24 SEPTEMBER 1887, page 3

Newcastle, A Grimy Sort Of Place, But With Much Enthusiasm

for instruction, is welcoming the Cambridge University Erten- sion Lectures with much heartiness ; and Mr. John Morley made on Thursday a bright speech on the subject. He was......

The Jury Which Inquired Into The Deaths Consequent On The

burning of the Exeter Theatre, have returned a verdict of " Acid. dental death," but consider the Magistrates and architect much to blame, the Magistrates for licensing an......

Perhaps Too Much Is Made Of The Lillie Bridge Riot.

It was a savage one; but similar scenes are not infrequent in theatres when audiences are disappointed and the money is not re- turned. Two professionals were to run a race in......

A Very Special Interest Attaches To The Launch Of The

'Trafalgar,' from the fact that she and her sister-ship, the ' Nile,' are in all probability the last of the huge floating ironclad fortresses which will be built for the......

The German Empire Is Like A Big Dog, Placid Under

everything but insult. A German squadron recently visited Samoa, deposed a King, and put up a Pretender, for no reason whatever, apparently, except that the King had "insulted "......

The Electricians Have At Last Given Us What Will Prove

an invention of infinitely more utility than the telephone,—a writing telegraph. The telephone is absolutely useless for con- fidential communications, for it is impossible to......

The American Nation Is In Danger Of An Attack Of

apoplexy. So prosperous is the Union, that though Congress wastes money energetically, the Treasury receives from twenty to twenty-five millions a year more than it can spend,......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.

Consols were on Friday 1011 to 104.......