... LATEST FROOM LADYSMIrH. DISSENSIONS IN BOER CABP. SUPPLIES RUNiNING SHORT. BOMBARDMEENT CONTINUES. } REPORTED PNEUMATIC GUN. The fol-lowiug telegram from the General Officer commanding the lines of communications in Natal has been received by the Secretarv of State for War: IEMTERMARITZBURG, Dec. 6. Owing to accident on railway last night near Pinetown, 7729 Sergt. Marcus Griffin killed and ...

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... MILITARY DISPLAY AT THE ALHIAMIBRA. SOLDIERS OF THEI QUEEN. Powde'r is in the air, the Army is never long out J of our thoughts, and the Alhambra has entered I heartily into the spirit of the time by the patriotic military display, entitled Soldiers of the Queen, produced for the first time last night to a crowded' and highly-gratified house. The scene is laid at the Queerl's Parade, ...

... [BY W. PETT RIDGE.] THE regiment being a mixed one, boy recruits sit on one side of the six tiers of seats, girl recruits on the other. In front of the delighted roaring fire which faces them, with its flames rushing up to tell the outer world all about it, marches a young drill-sergeant in spotted scarlet blouse and black skirt, who endeavours to add to her twenty years by an aspect of ...

... SouTIn-E.%STERN CONVE LRSION SCHEME. A circular has been sent out by r. N Speiu s the m anapilig direetot of the Stock Conversion and Investment Trust, advocating a shche e for bringing South-Eastern Deferred stcek into lhie with the C ?? an securities A calculatioon has been made that the divided e nd'lts of £100 of South - Eastelri Deferred stock are equal to C45 o: Chathami Preference and ...

... THE unwritten law which sometimes seems to govern the military history of the British Empire, as it governed that of ancient Rome, has been exemplified again. General GATACRE'S campaign in the north of Cape Colony has opened with a reverse, which, to use his own epithet, is certainly serious. How it happened the telegrams received up to this morning do not show with very much clearness. No ...

... I COMMANDEERING TRANSPORT WAGGONS. SIR REDVERS BULLER'S BODYGUARD. DUIRBAN., Monday.-Thc rcccntly-forinecd corps of Colonial scouts is commantdeering Nvaggons for transport purposes from the I)ntch farmers in Natal, offering to pay for them. Some of the farmers readily acquiesced, but others proved obstructive, though the terms offered were handsome. Over 700 men have been enrolled here for ...

... MUCH PROPERTY DiSTROY)ED. A fire oroke out shcrtl after midnigh-t in a large bloek of buildings lying between Tavistock-street and lxeter-strect, Strand. oc upied by Messrs. Bailantt-vne, I lanson, and Co., printers and publishelt5, and Ishister and C o. (iimited). The premises are fronted on the sonth by the back portion of Exeter lall, onl the west sideare the premises of Mrssrs. eor e New' ...

... [By EDWARD DICEY.] THE name of the Modder River recalls to mne one of the many curious incidents of my sojourn in South Africa. I think that at this moment, while the advance of the British expedition for the relief of Kimberley has halted by the river in question, the narrative of an incident which occurred to me in connection with this torrent stream may be of some interest to your readers. ...

... SEQUEL TO THE UNSovND rRUIT Sumonases against foreigifruit growers and dealers, arisiln out of the seislirro at the Berinsondsy jam factories of LipLtoi's, Limited, Wix anid ('uiplily, iindi at other placee. la-t July, wire heard at eutthiwark on Thlii'slaY. liecsr. forael allI Joel, of Covent Garden, who pkleaded ' Oiflty 'to, tile ?? of Itii tubs of 'In- seilod Dutell sei'awtivrriows which ...

... 4 Et): ot (>stlib I r has been noted as a specially hopeful sign of the revival of the drama that our playwrights now keep an attentive eye on the dramatic capabilities of new ideas and changes of fashion. I am reminded of the change which is coming over the drama in this regard by the circumstance that there are two plays at this moment on the London stage in which that latest birth of Time ...

... TUE WRECK OF ME ISMOBR SPLENDID BEHAVIOUR OF THE TROOPS. (FROM OUR COMIXPONDENT.) CAIPEroWN, Monday, Dee. 4, 4.45 p.m. The Ismore strandod on Columbine Point, about 90 miles to tie north of Capotown, at 2.45 vyeitrday morning. She struck rock and grated forward, sticking about midship8. She rooked for a few minutes, and then settled. i The weather was bazy, and nearly dark. The troops were ...