... A BURtLED CrfY. Travellers' tales are proverbially to be taken with salt, and we must pause before accepting as gospel the Wondrous apccarnts that come to ns of the remains of vast cities Olt bha plains of Arizona; yet, where there is so much smoke there is sure to be some fire, and the subject in interesting and important enough to warrant examination, if only to determine how far the ...

... TO THE EDITORe OF THE FREEMIAN. 19th February, 1S73. SIR-Accounts'of this meeting having appeared Intwo ofthe Dublin morning papers, emanating, no doubt, from the pen of interested parties, who have more their own interest at heart than that cl the struggling ratepayers of the country, I merely give you a fair statemnent of facts;' leabving you to draw your own 4eduction, and so make any ...

... THE BELFAST AND NGolTHL, N COUNTIES RAILWAY. (From Oar Correspondent.) Bellfast, MIouj., To-day, the half yearly meigo h he holders of thtis company Vse holed in, the tor'ciaus York-road. Ur Ceo. J CI~6k:, 5P, TheStel Antrim, occupied the chaiadtef:i~~ i rectors were also present :-,Sir C. Lan~ o0 J p depnuty-ehairman ; Ed~und. M9S1-eifl, F ,. pp Wmn Valentine, Eeq, J D,; John Young, Etq B . 5 ...

... i ,LAT.,M- T ? ? I I SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.. PROM OUR OWX CORBESPONDDN2S. ?? Freeman speeil Wire.) A SPECIAL ENVOY FROMTHE CZAR. Ccunt %chouvaloff, who arrived in England yesterday proceeded at once to Walmer Catle, to confer withLordolranvillo. Itisbelleved, says he ' Pell Mall Gazette. that he has a direct ?? froum the Czsrto offer the British Govern. 7punt hie Majesty's most concilitory ...

... I - r i l - -TB As , 4 (BY p 6;r ~ y TELEGRAPH.) FRANCE. The ollwin Parsi, Tuesday, The followig leasummary of another coua tutional prospectus whiehhas been drwn up by M. Pierre Lefrno, deputy -for the Pyrea Orientales. It was laid on the ?? of theahowe to-day, and Copies of It will be distributed to the deputies to-morrow. The national sovereignty to be delegaped to an Assembly, consisting ...

... THE SMALL FARMERS-LTH1E'LOk THEY INCUR, AND HOW TO PRE- . VENT THEM. - : I In oa r e sta issue we pointed out how the small farmers suffer by sowing bad, cheap, and dirty seeds on their land, a practice which' results not only in light crops of bad quality, but is also 'one of the chief eauses of all the expenso that must be incurred during the course of a.whole rotation of crops subsEquently ...

... o0i 710 TUI7 Rmi -'40AI~ SrR-I hope, with your-1 - DA-t'a' *11l publish the foflewing lattels ttiiaieo Was n temporary, the Daily Erpde', ihg - though on one :d its own leading articles, and that yoa will pardon my treipassig on your valuable spac0. I am yours faithfully, JAEs, N. ATKuNsocr, TO THI EDrTT OF TrH DAILY 5X1'RE. SIR-you will pardon me, asa tithe rent, charge payer, to make A ...

... NAVAYL INTEL. - (Speeiszff Repo fled.) J The General Depot, which has been statio-'a. for a long period at Chathaenaridwhiah OOMP' zae the Depots of the 1st and 2nd -Battallor '24th (2nd Warwlikshire) Rcgitment, Depot 3'Ah (Dorw. setahire) Regiment, Depot 44th (East', saex) Re. gisnent Depot 4Sth (Northamptohl&6) ,Regi. Ieeht, bepot 54th'(Weat Suffolki Reglment, De. pot 69th (South UtnroK, ...

... LATEIST NEWS Mt SPECIAL TELE(.RAMuS. je ma (FROUM OUR OWN CORRESPOYDENTS.) co' gel an, PARLIAMENTARY. tra __ ?? 00I THE UNIVERSITY BILL DEBATE. we (From our Special Corresponlent.) auw House of Commons, Tuesday Nigltt. Eight o'clock. At last the erisis which has loomed before u3 Ed during the past few weeks seems at hand, eud the steadily growing interest and anxiety have culminated in almost ...

... I +~ I - . I I SPECIAL TELEGRAMS ing th .0 ?? deso (FROM OUR OWVN CORRESPONDENTS.) Valpai two dE (By Freeman's Special Wire,) he sen return PARLIAMENTARY. ~~~letter PARLIAMENTARY. ?? (From our Special Correspondent.) the B House of Commons, Thursday Night. tics to The Local Legislation Bill for the United his5 te. wel Kingdom, whioh Mr. Heron has obtained leave mnentu to introduce. will ...

... I MONUMENT TO THE FOUR MASTE.RS. Wc beg to direct attention to the admirabie letter of Sir William NVildet- urging in eloquent and glowing terms the-duty upon lrishmen of ereeting a suitable monument to, the memory of The Four Mastear. This is a saored debt duo to those devoted men, whose servioes in pre. serving and transmitting to usn3 suoh important portions of the history, antiquities ...

... : -NEuLE CT OFGE IUS. A fatality would seem to hang about the fame of Turner. Mr. Raksin has- complained in qhbe sincerest manner that he spent twenty yeas in trying to prove to the- British people that Turner wee a greater genius than any old mas. ter. The British empire, 'although admiring Turner very fully, though for the moat part in a dutiful spirit, never seemed quite to agree with Mr. ...