... 4A C)r C-.Wf. THE SEASON.-While some districts of England have had a rainfall of four inches in a fortnight, the total fall in London for the same period was less than one inch. Whilst large areas in Somer- setshire, Leicestershire, and Warwickshire have been under water, East Anglian farmers were proceeding blithely with the sowing of barley in that light, dry, friable soil which the beer ...

... O YSTERS THESE toothsome bivalves threaten unfortunately to become even less abundant than they have been during recent seasons. On most of the natural oyster-beds of the United Kingdom the breed- ing stock appears to be almost exhausted, and although it has over and over again been said that the spawn of one of these mollusks is capable of seeding an acre of ground, half-a-dozen really good ...

... THE ERA LETTER-BOX. Ai Stoped 7iEneloc, plain4y addressed, must be en losed uthie O/Ictfr Ocne Month, are forwarded to the Postal Authois ti to te, dealt with in the ordinary course. So Circulars admitted to this List. Abbington, Hiss Adams, Mr Fred. American Jack Anderson, Miss Kate Anderson, Mr Sanm Ayrtoun, Miss Margaret Baldwin, Mr T. S. Bandmann-Parluer, Mrs Barrette, hr R. Ben Greet, ...

... The sale of the Shakespeare Heroines and the large collection of original drawings for The Graphic attracted the first full house of the season to Christie's on Satur- day and the preceding day. The Shakespeare Heroines, which had been much admiredduringthe week, were sold under circumstances quite without precedent in the anction room, and gave rise to a very amusing speculation amongst ...

... At the Liverpool County Court, on Tuesday, before his Honour Judge Thompson, an action was brought by Miss Phoebe Dalroy, an actress, recently engaged at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, against Mr R. Mansell, the lessee of that establishment, for 6 2s. 6d., a guinea for attending a week's rehearsals of the pantomime, four guineas for two weeks' salary, and the balance for alleged extra ...

... Mr Frederick Burgess's twenty-fourth annual musical and dramatic fete took place on Thursday afternoon, attended with the success that usually rewards Mr Burgess's admirable efforts to entertain his patrons, who, on occasions like these, assemble in great num- bers. No caterer for the public at the present day stands in higher estimation, but Mr. Burgess does not depend on his personal claims, ...

... SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1889. STAGE BRIGHT IN ADAPTATIONS. All fair-minded people must heartily concur w C. with the decison of Mr Baron POLLOCK in the case ol - of BEERE and OTHEns v. ELLIS, in the Court of ir S Queen's Bench, on Saturday last. The case, which so had been heard at some length in the previous e. week, related, as our readers can easily remember, is - to the adaptation by a ...

... ell At Mr Charles Relf's benefit on the 28tb ult., to d er which we briefly referred in our last week's notice of the 'A -on hall, a bumper house found satisfaction and enjoyment p ro- in the doings of the following entertainers :-Mir Teddy P en Alosedale, comedian and dancer ; Keegan and Elvin, ng sketch actors ; Miss Kate Kenealey, Irish vocalist ; Air r Harry Croueste, character comedian; ...

... TES ILLUSTRATED POLICE NEW8 apt 11 Io SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1SS9. IT is culrious to note how largely any contest between reprcSscnlatiVCS of Oxford and Cam- bridge attracts jpop'llar attention. No doubt in the large field of undergraduates exception- ally capable expolclnts of all out-door recr'ea- tiOnS call be found, and people who take ?? interest in the various University duels have thlie ...

... ZOKDO? AFONDA7 March 2?. Mr. Matber, Iaberal, was en Saturday . declared elected for the Glorton Disision of c Lancashire by a majority of 84G, he having t lpolled 6,165 votes, against 4,309 recorded for Mr. Hatch, the Conservative candidate. InI ' I886 the Liiberal majority was 457. t ~Both political parties in the Enfield Division X 'took advantage of the fine weather on Saturday t tio ...

... SUGAI? BOTTNTIES AND TilE PP.ICE?OF STJGA1? Ssa^,-Baron dP e l~ruNs'replY' to ' lacaur. Clarke, I'icikoli!s, cod Ceom~b, is printed in Dc 2Tunes of to-day. It i3 perfectly tine, as baron de WVorms states, tha;t so l- ng aS wreplace nO duty ca I suga~r weo shal' girs no drawback on erpot1ationl, and w ve shall not be requlired by the Convention. to refine in Lebnd. But if uwo should be ...

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