IRELAND.
Mr. William Smith O'Brien.has publicly endorsed the wild statements, contained in the French pamphlet called La Question Irlandaise. Al- though he does not desire an invasion of Ireland by the French, he hopes that the French people will always be the allies of the Irish, and always sympathize with them. The English press misrepresents the state of Ireland, and Mr. O'Brien looks to French pamphleteers to correct them !
Mr. Roebuck has been to Galway, and has been emphatically declared by the natives to be the man for that smart place. His entry was a triumph; he took up his abode in the house of Father Daly. Mr. Lever, "the emancipator of Galway," was also there. A great meeting was held to do honour to the trio—Father Daly, Mr. Roebuck, and Mr. Lever. Me. Roebuck explained the source of his affection for Galway— He was an Englisionan, but he had some Irish blood in bin veins, and he had an affections-so, too, had the people of England—for this country. There were some, of course, enemies, but they put them down. (Great applause.)
Great complaints come from the camp at the Curragh. The rain has fallen in torrents and the camp is inundated with water. The bogs are lakes ; ground formerly dry, a quagmire; horses suffer severely, and men not less so. Some of the regiments have, of course, done better than others under these unfortunate circumstances; but there are not want- ing those who seek to make the occurrence of an unforeseen_ calamity the occasion of an accusation against the Government !
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