... THE GREAT BOOSTAI-L M~iONOPOLY. TO THE EDITOR OL THIE NORTHERN ECHO. SIR,-When I was in London, relying on the announcement that your paper is sent to the Metropolis every morning by the fast early express, I applied at the bookstall of Messrs W. H. Smith and Son, at King's Cross, Iior a copy of the Northcrn Echo. Although the early train had been in for at least three hours, I was told ...

... SHE 'NORTHiERN CHO. I LtHO JJ1 Q DA ?? O C TOBE 7, 1S78. 1 _ _. = _ _ - ?? ALUS POPU LI, SUPREIMA LEX. | I s I I a v_ _ r ?? I ?? ?? THE: ;lfortkinato use of a misleading. ?? in the letter which Sir HENRY lI hV LuciC addressed to a Sunderland con- tciaporary has occasioned a misunderstand- I ?? no one miorc heartily regrets t ?? tlhose-, who admnire in the Junior eRM- 3 ber for Sunderlaiid ...

... DURHIAM WINTER GAOL DELIVERY. The trial of prisoners at the Durham Winter Gaol Delivery commenced at the Assize Courts, Durham, yesterday-before the Eon. Sir Nathiel -Lindlcy, ?? followinag gentlemen wcre sworn on the Grand Jury:-Mr J. L. Whartou, *Tadcaster (foromas) ; Illr Joseph Dadds, M.P., Stockton; Mr J. C. Stevenson, M.P., Shields; Mr H. T. Morton, Chester-Ic-Street; Mr E. J. Wahly, ...

... I I Tarldws. A Frenchman, intending to compliment a young lady by calling. her a gentle lamb, said, She is one tame mutton as i small. The youngster who was sent away from the table just as the pastry came on, went sadly upstairs, singing Good- bye, sweet tart, good-bye. Have you ever read the 'Tale of a Bee?' asked George of Sarah Jane. No,said she, as she turned the oolour of red ...

... H.ARVEST FESTIVALS AND THANKS- GIVING SERVICES. This week has been, like last week, one of Har- vest Festivals, of a character very different from the boisterous saturnalias that signalised the autumn rejoicings of our ancestors. The bacchana- lian mell suppers and harvest homes of the north. especially are now things of the past, exqept in places where modern ideas of refinement have ...

... I 1 BY h:oRTIMER COLLINS. CHAPTER XX. CecSRr-Nc. LITERATE PERSONS AND ILLITERATE. It is thb teb tbof June. The moon is nearly at the fall. and poars a flood of light down on the roses of my lawn. I have one or two rests that are perfect in their loveliness and fragrance. Ala, the rose, when at its climax of beauty, is divinest of all flowers. The rhododendron, being late in this yvear of ...

... JARROW. A LIVELY MEETING. The usual monthly meeting of the members of the Jarrow Town Council was held on Wednesday, in the Council Chamber, Grange Road. The Mayor (Ald T. Gray) pro- aided. The minutes of last meeting and several letters having been read. the Mayor called upon Mr Gibb, who had given the following notices of motion-namely:- Mr Councillor Cibb (1) will call the attention of ...

... A1TIQUARIAN RESEARCHER ROMAT REMAINS AT SOUTH SHIELDS. During the explorations upon the site of the Roman camp at the.Lawe,. South Shields, no inscribed stones of any Tery great importance were brought to light, a fact which considerably disappointed many gentlemen -who took a deep interest 'in the matter. By a happy acddent, however, a stone of a most interesting character has just been dis- ...

... THE MTHAMES DISASTER. At the resumed inquiry into the rercumstauccs of the '1Thames disaster at Woolwich yesterday, Johu Hardy, the look-out of the Byaell Castle, was the first 'vitnass. He was engaged by the captain thet day of the collision, and was pliced on the look out in the how, where he was when the steamers mlet. He reported the red light of the Trieacee 'lice when she first came in ...

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... V- he ORTI-iERN stECHJO| ji--, ?? 1, OCTOrH :1, 0SiS. I:1 p[STPONEMENT OF THE - l*-C[T IAN EXPEDITION. , ;ftmII tile teltiour of the Times' I Cti c alcultta Lo1I LYTTON fiiids f iii to ?? Afl'g-hanistan before ai i ?? r is hIlerefore, a hope that ii dit; ?? . nedi'tO'I is ready to start Lord 'I b 1 ?? Governumet may be upset, e ?? ?? d~eailed, and a meirl.e prudent t .;1 in .illmstau. It is ...

... A meeting of the members of the Tyne Salmon Con- servancy was held on Saturday afternoon at the Guildhall, Newcastle, Mr Cuthbert of Beaufront Castle in the chair.- The Clerk (Mr Richard Gibson, Hexham) reported that the amount paid for license duties for draft or hang nets dur- I ing the year was 915, and of that ll375 was the amount of license duty paid in respect of licenses for fishing ...