IRELAND.

New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 682, 27 October 1852, Page 3

IRELAND.

The National Exhibition at Cork.— This exhibition opening with great splendour and rejoicing on Thursday, the 10th June. At twenty minutes past one o'clock, the speciaHrain, containing his Excellency and suite, arrived at the Cork station from Bandon. His Excellency was accompanied by the Countess of Eglinton, the Earl of Bandon, Lord Bernard, hon. H. B. Bernard, Lord Carbery, and several ladies. On the arrival of the train the military bauds present played " God save the Queen." and a flag was immediately hoisted on the Corn Market, as a signal to a park of artillery, which had been station?^ in the Canyp Field, and from which a salute was fired. Their Excellencies were thcnconducted to the Exhibition Buildings, for the purpose of opening the exhibition, the whole way being lined with troops. At the entrance of the building a procession was formed, which advanced slowly to the southern entrance of the Fine Arts Hall, where a platform had been erected in front of Telford's great organ, on which the chair of state being part of Jones's beautiful collection of furniture, was placed for his Excellency, His Excellency being seated, add -esses from the Executive Committee of the National Exhibition, and from the Corporation was read and presented. An inaugural ode was then p» rf ;rmed and snug. The writer of the poe(ry (Wa'ler) and the composer of the mufcio (Dr. Cite wart) were summoned to present themselves, to receive the congratulations of their Excellencies. At 7 o'clock on thesarae day a grand banquet was given in a hall built for the occasion, Sir William Ilalkett, the Mayor o" Cork, who had received the honour of knighthood in the morning presiding. The guests amounted to six hundred, and the proceedings were most cordial and harmonious, the Lord-Lieutenant being especially well received. On Friday morning the Earl' and Countess of Egl"nlon, after a short visit to the exhibition, made a trip to Queenstown, returning in the evening, when the gaieties of the festival were wound up with a brilliant ball given to the Countess of Eglinton, in the grand temporary saloon in which the banquet of the preceding evening had been given. Next morning tbe Lord-Lieutenant and Countess of Eglinton paid visits to the Lunatic Asylum, and the Cork Institution and School of Design; and shortly before one o'clock their Excellencies took their departure from Cork by special train for Dublin. Friday being the first day for the admission of the general public to the exhibition, the crowds which presented themselves for admittance were most numerous ; and so great was the anxiety of some to view the contents of the building, that they took their place at the doors at an early bour, in order to ensure their entrance. The doors were opened at twelve o'clock, when some two or three thousand persons, not season-ticket holders, passed in. On Saturday the number of visitors was also considerable. Riot at Belfast. — A few days ago a dense crowd of idlers collected in the neigbourhood of the Belfast Itailway station, to witness the return of an excursion train containing a number of teetotallers. It was feared that a collision between tbe mob and the excursionists would take place and a body of police had taken up a position with a view of keeping the peace. The mob appeared incensed, and commenced throwingbrickbats and stones at the force, severely wounding several of the men. Their conduct becoming more violent, the riot act was read, and the soldiery were called out; but it was not till some of the ringleaders had been apprehended that the rioters dispersed. Mineral Resources of Ireland.— The Mercantile Advertiser says: " We understand that a new copper mine was discovered last week at Tankardstown, county of Wexford, on the estate of Mr. Bernal Osborne, which from all appearances exceeds anything of the kind yeb ** itnessed in this country, Tha lowest; estimate of the lode is £50 per fathom, whilst, according to othei-3, the value of the ore is double that amount. Election Riots. — Accounts have reached towu of alarming riots in the borough of New Boss, between the " Young Irelanders," who support Mr. Duffcy, oi" the Nation and the supporters of Sir T. Redington, late Under Secretary for Ireland. One letter states that the Riot Act had to be read twice before the local authorities, aided by a large military and police force, succeeded in clearing the streets, and that several of the mob were seriously injured. The house of the parish priest, who suppoi'ts Sir Thomas Redington, was broken into by the Young Irelanders. One of the leading supporters of Mr. Duffcy is the Rev. T. Doyle, a Roman Catholic curate. There have beei^ also serious riots in the county, between the partisans of Mr. 11. Grattan, M.P., and those ot Mr. J! . Lucas of the Tablet, the tenant-iujht candidate. Mr. Lucas addressed a large meeting, numbering about 1500 at Trim, on Sunday. The Rev. Mr. M'Cullagh and the Rev. Mr. Enms, Roman Catholic clergymen, also addressed the meeting. One of the letters mentions that a conflict occurred between the NaVan men, friends of Lucas, and the people of Trim, supporters of Grattan, that serious injuries were inflicted, and that the police, with fixed bayonets, had to interpose to separate the combatants. Tub Gbkat Martin E&tatj:.— ln the office ot the Chief Commissioner of the Encumbered Court, in the case of Arthur G. B. Martin, a proposal was made whereby a sum of £186,000 was offered for the purchase of the whole of the property in this matter, being the extensive and

valuable estates of the late Thomas Bnrnevvell Martin, which it is well known abound in mineral nncl agricultural resources, as also fishei'ies and abundant water-power, that have never been fully developed. Baron Richards declined to decide finally upon the proposal at present, and postponed his decision until the 21st instant, stating that it' no other proposal came in in the mean time, he would upon that day finally decide whether he would accept the offer of X'lBG,OOO or not. This property is advertised to be sold on. Wednesday, July 14, in case a private offer should not be accepted before that date. Dr. Madden, secretary to the loan fund board of Ireland, Dublin Castle, has addressed a letter to the Freeman's Journal in which he notices the appearajice of the potato blight in portions of the counties of Leitrim, Roscommon, and Sligo. The Submaiunb Telegraph. — The completion of the submarine telegraph between Holybead and Howth is the subject ot an article in the Nation, the nature of which may be judged by the following quotation :—": — " A telegraph will threaten as [ Avell as compliment, — will bear tidings of woe as | well as messages of peace. And if a war in Europe j gave Ireland an opportunity to revenge the [ qourly insults and tyrannies of England, — if the convulsion which the prognostications of English statesmen teach us to exj>ect burst ivpon us, — if, as we said, last week, we be thrown upon our i resources, and have to choose our path in the struggle, — this new fetter would be torn to pieces in an hour, or be the agent to annouce to England that the subjects she has scourged for centuries had abjured her authority and defied her will."