... I RE OBSEQUIES., OF THE REV. | THEOBALD MATHEW. (From our Correspondent.) Thurles, Monday Evening. The remains of the Rev. Theobald Mathew, President, St. Patrick'e College, Thurles, whose death was announced in Thursday's FREEri.N, were upon Saturday, conveyed to their last rest. ing place In the family vault, Thomastown. Thus has passed away, at the early age of thirty. eight years, a truly ...

... THE ROTUNDUO WARAiD AMD THE JUDGO I !. M I;NT. - l Last evening a numerously attended and in. P fluential meetingof the burgesses of the Rotindo- 11 ward was held at the Europeac lletel, Boltuae. b1 stree0, to protest against the slanderous lan- T guage used by Judge Keogh in the (;hlway judgB ment, and to give practical aid to the fend D whioh is being raised to indemnify Capt. Nolan. ...

... I I The sponge fishery, as it is called, is most active in the months of December, January and February, au, during the other seasons, the spot where the sponges are found is covered with dense masses of sea-weed, The tempests of No. vember and December clear away the latter, and allow the sponges to be seen, The fishery has, however, two seasons, one commencing in March and finishing in ...

... THE CARMELITE ACADEMY, DOWL. f NICK AE. ?? . I . ..11- -.3 - . -AvriNAR Yesterday the anuual ?? exercises took place in the Carmelite Academy, Domi- nick-.treet, in presence his Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop. The exercises wure held in the chapel attached to the a academy, which was elegantly decorated for the occasion. The chapel was crowded with a numerous and highly respectable audience, ...

... I FIRM IZEL). ARe, %ALS Up to 9 a.m., Jnly 15, 1872. Wihd-S.P. July 15.-Hlenry, Wexford, malt Editb, steamer, Holyhead, July 1d.-Lougford, Star, Mullingar, and Trafalgar, steamers, Liverpool. 4 colliers. SAILINGS. July 15.-Duke cf Sutherland, steamer, and DchcsE of Sutherland, eteamer, llolyhead *ord B yron and Afauritlue, steamers, Belfast; North British, steamer, Silloth: Duke of Leinstar ...

... J ?? ?? London, Saturday. r it is long snce I have given you abit of go0sip pure and simple, but the season must not'elose without it, and the subject most fruitful in this respect has been the marriage of Miss Fox with Prines Lichtenstein. From England the gossip reached France, and was paraded with flying soleurs in the Paris papers. Here it was con veyed to overy corner of the laud, and ...

... General eluseret has contributed a very caurious paper to Frazer for this month. My cannec. tion with Fenianism is certain to be widely read. In 18456 Cluseret met Stephens, of whom be says:-fie was an organizer to tbh lingers' ends, but he was vain, despotic, and overbeasring beyond any man I ever saw. He had forsneg an organization which did not leave out a single man in all Ireland. He ...

... It is most gratifying to find from the subjolned dignified and emphatic document that the Ca- tholic clergy and laity of England tare not un- mindful of their duty in the great crisis which has come upon their Irish co-religionists. Liver. pool has already given expression to its feelings on the subject; and to.day, in another column, we announcethe receipt of no less than 261, lOs. from some ...

... L IATEST NESi - l ?? (BY SPECIAfL AD:ORDINARYT TLR- GRAPB.) t FRANCE. t ' ?? ?? - ersailles.Tacey In ?? yebtetdoy M- Thiers after stating tbat for the proposed tax on raw materials forty-two millions would be obtainable imme- I diately, and rieteen millions At the expiration n of the treaties with England and Belgium, said t there remains 33 millions depending upon the c negoeiations with ...

... I _YR. STANLEY'S DISCOVERY. The Fame of the H1erald'a Explorer-Ho- merio Struggles for his Birthplace. Sach is the heading under which the Veto York Hlerald ar. ranges all the flattering penny-a-lining about Mr, Stanley's half-believed discovery. That the Ilerald should rank Mr. Stanley with Homer is not surprising; nothing is surprising in the Rerald. It appears that Mr. Stanley is ...

... LONDON IRISHE HOME RUGL ASSO | ()I~~0ATtONq. OnV Wednesday a meeting of this branch was held at the King's Arms, iiotborhide.w,41. The chair was oocaipied by Mr J Callauon, secretary of the W'appieg branch, Mr J E O'Cavanagh, chaile an et the association, qnd Nir Leannon, who weie depusted to attend, were present. Tht Chairman, in opening the proceedings, ?? the Irish in London were determined ...

... DR. O'LERY'S LEOTURES ON PUBLIC I HEALTH. Last evening Dr. O'Leary delivered the fourth of his series of lectures on public healtb, under the auspices of the United Trades' Association, in the Theatre of the Mechanies' Institute, Abbey&street. Francis Morgan, Esq., presided, and there wais a respectable and attentive au- dienee. Dr. Cameron, Ceity Analysist, Dr. F. T. Porter, and Dr. Lapper, ...