The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-05 00:00:00

IRELAND.
THE ELECTIONS.
DUBLIN, JULY 2.—The contest for the county of Cork
may be said to be virtuaily at an end. unles4, indeed, th©

Conzervatives talc lieu: and rta,.l:•• a ntly f,)7.• ttzir car-
&date ere it is too late. At the close of the poll yester-
day the numbers on the gross poll stood thus :
Power 712
Leader
Majority for Power —2ll
FALL IN THE PRICE OF GRAIN.
The corn market to-day showed a still further ten-
dency to downward rates, and the " re-action" which
was Expected to have set in at least a month before
the present time, appears to have tow actually com-
menced. The splendid weather of the last week has,
of course, mainly contributed to reduce prices to their
ordinary level. The Corn Exchange report of this day

says :
" The continued favourable weather and the very de-,
pressed state of the English markets have influenced our
market considerably ;to-day; even the best wheat and
oats were offered at a reduction of 2s. on the former
and ls. on the latter; but only the most trifling retail
business could be done. Prime Indian corn was held at
nearly the prices of Tuesday, but buyers generally re-
fused to purchase. Other descriptions of this grain were
unsaleable, though a very smart reduction would have
been submitted to. White wheat, 435. to 485.; millers'
red wheat, 40s. to 455.; barley, 245. to 265.; oats, 17s. to
225.; oatmeal, 225. to 245. 6d.; second flour, 245. to 263.;
Indian corn, 355. to 495. (per 4801 b.)
ARRIVAL OF THE EARL OF CLARENDON.

JULY 3.—The Lord Lieutenant and the Countess of
Clarendon and suite arrived at Kingstown at a quarter
before six o'clock this mornicg, and having disembarked
proceeded by special train to the Westland•row ter-
minus of the railway, where carriages were awaiting his
Excellency's arrival. The Viceregal party reached the
Lodge in the Phoenix Park at seven o'clock.

Tile following is from the Evening Post:—
" This morning his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant,
the Countess of Clarendon, and their four children,
Ladies Alice, Mary, and Emily Villiers, and Lord Vis-
count Hyde, arrived in Kingstown harbour shortly before
six o'clock. His Excellency was attended by Mr. Corry
Cornellan, Private Secretary, and the Hon. Gerald Pon-
sonby, Assistant Private Secretary, Captain Henry,
Ponsonby, A.D.C., the Hon. Captain Daly, and
Captain Willis, Gentleman Usher. On coming ashore
his Excellency was received by Major Turner, Master of
the Horse, and Mr. Fitzgerald. A.D.C. under a royal
salute of 21 guns, immediately after which his Excel-
lency and the Countess, accompanied by their children
and suite, proceeded to the railway station, where a
special train had been in waiting to convey them to
Westland-row; on arriving at which place, private car-
riages being there to receive them, they drove off to the
Viceregal Lodge, where his Excellency and the Countess
and suite are staying. His Excellency and the
Countess of Clarendon have already become the patrons
of Irish manufacture. When coming ashore this morn-
ing his Excellency and the Noble Countess wore several
articles of Irish fabric, and their patronage of Irish
artisans having been reduced to practice at this early
stage of what we hope will be their lengthened career in
Ireland, the most beneficial results may be anticipated
from so auspicious a beginning."
THE ELECTIONS.
_ _

The Repealer has won the day in Cork. The gross
poll at the close yesterday stood thus—
Power .... B3l
Leader 550
Majority —2Bl
The Cork Examiner says :
" It is stated that Mr. Leader has sent in his resigna-
tion to the Shei:if, and that Dr. P.,,xer will be conse-
quently declared elected this evening."
The lion. Vesey Dawson (Whig) is positively to be
one of the candidates for the county of Monaghan, and
it is said that no doubt is entertained of his success as
well as that of one of the present Members (Mr. C. P.
Leslie.)

The rumour is again revived that Viscount Jocelyn,
who is extremely popular in Ireland, intends to
solicit the suffrages of the electors of Dundalk, in
succession to Mr. Daniel O'Connell, whose re-
tirement has been already notified. There is some pro-
bability of a contest for the borough of Carlow, although
as yetsMajor Layard is the only candidate who has ad-
dressed the constituency; but it is stated that Mr. John
Sadleir, of Ems, a gentleman of independent fortune,
has commenced an active canvass upon Liberal princi-
ples. The Carlow Sentinel says—
Mr. Sadleir is a non-repealer, and declares his inten-
tion to maintain the interests of the country without
reference to party or Governments. Of the precise
nature of Mr. Sadleir's principles we are not informed,
but we suppose upon this point we shall not be long in
ignorance, as he has taken the field in earnest. The
' Liberal' electors were, canvassed on Thursday last with
the view of ascertaining the precise number of suppor-
ters both gentleman could calculate upon, and if the ma-
jority were favourable to Mr. Sadleir, Major Layard
would be called upon by his friends to resign. This was
done, we apprehend, to prevent a division of the 'Liberal'
interests."
Nevertheless, there is scarcely any doubt of the re-
election of the present gallant and popular representative.