IRELAND.

New Zealander, Volume 5, Issue 347, 28 August 1849, Page 4

IRELAND.

THE LAST OF THE STATE PROSECUTIONS. Dublin, Monlay Murninp. — Shortly before five o'clock on Saturday evening Mr. Duffy's recognizances having been perfected, nnd declared to be unexceptionable, the portils of the prison were tin own open, and the captive, after nine months' gloomy durance, •was set at liberty, bankrupt in pocket aud impelled in health, but still a child of good toitune, when his fate is contrasted with that of the misguided men who have paid the penalty of their ciimes by the forfeiture of freedom and the utter annihilation of an ill directed ambition. After the jury were discharged, a vast crowd of persons remained in Green- street, and on Mr. Duffy being recognized as he was stepping into a covered car, in company with his wi f e und a few friendo, his appearance was hailed with a loud shout of exultation. His securities weie Mr. Grace, the bookseller, of Capel-streei, and Mr. Dillon, the Auctioneer, of Hfnry-street. After this, the t>econd failure of the Ir.albyjury experiment, it is questionable whether it would be discreet to lmatd a third attempt at what seems to be a forlorn hopp, another defeat serving no better than to lower still fuitber in public estimation the " great palladium" of human liberty, as it may be justly called in England, and with equal justice nicknamed in Ireland. Meantime the whole country is heartily sick of these proceedings; and ■widespread indeed will be the rejoicings if this, the latest, is also doomed to be the last " State trial" during the present generation. Tranquillity — superinduced moie by the powerful agency of hunger and pestilence than by the potency of the bayonets and prosecutions— lias been perfectly restored ; and it is now high time tor statesmen to grapple with the evils of Ireland, and to show that there is a will as well ai a way to govern the country. "With respect to Mr. Duffy's jury it is stated, and I bfliere with truth, that seven stood out for an unqualified acquittal, this majority being composed of four Roman Catholics— Messrs. Farrell, Fallon, Egan, and Kelly, and three Protestants, namely, Mr. Saunders, the foreman— Mr. Myers, and Mr. Morrison.

STATE OF CONNAUGHT. Dr. M'Hale has spun another yarn, setting forth the progreis of destitution in the peculiarly wretched archdiocese of Tuam. Beyond the patent tact of the prevalence of destitution in its most hideous form, tbere is nothing in the " Lion's" communication to distinguish fit from his ordinary productions. He roundly abuses both English and Irish members— the Repeal section in particular — and calls upon the mi. nistry, ai their niO3t sacred duty, to resign their delegated power into the hands of their Sovereign.

HOARD OF CHARITABLE BEQUESTS. A vacancy has been created al this board by the demise of the lamented Archbishop Crolly. It is nu raoured that Government hare in contemplation the appointment of a stipendiary commissioner, at a salary of a year, with sundry other snug et ceteras, ai a solace for the fatigues of office. The rumour further points to Mr. Corballis, Q.C., and one of the commissioners of national education, as the favourite for the new berth — that is, supposing that there it any real intention to perpetrate so monstious a job as the one said to be in process of incubation. The name of Bishop Cantwell lias been mixed up in the transaction, but as I conceive that but little credit should be attached to what I believe to be mere gossip, it is unnecesiary 10 refer to the part " his lordship" of Meath ii alleged to have taken in the negotiations.