... THE WkR. General Gatacre has sent a message ex- plaining his defeat at Stormberg and adding some significant details. His explanation is that he and his guides under-estimated the distance to the Boer position. They asked a p'liceman, and he brought them a round- about way into the Boer ambush, quite un- intentionally. The obvious truth is that General Gatacre's intelligence department is ...

... CAIICO IlJNT}.fls ASSOCIATION, The above 11'an; emb)ne 'has been! .tn-ied with a ,i are capital of L6,000,000V IAtdod ,G0300.000 Ordinarv Shares of £1 vS.'a. 'ge:hcr with £3.200,000 in Four pe Ctn: I D at Debenture Stock, of which .404.83i sharn and £2,133,334 Debentur ?? ar; i. , wrul fur subscription. Fdr epar n.c s appear iii our financia ',jtumnn, anl P;ie ?? ,sp-,us will be found li! ...

... i DESPERATE rAID ON A I JEWITELLER'S SHOP. . I TE .A.SSISTANT FIRED AT. Leodton,- Tuesdahy. A seucstienal affair occurred this evening ati Manchester. NScrtlv before six o'clock two Dien ;t'e!!eniytii. a raid tpon, ite jewelleri' shop ofr Illyd. ?? QOiiel, first ticing tip the door j 'ant trL O1kreairng the windowv with a brick. 'Asl ixng jan valuables the enm M'all' oft, ani OD bring hihloo ...

... YSMITH. DETERMINED BOER ATTACK. FURIOUS BOMBARDMENT AND HARD FIGHTING. THE ENEMY REPULSED. SITUATION AT KIMBERLEY. 'BOER STRENGTH INCREAS- ING. REPORTED REINFORCEME.NTS FROM MAFEKINGG LORD METHUEN'S TROOPS. A FURTHER STAY AT MODDER RIVER A telegram dated Durban, December 5, says- News brought in by runners to Frere ramp states that the enemy made what is thought to have been their last great ...

... SEC0N'D CITY SPECiAL EDITION. I ?? F (BY serrin~~r w~ltn.) i FREEMAN OpiCe. FRIDAY MORNING. h 6.30 OCLOCx. 'THE WAR. ?? - I ft CR ITICAL STATE; OF AFFAI RSI; AT LADX SMITH 1D (Frm in tte spec al corres.pondent of the Siandor. W ' atjakn ft Lal;'-itlii, Dee ?? enemy aye tklng b K tenti.,us etticrts to iedliue 1us to submlissitlb *fute the ,ritival of the !.r'ievilng columni. Their tire I's be ...

... 0 38, LowE.n ORoiOD QUAY, A MWEDNESDAY NIGHT. b The death to-day of Mr. William Harris Faloon, 0 Q.C., at his residence, 55, Upper Mount Street, is a. source of sincere regret to all his brethren of d the North-East Circrxt, and to many personal d friends in Ulster, especially in the city 1 of Belfast. He delighted in being hailed as Father Faloon, the attribute of seniority a on circuit. ...

... THE COURT. WINDSOR CASTLE, WEs13sSDnY.-The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. and at- tended by the Honourable Aline MNajendie. Princess Henry of Battenberg, attended by MKiss Bultee], went to Farrhorough and visited the Empress Eugenie. Lady Audrey Buller and Right Honourable A. J. Balfour, M.P., First Lord of the Treasury, ar- rived ...

... J)-UBLIN DAY BY DAY. - , LOWER ORMOND QUAY, FRIDAY NIGHT. The Court of Appeal was the centre of attrac- tion to-day for a couple of hours to hear Dr. Mac- Cabe, late proprietor of the Irish Field, argue his own case against the decision of the Master of the Rolls holding him liable along with the other promoters of the Components Tubeeom- pany, Limited, on the ground of fraudulent repre- ...

... -, *- THR:AGHWULTURIL I ?? ORGANIlSATION-, skCIETY-. III l ~ ~ - ?? *1,{ : . * AGRICUJLTUREt TN PRIMARY SCHOOLS& A LE:rtEE FIIOM -- q - THE ARCHBISHOP 0 NJTBLIN. I TO THE EDITO, OF T.. yGEEMA ; ; . ?? Mos ?e, :Dublin, .: ., 0 ' ~~9t Dec~emeri 1899. : Dna 8Iz-I sm;43l1ad that my letter in reference to the recent AAnUal Conference 61 the. >sAgriculwrtsl and Dairy Co-aperative I Sciestles in ...

... BY THE WAY9 The new' Ministry formed last w-eek re place the Kingston Ministry, wciicai tia lben j i in office since 1893, includes aii Irishmraii Patrick M'IMahon Glynn, B L, LL B, ax t- I torney-Generd. Mr Geyan is a native of Gort, T Co Galwav. and was educated at Bla'ick:rjck CcC' I lege and Trinity College, where he :c4 his Si LL B degree. He was called to the Insih Bar iif in 1879, and ...

... COVUNTY COURT REFOP)M> Refornm moves with leaden s1l - Ic'- land. and very often is transforle. - thing like Injustice by the action ani of the British Parliamen. before :. 'a I's the goal o' the Statute Book. Mr who as Vioe-President ,f the ha i. ; Commerce. in the very regreclab> a- of the Presiden;. Sir John Bairv.in~r ,il The mercantile deputation v.s!erdav : Lord Chancellor. gave very ...

... } - l 'rhe ate Mr Justice O'Brien had one of, I the most valuable-if not the most valuable- libraries in Ireland, and naturally there is conl- siderab'e public interest felt as to its future dis i - posaL. What may become of the law books which it contained few, except the Jawyers, care; but the remainder of the library, con- aistiug as it does of a collection of rare and costly works of ...