... I THE CHRONICLE. | - - ?? - - . - - ' - I PRESPON, SATURDAY, MAY 10th., 1890. I Royal Academy banquets are functions that follow one another year after year in mono- tonous succession. The speeches made are usually insincere in character and traditional in expression. Sir Frederick Leighton- the present figure-head, as Mr, Furniss calls him in his funny new book, generally leads off by a ...

... MARITANIA4 SIR IASUCELLES DYiXLL, BART. lit th t-ItlATI'T R l.I.-C'otititied. to No sooner Jhadl he cdone this than, to his horror, II() hl discovered that thero were no etars iu tho btlt, atid thal hoe Lad coly challged his ;prison, auld must Still infallibly fall iuto thb hauds of his dire enemrties, tb Harry \Veruon an-ud Quirillo. T his discovery pluniged o0 Morales une Inuor into the ...

... [ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] I FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW Bly DORA RIUSSELL, Author of 1TnE BRoKEN SEAL, Ttir VICAR'S GOVPRNFSs, -LADY SErtTON'S PRIDE,` &,C. CHAPTER VI.-Dcit IHOPTON'S PRICE. Elizabeth (t',riliui was very ill after Harry TIyirell'9 S~1tid(en dleathl. Ill during the painful inquiry that follu`WedI (1.1iuijg thle Crtir inq(Uest, ?? aud re-adijourned, as fre.sh iinpe.~ tirose thlt ?? ...

... I _2 I On Wednesday the Stallmine Horse Show Society held its third annual show, which was in no way behind its two successful predecessors, but on the contrary showed a distinct improve. ment, both as regards the quantity and quality of the animals, &o., shown. The total number of entries this year was 206, as against 157 the previous year, whilst the amount of prize money had been increased ...

... ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW AT I DON-CASTER. On Saturday the fifty-second annual show of o. the Royal Agricultural Society was opened at n Doncaster, the day named being set apart solely I 5 for the display of implements and machinery, of e which there is a very extensive collection, the oa largest, with the exception of that at Windsor, h since the show at Shrewsbury in 1884. a Eighty-six ...

... ,ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.1 JACOBI'S WIFEJ A NOVEL. Bar ADELINE SERGEANT, AUTHOR O0 tNDER FALSE PRETENCES. MAIRTII? DsVEsln'S DLIOND No SAINT, BEYOND RaoeCA, ,TC., ETC. CHAPTER XXXI.-MERax'S NEW FierIND. Merle's fingers were wandering idly over the keys of her piano one afternoon in March, when a visitor yas announced-a visitor who followed so closely on 4se heels of the servant who had ...

... | CMRISTIMAS PAT CATTLE SiH.OWS. I KIRtKaAM. I This annual show and sale took place in the I meat yard adjoining the Railway Hotel, Kirk- l ham, on Wednesday, in favourable weather. There was a good attendance of dealers and E buyers, and among the principal farmers we I noticed-Messrs. James Blundell, Wharles; I Henry Fisher, Wostby; E. Thompson, Westby ; I B. Charmley, Plumpton ; Jamess ...

... [ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] I FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW BYr DORA RUSSELL, ajthor of THE BRO1EN SEAL, THE VICAR'S GOV:RNESS, LADY SEFTON'S PRIDE, &C. CHAPTER XVIII.-A WOLE.; Elizabeth went to her new home during the after- 0oon, and found everything as-ranged for her reception. WArd. O'Shee, in a Swiss black velvet body, and a faded i violet ' frock, as she called it, received her as a , ...

... M AXITANA. SIR LASCELLES wRALX L, BART. SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTERS I AND II. The story opens in Cuba one evening in Septem- ber, 1770, when three-fourths of the population of Havannaih were collected oR the quays, the jetty, and the shore, eager for the cooling seabroeze. after a day of tropical heat, About. six miles out to sea, a merchant vessel, under Ve Spanish flag, and bound for Favannah, ha' ...

... CROSS STREET MUSEUM to NEW SOUTH KENSINGTON LOAN Te COLLECTION.-IV. f. thease that remains for us to notice is that trfurthest from the entrance, on the right hand. It is th occupied with produce of the potters' art in various ,re countries. Amongst them we are glad to be able to o0, give the palm to the English, which appears to us tal superior to all the rest in quality, and il a eertaiu ...

... [NOW FIST PUfBLISHE. I I BY JOHN J. O'SHEA. Atluior of WE Thirnu: A CAmir FIRE STORY AT EROWE, A WEEPLIiAN's ADVENTUI.ES, &C. There was a squad of us, belated lwheelmen, Dne evening sitting round a conifortabie fire In a comfortabie inn, at an tntpot -way place with an out-of-thle-way nnmII, coo)tainin all the I letters of the alphabet and several lmore thrown in, in North Wales. The spot ...

... [ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] POWAERFUL StERIAL STO)RY. I I lit DORA RUSSELL, gr Auticil of 'LTIE BROKEN SEAL, THEc VICAR' 5 yi GOV;. iStSN , LADY SEDTON'S PRIDE, &C. as CtiAP'ITR V.-SIn JouN TYRELL, yc With a V+ ery .orrI wtul heart Mr. Horton ]lad desired hi, fiari 1-erv.mts to bear poor Barry Tyrell's body ?? thc. hwine.stead h but with a yet more sorrow- XI ful hetl , wiheln they reachled ...