... 1 --f- ?? w''a 1? ? 'I ?? C4?5wrzl, I c I FRIDAY, DEcEv= 1, IS99. An incomplete list of the casualties that occurred in the fighting at Modder River was received at the War Office yester- day. The list does not include the casual- ties of the Ninth Brigade. Lord Methuen is among the wounded, being shot in the fleshy part of the thigh. No further particulars have been received. * On the eastern ...

... AT WAR. DESPATCH FROM LADYSMITH THE BRITISH ADVANCB. BOERS STILL RETREATING. GOOD NEWS FROM MAFEKING. CASUALTIES AT 3IODDER EIVER. LORD METHUEN WOUNDED. There were many callers at the War Offiea throughout yesterday in expectation that the list of the Modder River casualties woulh44 posted, but only two telegrams, giving Itke ra.nea of killed and wounded officers were received, and at a late ...

... ITHE ROYAL,,WATER-COLOQUR : -, th y . | ?? (nea OtVf srECtDL CO ISPONDENT.) The 38th winter exhibition of the Old Water- Colour Society, as many of its admirers prefer to calLit, will not ?? on the records of its carsor. It.cannot be claimed that the war has interfvrad with its preparation, un- less, indeed, it sufers from the fact that the Right Hon. Joseph iChamberlain, jon. member, has ...

... TiE QUEEN AND THE SOUDAN CAMPAIGNER&. (m uT COUBT Cubona.) Windsor, Thursday. The Queen and Princess Henry of Battenberg drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by the Hon. Ethel Cadogan- Sir Charles Scott, Her Majesty's Ambassador at St Petersburg, and Lady Scott, and Sir Stafford and Lady Northcote, arrived at the Castle, and had the honour of dining with the Queen. Colonel Hatton, ...

... CAPE ANDT IECHUANA BORIDE. _ COOF NErWF, FROM3 MAF1EKTNG, (GAIIIA I 'di\ MTUL-NO CAXSTALTF PS. Bell!, IN ~ Fr A BOVER DV DUE THAAT PAYLED , 'Flc' iatO~l e i--tied theII io~loviin Pooe t irvX~d at 9-r cape Town, Thunl,naay .1( i i CroitiO 'o1iiii W iilt r 'til I~ B proil) ,tndLvi~- 1ios o-i t r- i-n_'ull t~'' h ti Ninlt- ,1fl iill ,In Xl lin with t-i-to ,'heIIl to~ lkbII~~~~~~~i-iun. ~ ~ ~ ~ ...

... Esasi Qyr msI 6.30, A.M.- THE LONDON PRESS ON TRIPLE ALLIANCE. The 'Times, commenting on Mr Chamberlain's ipeetli at Leicester yesterday, says :-We have no abjection to urge against what is, we are confident, Ur Chamberlains real meaning. At the same time thu Propesition, as stated by him without .ef rence to the limitations he doubtless had in ),n mind. may, we fpar, lead to some mis- ...

... MKR CHAMBERLAIN AT LECESTER. SPEECI ON FOREIGN AND RONtE AFFAIRS. ANGLT O-GERMA UDhER- STANDI NT. I PRESS ATTACKS ON THE QUEEN. . rOTO1AILE NEW TRIPLE ALLIANCE t¶r Chamberlain was entertained yesterday ,ft-rnocn to a comphlrnitary luncheon at the COLy \;ssrmbiy Rooms, Leicoster, the gather- aag i og been arranged by local Unionists in. conrection with the riaht lhon. gentleman'svisit to the ...

... FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND -, THE COLONIES. I hE ORIDAT MRITAZIN ANN FRCE SOME PRDSS 005SFI. ac (DAazrtCLe.' TsemtaRAt.lil Paris SEredy ReItferring to tire renewe ruinoui' tetCount RC Mierovieff's plans for intervention. in bthe Trans- W. yardl were rihecked 'by rho refusal of France tojei join iii any orombination itai,rone Great Er-Gain, a the ''Maiste wis: -T1he stat-emreft appetirs inl- ...

... OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE . i f 65 FLIEET STREET, Thursday Night. ;THE WAA. Beyond the receipt of a preliminary list-of the killed and wounded at the great fight at Nodder River, and the intimation, which has I I aroused much sympathy, that Lord Methuen himself figures among the wounded, we have no ?? of Tuesday last. We are still without knowledge as to which side of the river was the scene ...

... I The annual communication of the Grand'j Lodge of Scotland was held in the' Freemasons, Hall, Edinburgh, yesterday afternoon. The chair was occupied by the retiring Grand Master, Lord Sal- toun, who was supported on the right by Past Grand Master Lord Haddington, and on the left by Past Grand Master Sir Charles Dalrymnpie, Bart., M.P., and Lord Newlands, father of the Grand Master-Elect. The ...

... mIp OpF'1 -11ROP ST'i I'T, AMIR1 ' VN.. I vQNI,''N (JFIFI E-5 N1,iVR1 I 1) UI(F I, 1.V. :LI(;I.A5IS-- A E1 I~l.EN .I V IS \IX,' AlEE1)lE- . I~I lFI IO:NE- N(. 8 IEN, FRIDAY, DRC. i18,9. NEW'S SUMI1111IAIY. Olin Wet' Office --aerdrx- is ret'i tint 11rochin hal r'erIiieii theta iii aix iwa': etc tiing thal h Id tt-ii'tfli'i had irlctil it'. is ilt aix. likelihod e 'ue' ri't g.'1li' tilrat air ...

... I ABERDEEN HIGHLAND I I ASSOCIATION, $EX2$ET1ERMi'F BROWN ON THE GO4RDON )IBGLANDERM. Las tnigist tiho me bers and friends of ti Aber- deen Highland Aesociation held a soial meeistg C in the Union Chlb Hall. Thero wee a large ac- tondance, and the gathering was one ha'racterieed Lby great heartineait While te was being served, Mvr P. MeWvns, jun., in full Highland coetume, playod on tihe ...