... Clbe 'Wettmis of Trob tt oLuiS ,Stcbcll$Ol NOT too often does one come across two SuCh1 fascinating ?? of correspondence as the letters of the late Nobert Louis Stevenson which 'Mr. Sidney Colvin has now given to the world. They are admirably arranged in groups, and, w ith the careful introductory notes which preface each section, constitute a wholly adequate biography. However much one may ...

... The following mails are despahed from Liverpool to-day:- To the Continent of Europe (joining morning mail from London).-Box closes G.P.O. 9 30 ps.m. and 10 45 p.m. daily. To France, Belgium, and the Continent of Europe (London night ?? closas p.O., 1 15 p.m.; with id. late fee, 1 35 p.m. Letters pre- paid id. late fee mray be posted in Lime-s Station until I 58 p.m. To Austria, Belgium, ...

... LIVERPOOL AND THWE WAR. RELIEF OF WIDOWS, ORPHANS, AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS. A FUND) OPENED. GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS. I Called by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor r(Mr. William Oulton), a public meeting of in- ,habitants of Liverpool was held yesterday at noon in the Town Hall, in order to; the opening -of a fund for the relief of the widows and orphans of soldiers who fail in the Traneveal -War, and ...

... ENGAGEMENTS AT LADYSMITHa FIERCE FIGHTING. A NIGHT BOMBARDEN. Estcourt Threatened. THE ENEY ONLY. FIVE MIES AWAY, 2000 STRONG, & WITH EIGHT GUNS. The Train Disaster. BRITISH CAS UALTIES OVER 100. GRAPHIC STORY OF THE FIGHT. DEEDS OF DARING. MARVELLOUS ESCAPES. (BY A MLARd y CGRBESPONDENT.) London, Friday Night. Although the actual numbers of the killed, wounded, and muissng in the engagement ...

... SALUS POU=i LnX S5PMA. FRIDAY, NOVhEMER 3. THIS MORNINGS NEWS IN BRIEF.I An officiala annoucement was received at the War Office last night from the Governor of Natal announcing that communication with Ladysmith had been interrupted since hall-past two yesterday afternoon. The death occurred yesterday of Mr. George Smith, the well-known Glasgow shipowner. Mr. Smith's grandfather- was the ...

... NEW YORKL I ayosd Sroc ?? Or. iao, az a all incease in the vsible supply finat; bet, * when the statement appeared showing a heavy increase, selling commenced and values drooped, the market closing easy, unchanged to kc up. Spot easy. The visible supply has m- creased- 1,438.000 bushels on the week, and nmw' totals 54.000,000, against last week 52,562,000 and last year 21,392,000. The week's ...

... I I AUTUaw ?? AT THz WALKE ART GALLERY.-The following is a statement of the admissions to and sales at the autumn exhibition for twelve weeks ending 25tb November:-2M955 admissions at 1s., £ 1147 15i.; 18,342 admissions at 6d., £458 lOs. 6d.; 888 admissions at 3d., S11 2s.; 2560 season tickets sold, £476 9s. 6d.; 15,357 catalogues sold, £431 7s. 3d.; total receipts, excluive of sales, £2525 ...

... | WIDNES-TOWN COUNCIL ?? - w, . ARMY RESERVISTS' FUND.: JUBILE PARK & PROMENADE.' The~ last Meeting of the, year of, this Council -was held at Wines Town Hall yesterday after- noon, the Mayor (Alrmann T. W. Wareing) presiding. A hearty welcome give toCoun- oilior W. Cbristie, who had ueb bees able to attend he counil for cid be period, owing to serious illness A letter was read from Mr. Thomas ...

... A Liverpool sitting of the Chancery Court fey the County Palatine was held yesterdy at St, George's Hall, before Vice-Chanceilor Hell. L APPLICATION AS TO A WILL. Whiteside v. Howarthi-This lwas an applka. tiun to the court in the matter of the estate of the late James O'Byrne, in which the plaintiff was the Right Rev. *Thoma, Whiteside, Catholic Bishop of Liverpool. The late Mr. (YByrne left ...

... WMLLS AND BEQUESTS. The will (dated May 19, 1899) of Air. Alex- aader Gedaije Joseph, of 8, Upper Hamilton- terrace, St. John's Wood, who died on Aulgust 11. was. proved on Octcoer 31 by Mrs. August Joseph, the widows, end .Alphonse Daid Joseph. the son, the execultors, the value of the estate being £167,652. The will of Dame Jane Shelley, widow of Sir Percy Florence Shelley, Bart, of ...

... !nff - a L - ED)ITORIALXJ C02-i2ENTS, A conspiacuonus figurc in the commercial sc and public life of Carfliffi his disoppeared cc in the p-l2rsn of Mr. E. R. Meo..ey, whose nI death is recorded il our issue to-day. A rc Doronshibre non by birth, be coane to Cor- pt (IHft more [holl forty yares ago, asd since st then played ann important paitr in the comi- is niercial life a itel dvoelopmeit of ...

... - be fl )g~tt Saidt, , af-tori 11,0t [A gi. i -- TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1899. to I ~I A. SUXMMARY OF NEWS., Telegrams from the seat of war yesterday c state that further fighting took place outsiide di Esteourt on Sunday, the enemy being again of repulsed. Detail. of the fighting around Laily- smith showb'tat on the 8th and 9th inst. Eome W hiavy engagementt took place, the enemy H being forced ...