... THE WP'T- OF SEED POTATOES. I Yesterday a deputation from the Mansion House Committee for the Relief of Distress in Ireland waited on i is Grace the Duke of Mariborough ! and the Pight flonotrable James towither, M.P., the Chief Secretary, at the Castle, for the purpose of urging upon the Government the ne- cessity of supplying potato and other seed to | the small farmers in order to prevent ...

... X 2&2LOYROGMAL i~ORT8 Iteafing~3 of the barornetar in Dublin for the O&Asi tons daye, corrected und reduced to 32 deg. Fahreehet a tbe mean sea level. 'the black lines show the height of the barometer at 9 a.wi. each iay. The xilrcilry ?? forrani in, S.B., s.,anid 2 , W.d, (if raplidly)for heavystormsj (if slowly) for coptina.e unsettled weathek. It isles forcalm1, N.W., N., nid NMl. wincle ...

... LJATEST NEWS6 (By Freemans Special Wire.) LONDON CORRESPONDENCE. - ?? Office, 211 Strand, London, Thursday Morning. !The English papers are already being greatly srerised tiver the prospect next session of That thui' ate pleased to term Obstruction.' A letter, *ihch is given a prominent position in large type La the Pdll Mall Gazette has a great deal of abuse of lieh Irish members, -but ...

... I - HIGH SHERIFFS FOR 1881i. (From the Gazete of Last Night.) The undernamed gentlemen have been aDpointedtA the office of High Sheriff of the following counti, counties of cities, and counties of towns in lreland-- ANTRIMa CouSTY-James Stewart Moore, Esq. Bally, divitty, Derrock. ARMAGH COnT-UMajor WilliamJames Hall, NarrOw Water, Warrenpoint. CARRICKEEEGUs TowN-Wim Allen Woodside, Esq, ...

... 1.SIR WIIIMGREGOR Ae> ?? . . v TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN. .3 ' A ' Clarenbridge, Januaxy 19. DEAR SIR-One of the most practical sugges- tions thrown out during the late land meetings ?? contained in i letter ofi Sir' Williamn Gregory, himself a model laudlord, on the oceasiob of the GoAtdemonstration. The suggestion was to the effect that land meetings should be utilised to throw light on ...

... C4yDTNAL NEWMAN. _ ?? SPECIAL TELEORAM. Birmingham, Tuesday Nigitz The 2Vta annual reunion of the Catholics of Birmingham was held this evening in the Town Hall, and Was very largely attended. Cardinal Newman presided, and was supported by several noblemen and the bishop and clergy of the dio. ceEe. His Eminence, in addressing the meeting, said- It was natural, my dear friends, when I found my ...

... APPREHENDED DISTURBANCES INs I M~~AAM. (FROX OUR SPECI COBnE5PONDE2sM,) Galway, Sunday Evening. On my arrival here, this day week exactly, I ven- tured to affirm that no man could tell what was likely to be the upshot of the present proceedings in the West. That assertion I now feel compelled to repeat, although some forty-eight hours ago I thought I waa a position to pronounce a well- founded ...

... ?? 11-01-71n IND 111-INIII-11.0. n CHETUIOH MISSIONARY SOOII3rY-TiEE D1&LIUENUY FUNDO. TO TRtE l3hI0,C OW TrES rrZS'AoT NEWStA Lanali INtsl~oouoLi ylore a- the LLV? tigh, 1879, there wteae aii euroic bxir,'oo of £24,717, ?? tho. vxih, bi ttoi'tl OVO%, tilflutow a tre two yran mci,' ?? f'rsof tire uociiey halvo kub. riorlibvr_ *1iba t Lid Odd0 of tihE; ?? a balanca of j £10000 It lie rxd!imd ...

... MR, W. B. SMIT1 ON1 PUBLIC ATFAl')i.S. [SPECIAL TiSLEGRAINQ Mlo SUTTON, SURSREYT, THUESDAY Ev~iNizG,-Tho Go F irat Lord oft ib Admiralty attended the annual Ol' be.nijuelr of the Conservative nesoolation of this dir. m trict of the County of Surrey, which woe held this wi, oveuluig in the Puablic Hll~l at Sutton. The Earl of YOl Egmront. preioidod, supported by Lord Micdlelton, 114 Us Sir ...

... FOUR DAYS ON A CAPSTZED VESSEL. Tim Pncifio Steam Navlgation Company's royal v maU steamer Sorats arrived in the Mernsy on ( Thursday from South America, and landed the } otptain and four of the crew of the brig Emnorald, It appears that the Emerald left Shields for Anocna with a cargo of coal on the 23th of November Inet, t under command of CApt-dn P. inool, For the first i few dams ...

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... A JESUlTtJ'CUl DIEVICEI, Tun Rorne oorreepomndent of the Seatecarrd telo graphs-I have a very ourioua ksory to toll in con. osetiou with journalistio hiefory ?? rterpriee, which involves, I fLae, a c:)rreatlo~on of moy own im. preoai aoli youm yoir ?? of the ?? and protacionsierra O[ iTs, I.0W t rii (,'IAL2, ,te ?? otit llymsti itions ?? f in thio tory to that If a mitistako lss hcen amblde, ...