IRELAND.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 48, 26 February 1864, Page 5

IRELAND.

" A rumour," says the Cork AExaminer his being spread through various parts of the country that Ireland is on the eve bf a revolution or rebellion. The signal for the rising is to be the landing in some of our bays or harbors of an armament from America, provided with an ample supply of arms and all the other ammunitions of war for the use of all those who yearn to throw off the '* yoke of the Saxon." it is also believed that there is at this moment existing is Ireland a secret society, having its head-quarters in , Dublin, and branches in Cork, Tralee, and all the other principal towns of the kingdom. This society, it is saicl, is at this very moment actively engaged in organising the people and preparing them for the anticipated invasion, having them taught military drill wherever practicable. Thus they will be fitted to avail themselves of the arms that shall be placed in then* hands by their friends. It is further hinted, in mysterious language, " that certain persons whose present position holds them back will assume leading parts in the struggle once it has begun." The long-prepared statue of William Dar gan, through whose enterprise and liberality the Exhibition was held in Dublin in 1853, has at length been placed upon its pedestal on the lawn of the Royal Dublin Society. The figure stands in a position where it can never be dwarfed or hidden by surrounding buildings. Archbishop Cullen, in a pastoral read on December6th from the pulpits of all the Roman Catholic chapels in Dublin makes another indirect attack upon British government in Ireland. He refers to the bad seasons, scanty harvests, and general poverty with which the country has been visited for so many years as the threatening warnings of Heavenly anger, on account of the un-Christian political economy wliich guides the councils of our rulers, whom he accuses of degrading the poor, made in God's image, below the beasts of the field. It is then* design, in his opinion, to sacrifice the well-being of Ireland, both temporal and spiritual, to the necessities of the manufacting interests of England ; and unwilling to behold her an island of saints, they would reduce her to be merely the mother of flocks and herds. The archbishop repeats a charge that has been brought against the managers of the Adelaide Hospital, Dublin. A Roman Catholic patient, who was to undergo a very hazardous operation, naturally wished to prepare himself for its possibly fatal termination, and requested that a priest might be brought to hini. But, according to the rules of the institution, no priest or nun can be admitted withiii its walls, and his request was peremptorily-re-fused. He had, therefore, to be carried to his . bed, on a cold winter's night, into the street, where, in the open air, the consolations of his religion should have been administered to him, but for the charity of some one in the neighborhood, who gave the sick man a shelter in his dwelling while the clergyman performed his oflice. The Dublin Nation has published the second of two extremely mischievous cartoons. The first one, issued a fortnight since, represented an eviction. The landlord was seen gloating over the work of devastation pursued by " the minions of the law," while in the foreground the ejected were shown preparing for emigration. This picture was called " Groing with a Vengeance," and this week's one is headed " Coming with a Vengeance." On a strip of land, supposed to be Ireland, John Bull is seen standing beside a lion, and holding a chain, to which is attached a female with a harp at her feet. She is looking imploringly, 'nith outstretched arms, into the distance, where is seen Gen. Meagher and an immense^ host of " Fenians " and Americans with flags flying and canons firing, advancing to her assistance. These doughty deliverers are represented in "the uniform of the American army, , aud they carry the old flag of the States — the stars and stripes once more united — signifying that the expected aid will come from both North and South after then* reunion ; and also a banner with the harp and sunburst of L-eland. A great number of iron-clads are also shown making their way to the Irish coast. John Bull, who is looking over his shoulder at the approaching invaders, wears a look of fear, and the lion has literally '* turned tail " on them.