earth at the rear of Montgomery Street, they found the skeleton of a man within a few feet of the surface. A breast-plate, " Castle• dermot Cavalry" inscribed upon it, the button of it yeomanry jacket, a pair of spurs, the swivel of a belt, a cartouch box, a few old half-pence, and part of a pair of boots, were found along with it. It is thought by the people that these were the remains of a yeoman, named Coleman, who disappeared about thirty-two years ago from the .Bear Inn, where he had been celebrating an Orange festival.—Carlow Morning Post.
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