4 AUGUST 1888, page 3

There Is Something Quite Pathetic In The Story Of The

enor- mous trout, weighing over a stone, and measuring nearly three feet in length, which was caught last week in the River Itchen near Winchester. The poor beast had haunted......

• The Blockade Of The Enemy's Two Fleets In The

Irish havens is still continued. Though he has made repeated attempts to get out, and though his torpedo-boats have done a certain amount of damage to the blockaders, none of......

It Must Be Remembered, Too, That Mr. Mandeville Spent The

time from his release on December 24th, 1887, till the first week of July, 1888, when he sickened—a period of six months —not in any sense as an invalid. He attended and spoke......

The Report Stage Of The Local Government Bill Was Con-

cluded in the House of Commons on Friday, July 27th, the following Commissioners being appointed to settle the financial questions at issue between the counties and the new......

The Action For Libel Brought By Mr. O'brien Against The

-Cork Constitution, which lasted three days, and was tried before a special jury at the Cork Assizes, ended on Monday in a verdict of £100 damages for the plaintiff. The cross-......

There Is Some News Of Emin Pasha, Who Has Been

in severe straits for food, and whose surrender the psendo-Mandi at Khar- toum has demanded, threatening an immediate advance against him in case of his refusal. Emin was......

Bank Rate, 21 Per Cent.

New Consols (24) were on Friday 9c.1 to 992.......

A New Parachute Was Tried In The Presence Of A

vast audience at the Alexandra Palace last Saturday, Mr. Baldwin leaping from a balloon which had risen to a height variously calculated at from 800 ft. to 1,200 ft., and......

The Regent's Park Murder Case Has Resulted In A Verdict

of " Wilful murder " against Gellatly, a youth of seventeen, who struck the blow. His comrades have mostly been found guilty only of conspiring to assault and of unlawful......