... |Reported Appointment for Lord E Charles Beresford. i Plyrmouth, Friday. r i Rear-Admriral Lord Charles Boresford, M.P., has been offered and has accepted tho position t of second in command of the M.1editerranean I Squadron, in succession to Rear-Admiral Sir G. } Noel, whose two years in that appointment es-t pire in January. Lord Charles has already I selected his staff. With reference to ...

... t ?? ; .. 4-1 it, -IK-1111-10?1 THE 'FIGHTING AT ESTCOURT. GENERAL ASSAULT ON LADYSMITH. ,ENEMY REPULSED AT ALL POINTS. -BRILLIANT FEAT BY RIFLE BRIGADE. XHE MANCELESTERS SURPRISE THE ENEMY. BOER LOSS BETWEEN 700 AND 800. FIGHTING AT ESTCOURT. PRECIPITOUS RETREAT OF THE BOERS. AN UNEXPECTED LONG- RANGE GUN. RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY. THE ADVANCE COMMENCED. SCURVY AMONG PRETORIA PRISONERS. ...

... I ART AND ADVERTISEMENT. Devonshire Clib, Novermber 16, 1399. Sir-In The Lift and Letrors of Sir John l Ir crett Mliliais, written by hi;i ~oi, lai3r J. G. Nlaillais, there is a passace as follows 'arr soe now to one n o ia pt-tot-os oz f ; LMt, tana now fanrmlir to all ohn Eoniis 'toirlotto; world. .ips ptotiir' was nct a ro,, Fenso e a p;t beiler: nor I w- ito p..taed ssithh o y idl' ?? c ...

... I I AkTam. ??l WEDNESDAY, NONIEmBER 15, 1S99. No despatches were issued by the War x Office yesterday. The Admiralty announces p the arrihal iat Cape Town of the Britannic I transport No. 62, with the 2d Battalion of the _ Royal Irish Rifles; and that the transports Lismore Castle and Yorlkshire have arrived at t Natal. The Harleeh Castle also arrived at Cape Town yesterday. It is stated that ...

... i Last night the Hon. Thomas Cochrane, mem- ber of Parliament for North Ayrshire, addressed a meeting of his constituents in the Good Tern- plars' Hall, Beith. Mr Neil Kennedy Cochran- Patrick of Woodside presided, and there was a i good attendance. The Chairman, in tho course of his introdixe- tory remarks, said that at the present time one topic only filled oer thoughts. The war in the ...

... OUR LOThON OMRRSPONDENO | ?? ?Ln-ST STUMt, i ' t ?? eight. | TH£ W~RAR. e The uneasiness which sot in a day or two ago as to the fate of the 9th' I Lancers is now pretty well disipated. AllU through yestsrday and this morning it Was', feared that, as nothing more had been heard of them since Lord Methuen stated that, they had gone in pursuit of the enemy, and that when he forwarded his ...

... GONTINENTAL BOURSES. I (BRtUTZE7s VTLZGRAIM) PARI3, TbmsDAK.-Tha Bourse presented a ver7 fin aP- perunce to-slay. A.1 parquet stocks continnedi to adedrne, sad the news from South Atrics conferred a great deal of stbngth upon the whole lis. Spanish nours were strong on repurchases by 'bearsa good many buying orders being received from Spain. Brazilians hardened on the ionproced exchenge and ...

... ?? of Lanark-Meeting in Glasgow. A meeting of the Deputy Lieutenants. Corn- missionsrs of Supply, members of the County I Council. Justices of the Peace, Volunteers, andi other inhabitants of the County of Lanark was held yesterday in the Merchants' Hall, Glasgow, to take steps to provide a fund for the wives, widows, and familirs of our sailors and soldiers ¶ on service in South Africa, and ...

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... | D EGRICULTUR], NATIONAL DOG SHOW. The show of the National Dog Sodety, -which opeed -y e1 ais onte-of thel best of avweaF long series. A Sas .always-been thecsse,sporting dogs were the .great-fetn and most-of .the best kennels 'were. in bloibounds. Mr ER Brough, ?? d benchedBabbo and Benedi , the-fi brace-in the world; -whilst-of the yosag'stock, Mr SJE..Mangh's'BO dle Hercmles, anoast ...

... , I I IC f The monthly meeting of Glasgowr School C Board was held yesterday-the chairman, Sir John Neilson Cuthbertson, presiding. The Resignation of Dr Ross. The Chairman, referring to the resigniation of tl Dr Ross, said he regretted extremely that it had tt fallen to his lot to move in this matter. Dr Ross b was a very valuable colleague for five years. It t4 iwae a privilege to be ...

... WELD-BLMNDELL ABvITTMI I :1 MEDITION. Address by Lord Lovat. Lord Lovat, who was one of the members of I the Weld-Blundell expedition to Abyssinia dur. ing last winter and spring, delivered a, lectule on the subject in Beauly on Monday. His Lord- f ship said- that the most noteworthy points achieved by the expedition -were the discovery that the source of the Blue Nile had been de- I'picted on ...