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premier, 'with a couple of guards, and two porters carry-
ing the weighty despatches. This occurred at six in the
morning, and the Spanish prime minister, aroused from
sleep, with the intelligence of the ai rival of despatches
from England, immediately came down stairs ; but the
moment one of the boxes were opened, he saw how the af-
fair stood, and smiling to Mr. Cave, said in very tolerable
English, " Oh, these are your despatches, are they ? you
had better take them to the foreign office."—Correspon-
dent of the Morning Post.

IRE LAND.

It was the telescope at Armagh, and not Lord Ross's,
that was attempted to be damaged a few days since.
The Earl of Roden has agreed to give £5OO towards the
seweriog of Dundalk, with the view of providing work for
the people.
Dr. Murphy was consecrated Roman Catholic bishop of
Cork on Sunday. He is only in the 31st year of his age,
and the youngest Roman catholic bishop in Ireland.
It is said, though much doubt is thrown on the state-
ment, that O'Connell will not this year sanction the
customary collection for himself.
It is the conviction of most Irishmen that five years
must elapse before, in any part of Ireland, the peasantry
will be L.ble to raise a new species of food, now that the
potato is not to be depended en.
DEATHS FROM STAnvaTros.—ln the Cork Ea:at/liner
of Wednesday there are four deaths from starvation,
reported •on the authority of correspondents, viz., a man
in Skibbereen, who died from want on Sunday morning;
two in Castlehaven, and one in Macroom.
PutiLic WORKS.—'I•HE FAMINE.—The Board of
Works has now 20,000 men employed in the most dis-
tressed baronies in the south and west of Ireland, and
every day this number will be augmented, until—if the
demands upon it continue-300,000 shall be engaged over
the face of the country.
SUBSTITUTE FOR THE POTATO.—Mr. Lloyd, the agent
of the Ormonde estate in Kilkenny, has issued a circular
to the tenantry, recommending the planting and cultiva-
tivn of the parsnip as the best substitute for the now-
doomed potato. The tenants are to be furnished with
seed gratis on a certificate being given that the land is
properly prepared and manured for its reception.
A VOICE FROM ST. .1 ARLATII'S.—The premier's archi-
episcopal correspondent, the redoubtable " John Tuam,"
has issued a manifesto, in which he denounces with un-
sparing hand the inertness of the government—that very
government which Mr. O'Connell lauds to the uppermost
skies—in providing the " starving people" with employ-
ment and food.

THE L. S. D. LIBERATOR.—The statue of O'Connell,
by Hogan, has arrived in Dublin. It is described to be
very like the Agitator, and as all accounts agree in stating
that the statue is a fine bit of chiselling, we do not for a
moment doubt the likeness. We propose for the inscrip-
tion a single line—" He relieved his country—of£22,ooo
a-year!"

STATE OF IRELAND.-With one or two districts ex-
cepted,.. tranquillity continues uninterrupted. Private
letters speak in great alarm of the general state of North
Tipperary, which is represented to be in a most deplorable
condition, owing to the renewal of predial outrages, such
as robbery of arms and money, assaults on the person,
&c., rendenng it quite insecure even for persons not ob-
noxious to " the people" to quit their homes without
taking every due precaution for their personal safety ; and
this, too, frequently in the open glare of day.
Mr. Shea Lawlor wrote a letter to the Committee of the
Repeal Association, which the Committee, in a resolution
moved by Mr. John O'Connell, declared to be " couched
in terms of most unbecoming discourtesy." Mr. Lawlor
went up to Dublin to ask an explanation. Mr. O'Connell
replied, pointing out the objectionable passages. Mr. Law-
lor rejoined, and advised that, until the matter was set-
tled, it should be kept from " the ear of the public autho-
rities ;" whereupon Mr. J. O'Connell wrote, that he
would proceed at once to state the case at the nearest Po-
lice-office. He did so ; Mr. Lawlor was taken into cus-
tody, and bound over to keep the peace.
The Repeal meeting in Conciliation Hall, on Monday,
was thinly attended. Mr. Costello, banister, was in the
chair. A letter was read from Mr. O'Connell, enlogising
the Lord Lieutenant for his energy and promptitude, and
the risk and responsibility he had undertaken, but still
urging the assembling of a "National Committee" in
Dublin, to aid Lord Besborough in carrying out his views.
Some sparring took place between Mr. John O'Connell
and Mr. O'Neill, in consequence of some observations
which fell from the latter, and his avowal of an intention
to offer himself for Dublin. The week's rent was only
£l7 13s. 4d.

THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION.--On Monday, the pro-
ceeding were enlivened by a pleasant dispute between Mr.
O'Neil, of Bunowen Castle, and Mr. John O'Connell.
That gentleman proved very clearly he was slighted in the
matter of the Cionmel election ; he, with upwards of
three years' services in the repeal cause, was passed over
by the association fur a young gentleman who had only
joined when the writ was issued, and, ?s Mr. Diddler
would say, for the very contemptible sum of £5. Mr.
O'Neil in his long speech cut sharply at some one in the
association. John O'Connell said his father was meant.
Mr. O'Neil said not. " Then (said he) your words have
no meaning." After some hard hittings the gentlemen
shook hands and made fri-nds.

RENTS.—At a late meeting of magistrates at Dungan-
non, Sir William Verner signified his intention of allow-
ing half a year's rent to his tenants, and, at the same time,
challenged his brother landlords to follow his example.
A local paper regrets that the hon. baronet's chalenge
was nut accepted by any of those present. According to
a statement in the Armagh Guardian, however, the
refusal of those gentlemen to accede to Sir Williatu's pro-
posal is a matter of little consequence to the tenants
tiemselves ; for, at a general meeting of the tenantry
held there, it was resolved that, in consequence of the
potato failure, they could not pay their rents, and two
persons were deputed to wait on the landlords to inform
them of their determination.
A TIPPERARY OUTRAGE.—As Mr. H. W. Hobbs, of
Bloomfield. park, parish of Scuba, county Tipperary, and
his family, were preparing to proceed to church on Sun-
day last, at the hour of eleven o'clock, three armed men
came into his parlour and asked of his daughters for their
father. They stated they should not see him, when two
of them, aided by their mother, grappled with two of the
ruffians, while the third man rushed into the drawing-
room where Mr. Hobbs was waiting a letter, and pre-
sented a pistol at him, which, fortunately, missed fire.
Mr. Hobbs retired to an inner room and locked the door.
While they were breaking in after him, he made his
escape through a window looking into the garden, where
a meat-safe stands. As the party was going round the
house in pursuit of him, be kept moving round the safe,
which prevented their seeing him. At this time his
daughters ran out, crying, " They are coming," which
caused them to decamp, pursued shortly alter by Mr.
Hobbs, who had laid hold of a gun which was placed in
the other side of the house. Up to the present there has
been no clue to the party. The only cause assigned for
this daring outrage, on a most unoffending gentleman is,
that he is brother to Dr. Hobbs, of Borrisokane, who,
with his wife, fearlessly transported two ruffians at the
summer assizes, 1845, for a most brutal assault on that
gentleman and his lady. The doctor c,:nnot pursue his
professional avocations without a police escort.

THE EARL OF ENNISKILLEN.—The Dublin Pilot
publishes a public notice from John Grey V. Porter, of
Enniskillen, in which he accuses the noble earl of dis-
honourable conduct in the poor-house, on Tuesday, Sep-
tember 29th, when the earl and two other magistrates
only were present, and requesting him to come before a
meeting of magistrates and guardians (who did not wish
Enniskillen poor-house to become as great a job as the
late corporation of Enniskillen,) on Tuesday, the 20th,
there to have the charge fairly examined. The notice con-
cluded by stating, that if Lord Enniskillen did riot come
forward, the writer should look upon him in future as a
man who would do in private, and behind a man's back,
what he dared not, and could not defend in public, and
before his face. At a meeting of magistrates held at
Knockniiiny, the noble earl called attention to the placard,
charging him with dishonourable conduct—a charge never
before imputed to himself, or any of his family. He had
not heard of it until the evening before, when he was
called upon by Dr. Frith, J.P., and bound over to keep
the peace. Dr. Frith stated that he had seen Mr.
Porter post one of the placards at the court-house, and
finding it likely to lead to abreach of the peace had bound
his lordship over. Lord Enniskillen said that the meeting
of magistrates of 29th September, was to appoint e‘t
officio guardians. He himself proposed Mr. Porter, but
the clerk stated that he (Mr. P.) had not attended on
more than three occasions since he had last been ap-
pointed. This led to the appointment of another party.
Lord Enniskillen afterwards saw Mr. Porter, and was re-
quested by him to get him put on the board, but found
this impossible, unless some appointed member would re-
sign. The Rev. J. G. Porter, father of Mr. J. G. V.
Porter, said he disapproved of what had been done. He
thought his son's feelings had been injured, when his
name was not permitted to remain on the list, and that
Lord Enniskillen had acted improperly in not appointing
his son, knowing the position he (Rev. Mr. Porter) occu-
pied, as a clergyman, being ineligible to be a guardian.
If he had his way, however, he would not have allowed
one of the placards to meet the public eye. Some further
explanations were gone into, showing that Mr. Porter's
non•election was the result of his previous non-attendance,
and the matter dropped.