... THROUGH THE NINETEENTH CENTURY XI. COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEA4 By OHARLES LOWE THE dawn of the nineteenth century found the British army, for the third time only since its birth in i66o, under the chief corn- mand of a Royal Prince. This was Frederick, Duke of York, second son of George Ill. Of his fifteen predecessors-who had been variously titled Captain-General, Generalissimo, or Com- ?? two had ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) GRAND THEATRE. - Managing-DireCtOr, Mr Jto. Hart; General Manager, Mr Fredk. Vioeent.-Me8,es Morell and Mouillot's company is making a welorme return visit here in The Geisha, the popular conic opera having a big reception before a crowded house on Monday night. Miss JessicaLait isO Mimosa San, and her interpretation is a very charming one, whilst she, too lacks ...

... SPECIAL ?? EDITION,, COSTAINING ALL SATURDAY'S NEWS. LI cd'5 N5 WS Office S U¶YD-4 E MORIXNG. ?? SEUE PAGBs. sXTUDPA\'S 2 H0i,,Y AND FOREIGN 3 N ENV S 13 23 SAVTLDAY'S SPORTS 24 rAilhl' America Cup Fiasco-The War: oiu toRi;IS' Fight for the Armoured Tiii: No British Killed-Prince of 's Good-bye to General Bullor- lol a Linir. WtroOi)' Day-London Samrnary- low S Matrimonial Advertisements- 01 ...

... Efle Gartren. BY WYl. BARLEY. SEASONABLE GARDENING. SPIeACH, an important winter crop in many gardens, is very irreguliar in the matter of vigour. Occasionully stirring the surface soil with the hioe, between reins, when the ssurface is dry enough, accelerates the growth of all. Forward plantations, previously thinned to five inches apart, if growing- well, nay be again gone over and thinned. ...

... ,ANCIENT ST. ALBANS. The most pieturesque relic of mediiveal St. Albans is threatened with an imiprove- ment that means destruction. The old plaster gable, with its overhanging upper storev fronting the Market-place, imparts to this portion oi the town a character at ones so quaint and beautiful that its destruction would prove most lamentable from an artistic and archaolozical stand- point. ...

... TRAT TAXES SURETY OF ALL THE WORLD. First Part Henry IV., act v., sc. 4. A chapter of the family history of the DeVonshires might be written in connec- tion ?? hall, Suffolk, which, with some nine hundred odd acres of land, will be offered for male at the Mart in Tokenhouse- yard to-morrow. The mansion, which is a fine and well-pre- merved specimen of early English archi- tecture. was ...

... lIORE BRITISH VICTORIES. dUSSARS CAPTURED. BRITIlSH PORCES FALL BACK ON LADYSMITH. Following on the memnorable victory at Pundee furteur important succeseos fer j e British ar s are chronicled thie week. bile General Yule's column by perilous iigbt marches was falling back en Lady- imith, Sir George White marched out and pugaged the enemy at Elandslaagte and gietfentein. In hoth actions the ...

... I THE B3UTCI1ERS BILL. HEAVY BRITISH LOSSES. S OFFICERS KILLED; 2-4 WOTU0NDED. 30 MEN KILLED; 152 WTOU ND)ED. A SE-RIES OF SUICIDES. REFUGEES- STARVATION. 0 A TALE OF TWO WOMEN. fl\Yr1rEN roa 1REYNOLiDs'9 NrwsweArZR. BY J. A. O'SULLIVAN. The. smiling sunbenits, slanting through the windoaws of the neat, whitewashi!d famihouse, saemnod to ask the pale-fiaced, careairor little woman, with the ...

... RESERYES CALLED OUT. SPECIAL ORDER-YESTERDAY. DATE OF MOBILIZATION. _ _ _ ?? PARLIAMENT MEETS TUESDAY VVEEK . Threc proehul-ationa1 were issued by the Qtieri at, Balmoral yesterday after the Privy Councilil ineetimlg. Olle callis upon, Parfliamn t I to meet on the 17th 'for the despatch of divers urgent and importanlt affairs; the otheo calls out thoe riiiy reserve )on perminenlt service; ...

... - r--- V LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. HOMGLOPATHY. We have received letters from medical experts onl thle ' Ailopisthie rerise Home'opathic controversy, o'.11rted by a coirespondeot IL few weeks ago. We very inude regret that wec are uiiahle to toinmore than inilicatte the views of seineof these gentlemen, as no wveek's letters would take upl anl entire page of i14y- tl's W .Visic' Hero is iL ...

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... ACCIDENTS To CfIA'!IISU STEATLCns, Tl'e ?? steamer Victoria iln oltli iig rover [forbOear on Friday mrosning fiolnI Calais collidl(cd witli the riigo iateliciiier Eiiswiek. lioth 'Kr.c.e ise seriolusly 1laniclf 'bTie Victoriar ad I lian bo ns sirolhed. The Fen wa;n rough, but the passeugers were landed in bslifet'v. 'lilte steclileir Ville (do lDoiivre, Wrliell left 0st('1il betol. ar ...