SHIRE. Beautiful weather favoured the Saturday start in this match at Derby, and there appeared every prospect of a capital attendance. Northamptonshire were without S. G. Smith. who is engaged at Lord's on Monday, but J. S. Denton made his first appearance of the season. Derbys

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Puritiesly Closing the London Engagement on Saturday, April Tearing Provinces on 70 American Railway Cars, and Exhibiting the Undivided Show Under 12 Mammoth Canvas Pavilions. Seating X Persons. 3 Circus companies in 3 rings. I Olympian stages, 1 huge race-track. 2 Complete mena

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Elsewhere we print our own summary of the complete returns. The Nrw., has also analysed the returns with great fulness, and it brings out some interesting if somewhat unsatisfactory fats: The Progressives have recovered only half the ground that they lost in 1895. " The followin

All admirers of Mr. Herbert Spencer will be glad to learn from Mr. F. Howard Collins's letter in the Times to-day that the portrait of the great philosopher, which Mr. Herkomer, R.A., was commissioned to paint by a number of subscribers, as a mark of congratulation upon the comp

view of the New Year's festivities, which are widely observed in the North, both candidates are spending the week-end away from the city --Lord Charles licresford in London and Sir Christopher Furness at his seat, Tunstall Court, close to York, where last night gave a hall to ab