... .HE VARTRY WATER. TO THE EDITOR OP THE FREEMAN. Royal College of Science for Ireland, Stephen's. green, January 30th. Sin-The opinion prevails very extensively at the present time that a great deal of the sickness in Dublin is due to the Vartry water, owing to its not containing iime, I have also heard thatit it been said it produces melancholy madnees. These views I believe to be entirely ...

... TJ CTION ENIUES . -I ?? 7. , ?? . . e the Northern Divisional Police Court esateday, before Wr. C. J. O'Dcael, Dun- a Cau lurphy, 2 AChlomont-ptrade, Nofth strand, was summoned, at the suit of Inspector Devoy, for that he, being the owner of a locomo- o tive engine, prpelled by ,t ?? aioit ft ?? in motioc in the atteets without any person pre. ' ceding it on foot at not less than . 60 yards, ...

... I THE UNIVERSE OF $TAM: I I . _ _ - -r.7r'iter ivrec lai Ccmisd afternoon lecture yesterday to a large and intensely in. terested, audience in tbe Lecture Theatre of the Royal Duolin Society, on the Vaiverse of Stars. ,Wheu we look at the kiea upo:L a still, calm rigat, when all the stars are esining (he said), we are apt to believe, with the poets, that peace and calm reign in those eternal ...

... LATEST- NEWS, I - - (ByPrwno Special Wire.) LONDON CORRESPONDENCE. Freem:a Ofce, 211 Strand, London, Wednesday Morning. I am informed that Mr. Bright turned the sale between Midlothian and Manchester. He paid a special visit to Rawarden in order that hoinight advise with Mr. Gladstone, and the result was speedily apparent in the letter to 31r. Cowan. It r seerms that the editor of the ...

... 1K add PAPALta4UIU,'' i v .(By rcemn Speialire, - London, Wednesday. .i aI ha4 Bg 50gt hq of the >phsolsls letters tlAif. Holiness P4e'Leo XIII. precribir, ater the toms of his apgu4st ?? universal jubilee, imploring the Divine assistance on the occajin ef' hs alectp, tq. ?? l E Throne. The following is a translation of the letnBlinesa, iliich w ?? designated in a .j~ 14 tgpl stij Maxi~i4;b - ...

... I Acll tfenian',5 3urnaE. I I Ig h t b Exclusive arrangements, as will be seen e from the anoiuncement iu the first column of Page 1, have been made for 0 the reception of the now famous six- e penny advertisements of the Freeman's Journa at Post-offices. e- KDZG CETEWAyO having followed a similar course to that pursued by the Ameer Shere Ali and sent no answer to the British ulti- matum ...

... ;AAfW ~ MTJ AN5H | C :TIONr;, c E Yi 0ru -goe 6'Qlek, at, tho Ton_ Roll, ,Mkry m ng p1 @ r ad A V , b, ,WA pgt s Mi 9'WUdedft WhAV60i ¢* ta with rpr4 to %e p4slo. eoperative ?? Tant Fermwe Supply A4oi ,iW_..Ti wc l of the oo400a ...

... i PAXLT&MNTARY PRO)AMME FOR TH!S WEEK.I (By Freeman Special Wire.) London, Sunday. The following is a full programme of the bunessrm for this week :_ DC MONDAY.I In the House-of Lords-Lord Lawrence to call yo attention tolthe state of the law with regard to lia- bility of employers to make compensatioi0 for injuries to persons in their service, and to lay upon Pr the table of the house a bill ...

... I PS pe DESPATCHES FROM GENERAL tb ROBERTS. g* ac (By Freeman Special wire.) London, Friday. at The London Gazette of this evening contains ei despatches from General Roberts, in which he pE gives particulars of reconnaissances made by his el Si troops in the Shutar-gardan Pass. After describing t the route, he says:- di The view from the Pass towards Cabul is very ca extensive, and ...

... FOREPIG-N TELEGRAMS. I I ~ ~ _ (By Reutefs and Ordinary Telegraph.) THE PLAGUE IN RUSSIA. St: Petersburgh, Thusrsday. The Golos publishes a telegram from Tha- rizin of the 12th instant, stating that since the thaw has set in the number of persons attacked by the plague has increased. The sanitry commission and the body of hospital officials %ill start for the infected districts in about three ...

... I I TO THE RDITOR OF TEE FREESOI. t98 Great Brunswick-sareet, Dublin, Feb. 24. f( DEAR SIR-Lord Rosse, in the letter published A by you to-day, considers that the only alterna. it tive before the meeting was, whether to accept tj conditionally the £2.5,00, or to abide by the ori.- ginal offer of lands or buildings for the shows. As P one of those who oted in the majority, I under- 1E stood ...

... I - - I I~~ I FULL 'PARTICULARS [a OF 0 THE BATTLE ON THE t TUGELA, __ ?? 6,000 MIEN ORDERED OUT. t ti LIST OF BRITISH LOSSES. SUDDEN MEETING OF THE c a CABINET. GREAT MILITARY PREPARA-t lIONS. r _ . ?? London, Tuesday. R That the unexpected always happens has had a C further eremplificatiou in the csae of the British e forces in South Africa. Only al few days ago we, heard of a slight engag ...