It was reported in Dublin, on Thursday, that Mr. O'Connell,
unable longer to withstand the pressure from the leaders of the Young Ireland party, will attempt, in the course of the ensuing summer, to reorganize monster meetings on the same scale as those which created so much appre- hension in the year 1843.
Matters have taken a more pacific turn at Hillsborough. At a Vestry meeting, on Monday, Archdeacon Mant explained, that he had acted under the express directions of his Diocesan, the Bishop of Down and Connor; averred that he had no wish to persevere in what was distasteful to his pa- rishioners; if the Bishop would consent to the discontinuance of the unpo- pular practices—which, however, could not properly be called "innova- tions," since they had obtained in the parish for three years; and promised at once to waive the use of the surplice in preaching. This seems to have restored harmony.
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