... . THE inhabitants of this ancient and picturesque south coast village are at deadly feud with the Council of the City of Chichester. They hold that the scheme of drainage sanctioned by that Council, under which the sewage of that city will be emptied into their harbour, will inflict upon them a grave in justice, especially as the tidal peculiarity of the harbour, viz., two seven hour floods ...

... THE news of the terrible reverse sustained by our forces at the hands of their savage enemies has invested the war in South Africa with an unexpected importance in the eyes of the British nation, and ...

... MADAME L E R O U X Too early seen unknown and known loo late. Romeo AND JULIET. By FRANCES ELEANOR TROLLOPE, Author of Aunt Margaret's Troubles, Among Aliens, Like Ships upon the Sea, That U ...

... v Sport i n G THE second October meeting at Newmarket opened on Mon day. The Burwell Stakes, for two-year-olds, was won by M. Lefevre's Novateur, ridden by Fordham, who, according to prece dent, thus ...

... (je Pome fark at pam^toa HAMPTON Court Palace has long been a favourite resort of the holiday-maker; but now that the Home Park has been thrown open its attractions will be considerably augmented. The ...

... I nil UI\ai iiiv, nuuuji sJ7 Written by Douglas W. Freshfield, F.R.G.S. DURING THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS-- since the following article was first written-- the Cauca ...

... A TELEGRAM from Simla last week announced that it is expected that a mixed English and Russian Commission will proceed in the autumn to the northern border of Afghan ...

... NEW RUSSIAN BATTERY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MOUTH OF THE DANUBE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE RUSSIAN AND TURKISH FORCES, AND OF THE BRITISH FLEET BEFORE CONSTANTINOPLE NEW RUSSIAN BATTERY ON THE NORTH S ...

... EVER since Stanley traced the Congo to its mouth in 1877, and drew fresh attention to the commercial value of Western Africa, European nations have steadily endeavoured to gain c ...

... THE DYNAMITE OUTRAGE IN WESTMINSTER AT nine o'clock on the evening of Friday, the 16th inst., the City of Westminster was startled by a terrific explosion, the noise of the explosion itself being foll ...

... THE STATS TRUMPETERS WAITING TO GIVE THE FANFARE ON THE QUEEN S ARRIVAL AT THE ABBEY, JUNE 21 BOW OF THE ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, GREENWICH, CHEEKING THE QUEEN IN TRA ...

... THE VANISHED ART OF THE SAMPLER. WHICH CHILDISH FINGERS WORKED LONG YEARS AGO. Behold these 'broideries. Finer you never saw. To the majority of people the word sampler merely conveys a vague idea of a square of more or less coarse canvas exhibiting a cross-stitch alphabet, a row of numerals, perhaps a house, or some weird, heraldic beasts below, and a moral aphorism as a tag. But as a matter ...