... BASH FORD. On the 22nd ult.. at Berlin, after a short illness, the wife of John L. Bashford, Esq., M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. ...

... SAWUS ?? LEX 8UFBEMA. TUESDAY, JANUARY 30. the -A -l - , - I. I Lords' amendment to the Employers' wI Liability Bill were considered. At the re, suggestion of the Duke of Devonshire, to the Marquis of Ripon announced the ex detenination of the Government to oppose all amendments tending to- wards the permission of contracting of out. His lordship then moved that Lord of f Dudley's amendment ...

... THE DEATH PENALTY.* For the writer of this sensational story it can at least be said that he handles with exceeding freedom the sharp-edged tools of tragedy. A suicide, a brace of murders, with such minor accessories as embezzle ment, and a general haziness on the Ten Commandments question make sufficiently strong incident, it may be allowed, for one effort of fiction. As conversationalists, ...

... OUR READERS. We think desirable inform our readers that the Supplement i 3 posted itself, a penny stamp is required, when posted with the same day's Courier halfpenny stamp sufficient. The Wee ...

... ''(>c featlj of Hlbine The Hon. J. Collier's picture, The Death of Albine, was one of the pictures in this year's Royal Academy that attracted much attention. The picture illustrates the tragical c ...

... THE ILLUSTRATED Sporting an& in malic Jletos. LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 189S. ...

... TVTF! T.ATkT AIR AIONT AGTT THAR.P. Death is always busy in the ranks of men, whether they he well or little known famous soldiers, statesmen, poets. painters, and others, or the mere rank and file of every-day workers. His latest victim, Mr. Monty Tharp, will be best remembered and deeply regretted by a very wide circle I899 of friends as a kind-hearted rnmtil friend, and a cheery companion ...

... The Tring Agricultural Society still g o 6 ahead, and the 64th annual show to be held August 6th will keep its high record. hile recognising the need of attractions for the general public, the management do tot lose sight the fact that the main object of the show is to improve the live stock and agriculture of the countiy. ♦ * This is evident from a perusal of the sc-ieduie the forthcoming ...

... Books to Order this Week GENERAL LITERATURE Physical Deterioration: Its Causes and Cure. By Mrs. Watt-Smyth. (Murray 6s. net. Around the World with a King. By William Armstrong. A record of the wanderings of Kalakaua, the last King of Hawaii. (Heinemann. Among My Autographs. By George R. Sims. With 70 facsimiles. (Chatto and Windus y. 6d.) NEW FICTION Descent of Man and other stories. By ...

... . The death of Mr. Clement Scott at the comparatively early age of 63 may perhaps be attributed to overwork in middle age. When he was most to the front the dramatic critic, who was also a general writer, was continu ously at high tension, and the strain was tre mendous. The new journalism has relieved the writer, and perhaps without greatly edify ing the public the reader as well, a few ...

... . WAIT.-- John Erskine Stuart Watt, aged 32. Killed by lightning in the Chaco Austral Argentina on September 30th Elder son of John Alexander Watt, of San Andres, formerly of Meathieand Kinnearis ...

... Uh c Xat c Sir (Erasmus (Dmmaitncu Admiral Sir Erasmus Ommanney was born in the year before the battle of Waterloo, on May 22, 1814, and entered the Navy in August, 1826, eleven years before Queen Vic ...