... M-MESSAGE- FROM METHUEN [in , BOERS INCREASING THEIR FORCES A. E T-N .12 AND 'ENTRENCHING- CANNONADE AT CHIEVELEY . f LADYSMITH s- AND HOW COLONEL BULLOCK WAS CAPTURED AT COLENSO ROB1RRTE 3AND KITCHENME MEE .- - MR WINSTON CHURCHILL'S 0 ^ESCAPE WST:- in I London, Wednesday, Midnight- ere The Press Association ?? 11 35 to- night the War Office intimated that there was no news from the front for ...

... | The weekly meeting of the Rural District Council was held yesterday in the Boardrom of the South Union Workhouse. Mr Joseyl Mooney, chairman of the board, presided. FINANCE. 1 The Local Government Board wrote sanctiofll- ing the proposal of the Council to obtain an overdraft of 22.0O0 at 4 per cent per annum, to pay the amount advanced by the former trea- surer. the Bank of Irelandi THE ...

... I vjiiv'MiAI, O ' D S I I PL1TICA L CO(UNCll. l . TiN (OF THE SLIGO BBRA N eRH ...

... |BRITlISH AN'D 'PORT1UGUdESE| E IN INYASSALAND. E A JIOINT PUNITIVE EXPEDITION). t S3FIOIJS NEWYS FROM TA2NGANYIK£A.I FrB95 ASSOCIATION FOUrEGN SPECIAL. lONDoN, FeunamE-Reuter's Agency has received by t~iis week's mail from Nyassaland further par- ticalars of the joint AngloPortuguese action againstt the rclcitrant c&hieis t~o the south-cast Of Lakei Nyas, and also a nunmber of reports ...

... BELFASIT CATHEDRAL BOARD. I A meeting of the Board was held yesterday in the vestry room of St. Anne's Chureh-the Lord Bishop presiding. There were also ?? Rev. the Dean of Connor, Very Rev. the Den of Belfast, Rev. H. R. Brett, Rev. T. W. F. Dr'urv, iMessrs. W. M1azxwell Smith and Samuel Roihnen, churchlwardens; Messrs. R. T. Trelford, Win. Batt. C.E. R. Garrett Campbell, S. D. Barrett, J. A. ...

... CIiTY ED tI ITIO forty droppmg close together. Then, in face of a terrific fire, the kopje vas climbed. After a Sve minutes' taste of the bayonet the Boers ded. Tube Lancers started in pursuit, but their horses vrere too exhausted Had there been a couple of cavalry regiments with fresh horses the rout of the enemy should have been turned into a massacre. ' Sir. Shaw, says the Dailv News ...

... LIFE IN A IERICA; A CRUISER'S MYSTERIOUS MOVE- RENTS. THE GREAT CANAL QUESTION. | BY CABLU. PROM OUR OWN COOSREPONDNbT. 'Nrw YoRE, FPr1DAY.-An expic t denial was given to-day by the Navy Department at Washing- t ton to a report that the cruiser Montgomery re-b cently visited Sierra Leone in accordance with an understanding with the British Government. It is further sad emphatically denied that ...

... ^ telegram firmm Ffobart (Tasmania of yester- dayns delta Saks-Arrangements have been n ade here for establishing collecting districts in aid of the patriotic fund. RUSSIAN RED (CROSS telegram died St. Petsrsbarffl, Tuendav, says 5'11e Pled CYoss ambulance detacmeut for service mite the Boers left- ?? for ?? Transvaal, via gktrlin and Veldt t ENTERTAINED BY THE QUEEN. CH lRISTMAS TREE AT ...

... LORD ROSEBERY AT 1i PAUM t THE PARLIAMENTS OF THE QUEEN. t e INFLUENCE OF LOCAL COUNCILS. The Earl of Rosebery last night presided at a s ilecture on The Parliaments of the Queen, de- I X livered -by 7%1r. H. W. Lucy (;Toby, M.P.), in sthe Public Hall, Epsom. e Lord Rosebery, who was well received on taking the chair, ?? and gentlemen, I have great pleasure in introducing to yoa Mr. Lucy, ...

... (ESTABLISHEV ANNO 1737.) ~dfa . . BE'LFAST£. FRIDA&Y, DECEMBER 1,5 1899. Patrick Duffy was killed yesterday in Glasgow by a train passin:, over himn. Mrs. Shaw, a nurse, residing in the Vale of Conway, has committed suicide by setting her clothes on fire. The Midland Iron and Steel Wages Board yesterday decided to advance fronworkers' wages 24 per csent. Sir Peniston M~ilbanke, Bart., died ...

... I FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE RNUTERSI TELEGRAMS. THE SULTAN AND THE KAISER. CONSTANTINOPLE. Saturday. The Sultan has received a telegram from the German Emperor thanking him for the Konieh Basra Railway concession granted to a German syndicate. TUE FRENCH STATE TRIAL. PARIS, Saturday. In the High Court to-day, on the Public Pro- secutor refusing to adjourn while MI. Guerin ap- pointed a new advocate ...

... The public naturally always look upon the sword as inseparable from the officer. It has always, from time immemorial, been alike the weapon of offence as well as of defence. It is besides the badge of rank of the officer. In days gone by the s. ord was doubtless a very useful weapon of offence as also of defence, but now it is universally recog- nised that an officer would rely more on his re- ...