... Golden Eggs. To Chicot, care of the Editor of The Sketch Sir, I see that one of your readers is boasting about the number of eggs that he has had from nine puce Orpington pullets. I should like to tell him my record. I am a simple cottager, living in a little cottage. I fancy that my experience will not prove uninteresting. I bought a sitting of white Wyandotte eggs two years ago, and the ...

... Breach of Promise. To Chicot, care of the Editor of The Sketch. Sir, I cannot agree with your correspondent, James Splendid, who argues that it is very foolish of a man of any age to write letters to a woman of any age that might be used in evidence against him. Give me a man who pours his whole soul on to the paper, who does not stop to weigh his words, who does not even consider what he is ...

... NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE. tt Alt it mt Gold that Glitters. Dkar Sib, Capel Court. Much 9, 1895. The Bank profit are a little better than general expectation had put them at, and enough has been earned to pay 4¼ per cent., which, although not a grand distribution, is more than the proprietors received last half-year. If rumour is to be believed, India proposes to come again to this market for a ...

... NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE. All (i net Geld that Glitter* Dear SlB.-- Oantd Oaurt. Get. 1 0. 1 805. Your determination to retire from active participation in Stock Exchange speculation, although deeply regretted by us, is hardly a surprise. We knew you had made more than a modest fortune within the last two years, hut, until your letter reaehed us, we had not an idea of the amount to whieh that ...

... Mabel. Yes I remember you very well indeed. I can quite understand the doctor suggesting Margate for your little boy, so many do now, and the air is magnificent and life-giving. Go to the Margate Cliftonville Hotel it is beautifully situated on the cliffs and the grounds are very large. The attendance is capital and so is the cuisine you cannot do better. Constant Worry. Your pseudonym ...

... NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE. All is not Gold that Glitters. Dear Sir, Capel Court, March 23, 189o. I lie ad j ourned Bank meeting on Tuesday last brought up again the unpleasant affair of Mr. Adrian Hope's account, and ended in a savage attack upon that un- tortunateyictim of the late chief. cashier's financial methods, by Mr.' Cosmo Bousor. Mr. Hope was despoiled by the trusted officer of the ...

... . All is not Gold that Glitters. Dear Sir, Capel Court, Nov. 11, 1893. Discounts remain firm, chiefly on account of the keen demand for gold in the market. Absolute, stagnation reigns upon the Stock Exchange, and very few brokers are making enough to pay office expenses. Probably, the large firms who for years have been doing gigantic business, three-quarters of which has been of a ...

... NOTES FEOM THE EXCHANGE. All is not Gold that Glitters. Dear Sip,. Canel Court, Aug. 24, 1895. The thunderstorm 011 Thursday cleared the air. What with the heat, a certain amount of reckless buying by weak bulls, the approach of the settlement, and the rumoured hitch about Barney's. Bank, the market had got so flustered that all sorts of rumours were flying about, and, among the most ...

... NOTES FROM THE EXCHANGE. All is not Gold that Glitters Dear Sir. Capel Court, June 3, 1803. The Bank return, showing such a large influx of gold, and increasing the proportion of reserve to liabilities from just over 37 per cent, to something under 42 per cent., has improved the tone of the money market, and brought discounts down, so much so that the rates on deposit have been lowered, and in ...

... . The growth of Folkestone as a fashionable summer resort, and the increasing demand for accommoda tion at the Hotel Metropole, lias induced the proprietors, the Gordon Hotels, Limited, to erect a new wing on the. western side of this hotel, at a cost of nearly £70,000. They have also carried out further improvements in this' already magnificent establishment. The new wing in itself would be ...

... NOTES EEOM THE EXCHANGE. All is not Gold that Glitters Dear Sir, Capel Court, Aug. 25, 1894. The Bank return disclosed record figures both in the reserve and the stock of bullion, and it is probable that the next few weeks will see the position even stronger than this week's figures. The week has been a dull one on the Stock Exchange, but has ended with a general rise in American Railways, ...

... . All is not Gold that Glitters. Dear Sie, Capel Coiu-t, Nov. 4, 1893. As we led you to expect, no change-lias been made in the Bank rate, although opinions were divided as to what the directors intended to do up to the last moment. The Bank return is not reassuring, and it is pretty clear that we must expect an upward movement in the official minimum before long. The two events of the week ...