IRELAND.
It appears that Mr. Henry Grattan owns the estate comprising the pro- perty occupied by Miss Hinds, who was all but murdered the other day. That ho has taken a very bold view of his duties as a landlord under the circumstances, the following proclamations will show.
"Whereas Miss Charlotte Hinds, a tenant of mine, an amiable and inoffen- sive lady, has been barbarously shot near the lands of Tubberlion, in the county of Cavan, I hereby offer 1001. reward to any one who will give me in- formation against the assassins, so as to convict them. "And whereas I have long since forgiven the tenants of those and other lands rents due by them, amounting to 10001., I hereby give them notice that I shall call for the arrears due these two years, to November next ; and I shall insist on getting either the rent or the land ; and, as these people misunderstand the doctrines of the Tenant League, I hereby call on the mem- bers of that body to use their influence and assist in enforcing the rights of property and the laws of the land, which in my instance, and that of this un- fortunate lady, have been in the most unjust and illegal manner wilfully, wickedly, and barbarously perverted and outraged. HENRY GRATTAN." Mr. Frederick Lucas died on Wednesday, of that complication of dis- orders which he so humorously mentioned in a letter to Father Tom O'Shea, a short time ago. His death took place at the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr. Ashley of Staines ; and he leaves behind him a son, ten years of age. As many of our readers probably know, Mr. Lucas was originally a member of the Society of Friends. From that faith he became a convert to Roman Catholicism; and established the Tablet, conducting it first in London, and afterwards removing it to Dublin. There Mr. Lucas entered energetically into the ranks of Young Ireland, espoused the Tenant-right question, and became one of the foremost men in the party.
By his death there is a vacancy in the representation of Meath, and great efforts will be made to secure a successor of the same politics.
Mr. Gavan Duffy is announced to sail for Australia on the 6th of next month.
Spike Island, in Cork Harbour, is now converted into a most formid- able fortification, which will mount no fewer than two hundred cannon.
Towards the end of last week, Miss Hinds made a wonderful rally, and the surgeons began to have hopes of her recovery ; but on Tuesday night she died.
Mr. James Clapperton, a practical agriculturist of great experience, esti- mates the grain crops this year as one-fifth less than those of 1854.
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