... Smith O'Brien is in the hands of his enemies, and mercilessly do his tormentors abuse their privilege. It is a sad reflection to think that a man of Smith O'Brien's educated mind and heart,, with deep memories and high- toned feelings, should be compelled to dwell in so- litude, and amid privations of the harshest character; . and all this, not from any necessity of the case, but from a desire ...

... I _ _ . An alleged discovery in America of an easy moans of dc- composing water, so as to produce hydrogen gas at so cheap )a rate as to bring it into universal use both for public and pri- t vate lights, and for all the purposes to which fuel is now ap- 'I plied, has lately attracted much attention. The facility and a cheapness with which it is stated this inflammable gas would I a be thus ...

... CARNEw, AUo. 8.-1 am sorry to inform you that the potatoes are gone in this locality; half the wheat has abated the same fate.- Wer-ford Independent. TsiPPEnARY.-An intelligent correspondent who his visited l a. considerable portion of this and the adjoining counties writes unfavourably of the crops, especially of the wheat and potatoes. The former he represents as partially 'blighted; and in ...

... THE LErTERKENNY TENANT-RIGHT I I MEETING. . . . _ (From a Seeond Edition of the Londonsdeivy Sentinel, Con- to servative and Landlord Journal.). thi The first tenant-right demonstration held in the county of It Dionegal took place at Letterkenny yesterday (Friday). The its place selected for the meating was the large open area oppo- thi site the church, in the centre of which a platform w% mt ...

... I I TO THE EDITOR OF THE FRREMAN. 19th Oct., 1850. SIR-If the actual status of poor law legislation, and of' poorhouse management in general, must be looked on as one likely to endure, the countr.v and the government must be prepared for the redubtioh of the eitistng population to an amount incomnmensurate with the want of labourers for the cultivation of the soil, and look forward to thie ...

... SALE OF INCUBMIERED PROPERTY IN CORK. On Friday Mr. Hall, of the South Mall, acting under in- structions from the Incumbered Estates Commissioners, dis- posed of a considerable portion of valuable property in this city and county. The sale was held in Mr. Hall's office, Commercial Buildings. Tois being the first sale in this city of property under the commission, it, as a matter of course, ...

... (Floos thle London Papers of yesterday.) FRANCE. PARtS, SUNDAY MeORIoN1G.-It is reported that General Lahitte has addressed a note to the English government on the subject of French refugees, over whose machinations he demands a strict surveillance on the part of the British au- thorities. Mt. de Larochjacquelin has addressed to the Evenement a protest against the official manifesto of ...

... PRI BSBOROUGH-MN NIVEhSARY COMMEAIORA- TION OF THE BIRTIB-DAY OF DANIEL O'CON- NELL. The Repealers of this patriotic locality, who assume with justice the merit of having been unswerving and steadfast followers of the departed leader of tile Irish people, and with no less truth profess to be the earnest and unflinching adhe- rents to the principles and policy of that gr(at manl, held their ...

... THE REPEAL ASSOC[ATION-MR. JOHN O'CONNELL. The statement made by Mr. John O'Connell at the Repeal Association on Monday last, is one cal- culated painfully to recall the past, as well as to I suggest action for the future. When we remember r what the association was, how entirely the country i confided in it, and how energetically it supported it f before the inroads of famine had broken the ...

... The Dublin Herald, which affects to know a great deal about ministerial intentions, be the same wicked or charitable, lately informed us of a most beneficent intent on the part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The exclusive use of rum in the navy was justly considered injurious to the in- terests of the Irish and Scotch distillers. There was no adequate reason for the limitation except t ...

... THE ANTI-CENTRALIZATION at NOVENENT, GREAT AGGREGATE MEETING IN THE ROTUND0. One of the most important, numerous, and influential meetings ever assembled in this, city was held yesterday, in the Rotundo, for the purpose of petitioning against the contemplated abolition of the Irih Viceroyalty, and of placing upon record a protest against the system of centralization adopted towards Ireland, ...

... ,-'POTATOE. I., i THE CROPS?THI . , , * GALWAY, Auo. 14.-Since our last publication we have received communications from almdst every district in this great province, and with three exceptions all agree that the blight is not as general as was supposed.. The disease, which no doubt exists, has not increased during the week, but, on the contrary, many fields which presented marks of the ...