IRELAND.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XV, Issue XV, 7 January 1857, Page 3

IRELAND.

The Dublin Gazette at length contains the announcement of Mr. Burke Roche's elevation to the peerage, with the title of Baron Fermoy. . „ The large flaxmill of Mr. William M'llwaine, at Dundonald, near Belfast, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday morning last. The fire is said to have been the undoubted work of an incendiary, as the building had been ignited in more than one spot;

The Limerick Observer reports the arrival at that port of a large quantity of wheat from Russia. The cargo, freight, and insurance of one grain-laden vessel, from Berdianski, consigned to the firm of Messrs. J. N. Russell and Sons, Limerick, is estimated at over £10,000.

A violent mob collected one evening last week outside a house in Cork, in which a meeting of the Irish Missionary Society was being held, and acted in an outrageous manner, breaking several squares of glass in the windows, and threatening some of the persons attending the meeting with violence.

One' of the Galway papers, noticing the continuance of the exodus from that province, speaks of a counter tide of returning emigrants, persons who have amassed some wealth, or who have fallen into a state of ill health. The numbers, however, are said to be merely fractional as compared with the outward-bound movement.

Considerable alarm has been created in Clonmel by the discovery of nearly '1,000 pounds weight of gunpowder, stored, some of it very carelessly, in four different establishments in the town. The matter has been taken up by the authorities. The owners state that they had been refused permission to store the powder in the magazine at the barracks.

The Cork Examiner prints the following curious occurrence : — About three o'clock on the morning of the 7th instant, a large wild duck by some means got into the lantern of Cork Harbour lighthouse, Roche's Tower, and created a good deal of confusion by breaking the lamp glasses and extinguishing the lights. After the unhappy fowl^was partially roasted, the keepers succeeded m capturing him, and placing the light in its usual state of I,'fUciencv.

'"iXTKIOHDINAKY PRODUCTION OF HONEY. — u%<\ year, Mr. Thomas G. Nairn, of Geoige>'".«vt, iiimerick, tried the singular experiment

.v\->->iug a swarm of bees on the roof of his m.< v>, surrounded by stone walls ; and, strange ~> s.vv, the experiment was most successful. i "n?r? were four hives, one of which, full of 1"* i?y, weighed in the gross :V2lb. It is csti-,\dii-1 by Mr. Nairn that, if the entire produce .1 ti.e four lines was prepared and sold in the i,o:;dt>ii market, it would produce little short ; £1*). — Limerick Observer.

Mk. W. Smith O'Brien. — A scene of .v-culiar interest, and recalling the events of r;mer years in Ireland, although in many ways strongly contrasted with them, was witnessed ..;. Sunday, at Cahermoyle, the seat of Mr .Win. O'Brien, near Rathkeale, in the county i :' Limerick ; a vast multitude of persons con- ; iC'g:iteil ; from several of the neighbouring iowhs and the surrounding districts having i»s.spaib!ed for the purpose of giving the late pniifießl exile a thorough Irish welcome home. i'iie scene took place after Divine Service ; and t.ie people, preceded by a band of music from Limerick, entered the demesne of Cahermoyle i:i procession, reminding one by their appearance uvl enthusiasm of the monster meetings of 1*»43. Several of the neighbouring gentry i->kl a great many of the Roman Cathoic clergy v ere present ; and an address to Mr. Smith 0 13rien having been read, that gentleman iviir/Hed a reply characterised by a good deal 01 sound sense and good advice. Addition ok Fractions. — A case which demands the attention of the Committee on Adulteration is mentioned in an Irish journal ; and, as the writer evidently speaks from sad (.wperience, we are inclined to give every credit to his paragraph. He says : — " Poisonous adulteration of whiskey was never practised to such an extent as at present by the admixture of onevjiird spirits, one-third aquafortis, one-third \:hiol, and one-third water ! This is the sort vended iv drams to the public." — L'-mei'icli Chronicle. — Now, whether the genlieuian who penned this neat analysis had left uue-half of his senses in his night-cap, lost oneh.ilf in taking the dram which he analyzed, and i:ily brought the remaining half to bear upon t he subject, we cannot vouch; but, as he is i-'.iJently acquainted with the arithmetic of the iinr and the general chemistry of the publichuuses, we do expect that his skill will be made available in bringing delinquencies of the class h? has already exerted himself upon before the i'ves of the country.