... In only two points has the despatch of our s army overseas shown weakness. On certain 0 transports the fresh maet intended to keep our S men in health during the voyage was found to be unfit for food, probably because the manage- m ment of the refrigerators was not understood, e and the temperature allowed to be too high. This should be a matter of instant inquiry, for more ships crowded with ...

... ,j 0 M| Wr W oh o itn limitaism. Services in Clifton Ct'Cticised. In connetion t with th o ristol Church Assogatioon, Mr Walter Walsh last night lectured at the Victoria t rooms on The Mass in the Churoh of England-a Ritualistic Service and itu Meaning, Alderman J. InIksp presided. The attendance was limited. The CHAInRMA extended a cordial welcome to Mr Walsh, w ho was, he said, well known ...

... NOM CNT THE WAR. ?? -- n- | BY OUR MIiJTAflY EXPElt in_ O ON WHICH BANK OF THE MODDE es ENCLOSED LJADYSMITIL. COLD BLOODED CRITICS. Pit - ro T THE LOSSES INCURRED. ke r wish to observe that I did not yesterday cy ro-nmit myself to the assertion that during at Lord Methuen's action on the Modder River ry the Boors were at first on the further side. s Frankly I do not know, and I think that ...

... THIS BUSY WORLDM atvcoy in te Soudan q Wel3V- Weull agreat jqmtcdd to the Great u1 ~'li Nlili~ has~ ~d C.(liflin and Cor- i Ji')1 112 IS~ anld bI)L es (f Mfihdism, till i it-qi, i'tuitai. ll this is good 'ivcur t f li ?? I Tdili of the( gallant v 'ml ?? ob. ~- h ii' v h as i a I ~lL ti I fl it'i of l~ ?? liii IL'~ tI~iI> our ail dinkfing, a cup ofr a if lilt' 11~ t~ L1 Wiua l I live befsked f ...

... I~~. Ir M Mr. Ernest Peters, el-est son of the Rev. George r Peters, vicar of- St. Thomaes, Park-lane, who -recently obtained with honours his B.A. degree at .e Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, has been accepted by the Bishop of Chichester, and will be Lordained on Sunday next to the curacy of New- haven, Suseex. . Bisnor Tuwv=, oN ArmcqAr Mxssioy.-Lat devening a service, of intercession for ...

... EVERTON. LFSCTIERE ON ALCOHOLISM. The annual meeting of Polling Districts No. 6 and 7 (Netherfield Ward) for the election of officers and committee was held on Wednesday night at the clubrooas, Everton-road. Mr. Geo. Sturla, presided, and among those present were Meesr. Charles M'Leod, H. Jones, J. Harvey, J. Williams, B. Cardiff, W. Hatdlow, H. Beard- more, A. Sharp, C. Hardy, J. W. Kirby, ...

... Sl -)I'PI'.NC4 AT TII ! GROCERWS. A 1WMARlK ABfE AFFRpAY Extraordiriary coinduict on the part of a grocer s rualiagir (ossardls a ?? was all-egd iivire IO r Curtis Brieta, at M9arviyei?j1 o ['oPlico Cotzrt, yesterday. Th, deif'oidant was lenry Brackleibv, 'tlt l nianger of a groesrry busirre-s ear-ir-d ion under t nam of Johnr1 ;i-1 Janie.es at 44, Hlarrow road, and ho was l:rrzrc1McI fur ...

... nm ]ffJB W Af L - R a -H E A V Y : T ?? G' I . !S , BRITIS VICTORIES AND BRITISH LOSSES0' ecle chiefly from the western biorder ' where.:'.1ord 'Metuen'5 divisrchas tibeen 5adcincg rapidly towards. :4imberley. The division. has foujht'three hea'Y divisinM has then a -week-St Belmont, at, lnslin (or Gxass. Pan),. and at 11odder Ri~ver. Thettlos in behavel. magnificently on each occasion. It i& ...

... OUR AMERICAN I LETTER. (SPECLULLY CABLED.) WASHICCGTO~N,.THURSDAT. Mr. Lyman Gage, the Secretary of the Treasury, has extended the time during which the Government will purchase bonds to e- December 23 next. )n Owing to the spread of bubonic plague, 7, Surgeon-General Wyman, of the United States it M iarjne Hospital Service, is about to appoint )y surgeons on special consular service in 50 of ...

... 'tl.'4 (Q3 ElEN AN D) '1'ilflt 1:RUlNGI:[ hi i-0 t ?? L~O1(D C. BEICESleofII) AND) T11W FRENCH NA VAL A'IMIAC!IJIC,. Leond (2trIrrht Uiriiroford, Ni.jI', its Citrttltldlircti 'ff tlo Itilytuf 'Jilt)[do Yacht Club, tooki dth C~hair lutttf evolitlig rit[ 0ito forty sr.(-r-ttut rtuitoid dirutor 'i thatV( mlod, IV t itl Iit Li OO it ?? Ii 141-14ri tirlt Lolt- doni Witl jittitosglltri 11T14 ?? WUe ...

... LONDON, TWIDAY, Dec. 1. Beforo leaving Leicester yesterday, Mr. I IChlamberlain wtva enterttined tit It:nmheon by I the nielwors oi the Unionist Association. Corn menting on the friondiv relations which had ?? tip bgettveen this country and Germany I tntd thbe United States, he remarked that a ?? Triplut Allianc;re ~betwt e ?? the Teutonic race anrlm the two gnrrt branches of Anglo-Saixons ...

... text Hra 1t Coq ?? s ?? , 18, CH,%izi-G CRkoss ROAD, W\.C. ie rpukm of Calv I ,5(rwrto , ?? is I e D,.Iuke will Ige leaves Sandringham to-morrow morning for ) lav the foundation stone of the new promenade .el by special train from Wolferton to Lowestoft. ISe l)uke will t el by special train from Wolferton to Lowestol't. . C, 0! ondonderry, accompaniedby Lady Helen Stewart, l e i ,,jln ...