... ; BRIGADIER-GENERAL MACDONALD ( FIGHTING. MAC ) TO SUCCEED GENERAL WAUCHOPE : THIS popular officer, at ?? India, is : ordered to South' Africz to take command of the Highland Brigade, and is welcomed on' every side as the best possible'appoint- ?? thiat ' could be made, since the gallant Highlander, quite apart from the high and conspicuous merits wbich qualify him for th&: post, is' ordered ...

... FOREIGN PRAISE. OF BRITAIN. THE special' .correspondent of,the Daily Telegraph at Vlienna ,sends the following extracts from Austrian papers, which are strong in their sympathy with the Boers: It is, noticeablethat: all the papers pro- fessedly Angiophobe express admiration of the, courageous attitude of the English nation. A. paper which is au strong friend of the Boers, nvrites:., ?? ...

... I 110W KRUGER GOT H1S GUNS. 11OW THE BILL1 WAS PAIl) A ND THlE SECRE'T KEPT. (FROM OUR CORIIESPONDL;NT.) BEAIUJN, Fridayv Night. A plinsililo1 Story \VU. ICA11 ia tho Itroens, laltl of tito 111:Iun1or iii which l'1c-itloit, ENra-ker a CN'111~j ill P~1114). U! aitle for ar'~-lfule-iitt:, ?? e0 v4)ii tools uponl ?? ?? uid dtlo siispiL'i01 of uppropu-iat~in tho juiiilir lain L rlathitr than let. ...

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... ITae SCo)TflS1J TIM)OPS IN S')UTiI L - A'RIA | LNTEIC iCESORY AND MEM-IORP L SKERVICES. I TME41CNGo:m`11) VALOUR. | Wethisn tho reg-ion of Covent Ciarden Markzet E'ii~ r nd3 fd CicoresC tlie CroWnJ-CU-rt Seotti:_h rZ: O uere. oroieriy rassociated with the ?? arid iamrn,! of Dr Cunirniug. flain and subatantial I in character, the celifie occupies the site of the I old-t~ie Scottish Ernbus-y. ...

... the (i th. jIffiij3i,!.4 Id tos, Warp, Tim Imftj.J;- iln toiu war eonkin lUe,.-4 `Sit Ldvom.to) a, tile. Eludsr i Jiv.or bam beo n followl-d by tit al ?? I Ito'['gum a] ~s2@o. t} i, O.>tS15a sjlistlhl tdf de-nil it, po(xSitions; nriither tido ii strongij erniigh to carry the3 ejjiely'.,c ?? 1t i-S4 well w at corroetivo to uinidu decspondeney to boar in mind this ?? lispoct of the eiae. T'Mit ...

... DEPARTURE OF LORD ROBERTS. _ 4 R LOY A FAREWELL. SCENE AT WATERLOO. The depatiurio of Field Marshal Lord Roherto from Waterloo Stition yesterday, rl roets for P0u1th Africa, Nvyhnh lie is to cotinonid the British forces, was lit- nessed lb an OlotinoIs crowd, who gave himn a most cntslhluiastic scud oil. Among those who witnessed hi6 ?? wvere tho Priuce of iVales, thel Duke of Conualiught, tho ...

... CORZA1PTINO GXRLS. At the Old Bailey on Moliday Frelerick Charlton, 24, Was envicted of receiving stolen propoerty and Ade. IBlurton, 1. pleaded ' nuifty ?? to stealing the pcoperty. The girl Burton gave evidence against the prisoner, jbol, she sald. obtained for her situationus a , adoniestic Iscrvatmi l lnd thien incited her to rob her employers. He I represented that she vwas his sister ...

... | DRUNKEN CHURCRGOERS. The Rev. J. E. Curry. the Rector of Holy Trinity Newington, bas deided, after consultation with his Church Committee, to diireoutillue this year the maid. night cervices hitheerto teld on Christmas atid :ci Tears Eve. The Reverend Gentleman states that this step hbs been taken in consequtence of the very large number of drunken nnd disorderly rctrsoos who crowd into the ...

... F ~DEATH OF LORD LUDLOW. To co S \W., ?? lxw(,I) V I Ii II IftCS )idst IIittE ne '-toI-(lIilt'i Itiorlillig. I heI( dpe'ea~ed, ?? p -t VeI'd'. Onl ?? or thr'eiee (,caio011 hiii jiltilesse's iiw ici' ht1 Io a icrx' orimve i !~'tii tel. ( )t \W'e'ncsda\ last lie- veltil I('tl ilotlie anti &iil)lmlliF d oc wit I- ioilfitcdietl his rocotti, htis ajltieiit hvlejti actite jiiiltioieiii, aoc1 ...

... liY A 1 -AAS H-owv difteretit it ?? tha 't of I90 little thjouight, just a year ago, when walking d on the peaceflbi ?? street, past tile Royal Hotel, that shells wvould to-day~ be hurst,tn11i~ t its do~or. I had been onl anl Inspectinlg tour und~er tll(m lonely s11inlillitS Of the, Drakensbeg and returued to spend ('bristinas Daly withi aii old Jrieud of' mine, one otfthc leading merchaiits ...

... A recernt issue of the *rVto IYrk .Suo conitains the follomvinm statement of losses oill the battietield, in v iewv of tihe reported statement that the Modder River engagemelit was the b' hloodiest iattle ' of the century. 'At the battleof Aiisterht/, ?? 2, 1805, the French blost 7,000 officers and mell and thie killed and wouindeii of the allies numbered more than 3,000. The Frentch losses ...