IRELAND.

New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 713, 12 February 1853, Page 3

IRELAND.

(From the T mes Co:respondent.) Dublin, Wednesday, October 13. THE NEW BISHOP OF MEATH. Dr. Singer’s acceptance yesterday of the Bishopric of Meath leaves vacant two valuable appointments, first—the Regius Professorship, worth about 1,000/. per annum, and a living in the diocess of llapboe, of wbicli lie was Archdeacon, estimated at 800/. a-year. Witli respect to the former, rumour is as yet all but silent as to the probable successor of Dr. Singer. The second piece of patronage, which is in the gift of the Crown, has been offered to the Rev. Frederick Goold, private Chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant, a zealous and hard-working clergyman, and moreover, one of the most eloquent pulpit orators of the day. Previous to his appointment of chaplain, the reverend gentlemen had for several years officiated in England, where his high qualifications were duly recognised and rewarded by no common share of public approval. ALLEGED PROSELYTISM IN THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS. The Freeman's Journal prefers the following indictment against the “ heretic” Archbishop of Dublin anclMrs. Whately. Whether the charges be true or otherwise, the statement is too remarkable to be passed over without some notice : “It appears that his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin, who is one of the commissioners, has a school—a model school, of course —on the d-. - mouse at his rural scat near the city. To the interests of this school his lady, Mrs. Whately, has been at all timesmost attentive. Mrs. Whately is wife to the commissioner, and therefore Mrs. Whately may be reasonably assumed to know the intentions and wishes at head-quarters with regard to national schools. Acting on this knowledge, thisg)od lady patroness set apart a certain clay for reading and expounding the Protestant Bible to the Catholic children who attended the school, 'i'he Catholic priest of the parish remonstrated, but the commissioner’s lady persisted, and asserted that she bad the highest sanction for the course she adopted. The good priest was not however to be silenced by such authority, and he threatened, if he did not indeed execute, a withdrawal of the Catholic children from the jljus ministrations of Mrs. Whately. An appeal wts finally made lo the 1 Lord ami master,’ and, as there arc various versions of the course he adopted, ranging from the most mild and gentle pc;smsion< up to the most dignified assertion of 1 is powers, we will not venture to affirm which is the true version. Finally', the board had to inteifeie and w r e believe that for the present the exhortations have been discontinued. We will not comment on these facts they need no comment. If the wife of the commissioner could so abuse the institution as to use it for proselytising purposes, there must be something radically wrong in the system or in its government. W hcie does the fault lie ? This the Commissioner ought to explain.” THE EXODUS. According to the Cork Constitution , emigration from all the Irish ports continues unabated, and in some instances it has even increased. For example— “ From Cork it has kept up a steady unmlermiited flow, the average weekly number being 743. The latest return gives the emigration from the quays of Cork only, that from Queenstown not being included, and shows a total of 16,637. The numbers above do not give at all an adequate idea of the extent of the emigration from this port, since a very large portion proceed to their d.s ination by way of Dublin and Holyhead, and are not included in the preceding rTurns. There is no reason to expect that this exodus will in the least diminish. On (he contrary, the additional impetus of the gold discoveries in Australia, as we l as the extensive employment given in the United States and Canada will, in all probability, the number of emigrants to augment. The extension of railway communication through the Western Su.tes of America has caused a considerate demand for labour, evinced by a recent Government advertisement foi 10,000 laboureis at wages of a dollar a day. This amounts to 1/. 4s. a week—a sum which greatly exceeds the usual wages of respectable and expert tradesmen here. The work is, no doubt, very laborious, but not much harder than that of draining. Thegold discoveries of Australia 1 a e effected a change in the proportion of the emigration to America as compared with that to Australia; and it is certain that the f ivourable accounts received from Melbourne will tend to increase the future numbers ol emigrants to that part of the globe. The Government Emigration Commissioners have over 20,000 applications remaining on their books, not one of which have they been able t> grant; and, as the season has do led, they must stand over until next spring. Applications still continue to crowd on the Commissioners, and it is certain that next season will see a greater amount of emigration than heretofore.” THE POTATO CROP. The Mayo Constitution has the subjoined gratifying statement; — “Farmers are making every exertion during the present propitious weather to store the potato cup, and we are happy to say that we are satisfied, from the reports we have received, and from personal inspection, that our gloomy anticipations are n u hj removed, the general crop being much more safe and abundant than we expected. It has been ascertained, extraordinary as it may appear, that the ravages of thebligbt have been of a milder character among the late crops than in the early. Farmers account for this fact by saying the potato called ‘Protestant’ has been planted as the general crop, and that it is well known to resist the disease much better than any other species, We have, however, seen, on the same farm, 1 Protestants that were planted in February, and also some of the same seed in the beginning of April—the latter proving to be a superior crop, while the former were more affected by the blight in stalk and root. While we are advocates for early planting of the early kinds of potatoes, rve certainly think this fact, which is apparent this year, is worthy of investigation and consideration.”