... he laze EPITOR of ?? PALL MALL GAZETTE, DEAR SIR,-Surely it is time our Post Office authorities were male aware of the difference in the treatment of the United States and our own rolonies on the matter of book postage. I posted General Booth's In Darkest England to Washington Territory, and paid 8.o. postage. I am compelled to pay 2s. cd. for tl;e same book to Auckland, New Zealand. Is ...

... FOURTH EDITION. THE BOER REVOLT, MEASURES TO MEET THE EMERCENCY. ENEMY ACTIVE NORTH OF THE MODDER. THE MILITARY SITUATION. f BY O 'R MlIILITARY CORRESPO'NDENT.1 T'rom tile seat of wvar We have nothlinig iiew of importance. Furthcr c,, ,ta;s of our losses at the Tugela fight show that our tetal casualties ther-e allonnted to nearly 1,100. 'I'he public Will deeply svmpnathize With Field- ...

... [BY W. PETT RIDGE.] THE regiment being a mixed one, boy recruits sit on one side of the six tiers of seats, girl recruits on the other. In front of the delighted roaring fire which faces them, with its flames rushing up to tell the outer world all about it, marches a young drill-sergeant in spotted scarlet blouse and black skirt, who endeavours to add to her twenty years by an aspect of ...

... SouTIn-E.%STERN CONVE LRSION SCHEME. A circular has been sent out by r. N Speiu s the m anapilig direetot of the Stock Conversion and Investment Trust, advocating a shche e for bringing South-Eastern Deferred stcek into lhie with the C ?? an securities A calculatioon has been made that the divided e nd'lts of £100 of South - Eastelri Deferred stock are equal to C45 o: Chathami Preference and ...

... ?? 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 ...

... F ~DEATH OF LORD LUDLOW. To co S \W., ?? lxw(,I) V I Ii II IftCS )idst IIittE ne '-toI-(lIilt'i Itiorlillig. I heI( dpe'ea~ed, ?? p -t VeI'd'. Onl ?? or thr'eiee (,caio011 hiii jiltilesse's iiw ici' ht1 Io a icrx' orimve i !~'tii tel. ( )t \W'e'ncsda\ last lie- veltil I('tl ilotlie anti &iil)lmlliF d oc wit I- ioilfitcdietl his rocotti, htis ajltieiit hvlejti actite jiiiltioieiii, aoc1 ...

... C. I I- -.R III spite of tlte belief that the East-(iiil iou nore -Aj tinue to buy ?? the end of the year, sp sl) sileer (floi' g th: a- two has shown a decide(d sxeikiless. Anv ?? trnnue' enltirely attribut.blblc to the sho -rtage ol init cdjai: au,, Op * -- Continent had also becil a buyer, the miarket wvais rather bar- p-- A FI ELoI) 01- 1A111A L If all the directors in the worl d were as ...

... FOURTH I EDITIOAS . r1iE BATTLE OF ENSLIN, ASSAULT IN FACE OF A HEAVY FIRE. VAVAL BRIGADE'S ADVANCE IN CLOSE ORDER. THE EVENTFUL MARCH TO KIMBERLEY. yl'e 7Tics cornespondent with Lord Methuen's force, telegraphing on Novefler 25, gives some particulars of' the fight on1 that day at Enslin. T1he three had marched to Enslin from Belmont without opposition, )jollackinig at Grasspan. The ...

... The casualty list of MazersfontcilO is heavy, even if we make allowance. for the probability that most of the wounded will recover. Let us, at the same time,- look the loss bravely' in the face. To what does it amount ? A bare 1.0 per cent. of Lord Methuen's force. The Highland Brigade are by far the heaviest sufferers, but even they have only been weakened by 20 per cent. Caught, as they were ...

... YOU PA YS . YOUR MONEY AND-- A rosjr interesting exhibition of silver ware suitable for Christmas presents is now being held at the ]3ond-street Silver Gallery (No. 18, New Bond-street) by Messrs. Streeter and Co. This exhibition is so comn- prehensive and so tastefully arranged that it is well worth a visit even trom those who have no intention of becoming purchasers, but who are merely ...

... IT was rather a strange coincidence that the first impor- tant battle of the war should have been fought on the very day when the money for that war was voted. Mr. WYNDIIAM'S interruption of his statement as to organization, to read the telegram announcing victory, was a striking incident. But the mournful later despatch which Mr. BAL.- FOUR read just before the division suggests another ...

... ?? ?? I'l rnv- n ?? 0 England, thou doest well. Crown thy great dead, ToI'lse mighty dead who built thy walls of famf, And to the earth's far ends bore forth thy name, s Making it glorious. Fit it is to spread Ien lligh canopies of honour o'er that bcd e \Vhele lies a Hero; the illustrious flame v (Of his bright (leeds putting e'cnI Death to sham-, Y Througi whose dimii vaults their splendid ...