... ENCOURAGE KLINDLY FEELING SIXPENCE. So runs the legend on the tattered cover. Inside, the title page gives me The History of Little Downy ; or, The Adventnres of a Field Mouse. By. Susanna Strickland.' There are two woodcuts; the frontispiece: a hayfield in wvhichl,amid haymakers at work(and two resting onia demolished haycock), waggons, horses, trees, a child was hard set to find the little ...

... SATISFACTORY CYCLE RITSULIS. If all cycle companies had maintained their position as well as th, F'xfild and WVearwell companies seem to have done, there would ir,3 lv been much cause for complaint. Thc Enfic Id company, asitaS w allUI~ yesterday, maintained the 10 per cent, dividend shex'.n it, the previ us two years, but the carry-forward was lower. T he \eriICa. pany shows a trading profit ...

... ?? qionlitte offiet* 18, CHARING CROSS ROAD, W.C Lieutenant-General Sir William Butler, Commander-in-Chief of tht Western District, is to be in charge of the military arrangements foi the visit of the Queen ?? on the 15th inst., and he will arrive in Bristol from Devonport, with his staff, on the evening of the 13th, and will have his headquarters in College Green. The various troops of ...

... -1 C, I it b (E o III III c it fi) By '.INAlMADUJKE Ad .m cables are all controlled by the British military : i h og that the news of the reverse which occurred Laolisnith last week reached the Continent before .i';te *ieateI to the authorities at the e Var f ffice. That has for- much loose talk. There are, indeed, several i, st End of relatives of officers at the front having . . I 11s ...

... THE MONEY MARKET. call loans are obtainable at 21,4 per cent., and loans for the week are Cn2haned at 3Y:, per cent. Discounts are harder, the possibility of Americaln requirements being taken into account, and three months fine ,is ae ,lt takell under 4% per cent. bills are ot LOANS. DrroSTs. BANTc BILLS. LIAK RATE..1.g al3~ 8 Tre~l4 P13ii gATE. I Day ?? 2q Dis. House call 3r Short 45 ...

... A D J O0. TiUE little village climbing up the hill was the end of our journee, Its white old houses, the pointed roofs, and the ramparts of the old Schloss that sits like a cap on the crown of the hill trade it Icok so like an engraving by Darer, that though the pools still lay about the road and rain was again threatening in the slaty sky we left nothing but our luggage to the omnibus and ...

... The SUBSCRIPTION LIST will OPEN at 10 a.m. THURSDAY. November 2nd, 1890, and CLOSE at or before 4 pm. the SAME DAY for LONDON, and at or before noon FRIDAY. November Strd, 1899 for COUNTRY. THE ALLIANCE ELECTRICAL COMPANY (LNITIEDI TORMERLY VERITYS INSTALLATION DEPARTMENTr.) Incorporated untder the C mipintt \iA t-, 18662 tP 189t8. SMIARE CALPITArL~d.£ ?? Divided into 7,990 5 per Cent. ...

... CAPT- SCOTT'S GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. ji o\v 'F iit: \NAv l.\ GumS NvERE, mouL'NTi:D lAND THE INSCRIPTIONS THEY BEAR. AConresporndent of the Tiucs, wxriting, ftrom Natall, gives sonic iitcrest ini ?? c' oncerni g the mount it, g t he iitav.1 I lns nw xi i,11 provetl oe ftlcli serv'ir( ''it tiecdefenoce of' Lndysin ith. H~e ~!Isay'- FI-i'ut thle It'F.t it ?? S00ent tha~t what was wxatittti wel' i ...

... NOTWITHSTANDING the progress of education in this country, superstitious fear is still not so dead that Englishmen would be justified in pointing the finger of scorn at the Russian peasantry lvho have within the last few months been terrified out of their senses by the dissemination amongst them of a very foolish rumour to the effect that in the middle of November the world will be knocked to ...

... LLOYD'S WEEKLY' NEWSPAPER. ' I OUR REVEPSE. The intense excitement with which the irst news of the capture of two British battalions was received has been somewhat lessened by the later official report. There is, however, none the less cause for the deepest regret at the deplorable disaster. The one solace is that it reflects in no way upon the braveqy,honour, or discipline of the force ...

... 200 LIVES TN PERIL. Information was received at Dover Sbortly before midnight on Wednesday 1 that the American liner Patriahad caught fire in the Channel. She was a vessel of about 5,000 tons burthen. and was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg with a general cargo, a crew of 10 hands, and about 150 passengers. When entering the North Sea she was sighted by the Bussian steamer Ceros about 12 ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEW YORK, Nov. 8-The second week of Sir Henry Irving and Bliss Ellen Terry's engagement at the Knickerbocker Theatre opened with such an unpre- cedented demand for seats that an extra Wednesday matinee has been decided upon. The house has been taxed to its capacity at every performance so far. and the receipts of last week have been announced as close upon $24,000 ...