... TM IHERIO OF MIA.FEKINGI I A\ CUARACTER SKETCH. AWITH SOME REMINISCENCES. Ctionel Rohert Stephenson Smyth Daden- Powoell, thu1 Iflro (if Mafeking, is a Londo'tir, I.lcended fromn bravo and honllured forefat.bors iit d whose airly wlawi tere spent in an ideM | :11ghiIh hoylie. Ans a childl he vas hright, bt |quit, rvssrvotl, though untiriugly energetio, lnitty antl playful, and yet extremnely ...

... SATURDAY PAGE FOR HOME READING. ?? - :7 . _ _ __ CIWRCII OPINTON IN SOUITI A FRICA ON THE AWAR. -ar BY DT.. J. GUJINNESS RO'G'ERS N In hiis extremiely etloquent spe-ech at. the, Na tionail Libera Club, Lord Idosbobry spokecit fi 1 present timet as; rho momennt -and crisis~ of I'in- pire. The IatLlgsizis1e is ?? chotsmi. ?? I boh'evo i;s tzie~li cor I- venzturNN to Pro'- cdict thant 14he~n the ...

... AN INSPECTION OF GUARDS. SPEECH BY HER MAJESTY. - I- GOD SPEED AND A SAFE RETURN. GREAT POPULAR OVATIONS. It is well the Queen's visit lasted no longer than it did. Thu.; was tht danger of aati- climax avoided. Lot the reader catch the exact meaning inteudcd. Publia interest was far indeed from giving signs of wvaling, and there was cause to count upon the coutinued good behavicur of the sun ...

... NATIONAL LIBERAL FEDUMATION. TIlE ANN U, AL REPORT. iOLUTIONS FOR THE NNOTTING. 11AMl MEETING. tn preptriteion for the annnal reetinpl of Itj Council Of the Nationdal Ltie'ral Fedoration 1 t*t NC\*W.'Vuall, onx thte 2th aud 2,Sth inst., the ; iuninittee have drafted their annual .a m the resolurions to b submitted on th >s xsion. The resolitions at this pertiezuiar lleet-utg tei not subject to ...

... I' WHATEVER MAY BE THEIR FATEf mSmTER AND TEE BURDEN& IPIElR BY MR, BRODRICK. Mr. Brodrick, Under-Secretry for Foreign Affais, roepouding to the toast of Her Majesty's Mitisters, at a dinner at Shere, near Guilford, late on Friday night, said there waa no doubt that the public and the country at large were very much .interetetd in tile doings of her Majesty's Ministers and of Parliament, ...

... NOTES ON THE WAR I the BY OUR MILITARY EXPERT. in Colo SIR REDVERS' RETIREMENT SOUTH Ipnt OF TUGELA., all _ ?? CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS: BOER Mo AND BRITISH. OUR CORRESPONDENT'S NARRATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF' THE RETREAT. The news to-day is more gloomy than it was W. even at the end of the week of the three dis9asters. Sir Redvers Buller has retreated south of the Tugela, abandoning the attempt to ...

... I EVANGE:- AT, erURCHAIEN IN C()NFFPE.Xcpl. BISIOPS fCIHARGED WITIH TREACfEPR7. The aetiumnnel conferi-ncn of the Chotrdi, Asio- rioit n ops-ned yesterday. Birrnitlaini bring the mli:tintln place after an interval ef ten rears. At 3 mreetintg h.'i ;n the? Tnwn Ifall in the morning. Captain A. WV. Colbetrm. Chairman of the Council f ti*h,' Cihrch, AsL-ciatinn proud-! anuld amnong thos, pst' to ...

... Bf%?r'1Tsii CAS rFA L TTIES. 5j 'ccar-alta. ?? 51'r reportod: \ ?? ' ?? ger o (eiywouned. ld - ..1) L'c `7 2413 .1. Thorpe szahi * I ~-VO~t Ken Deic.-17. NI ?? I ?? 253 I'rav-att, C. C'hsap- 4. tneosrr op. Nov. id ?? -. J99 Irvt . Mlnrrav 1. J, WouNkc. 27 . mh t i I zul'i wc~tiittydi Helo. Dee. R- AMT.0.S-'. 13. o 6 ~ ~. ,K NV. COOK% ' ?? tn ntl 'oundvdj! Aeunde,.t ?? cfn rerrocted issinge ...

... Gc neral Mercier Aga i U. (;k] tral A1t ro - s !:`e again. S.T:; ?? {- A - the Senate lit-t, ?? ?? of him. But th:e Sptxh l l that bodyv vesterdnx' saca i : retains thiose pecuxair c.u :_-io made hinu so utnt; , , :; Et witness to Captain Drex':- ; - Court at Rennes. The sU C - was the 13iil for strengtli.>nin_ t!:e General Mercier. who'' inl!.:t'' ,, ?? t does not stand quite Mo hi. h :I, * ...

... O0m Correspondent at Odessa mentions a rumour, which he believes to be authentic, that U-L'v' W WAI U'2 LwUqJLW LU I4, the German Emperor will soon visit the Czar. On the other hand, the Czar, in his otherwise effusive letter to the President of the French Republic, expresses regret that he cannot come to the Paris Exhibition. Probably there is not much political siglnificauce in either piece ...

... LOIRD WOLSELiLY ON DEFENCE AND WAR 2 CLOU! DS. tt MESSAGE FROm T7rE QUEEN. l There was a large gattering of Volunteer officers L at thi Hotel Uocil last night to ealebrate the fortioth 1I ?? icy of the first review of the Volunteer XS foreo by hier Majosty in Hyde P'ark, ,lune 2A3 1860. Ii Pit-ld Marshal Vise-nnt . Wolseley, Comander-in- ri Chief, was in the chair. F The Ikon. Mr. Justice ...

... KITCHENER AND METHUEN g hILLOWING. b a PRESSING HIM .IHARD. . 11 ti ESCAPE OF BRITISH PRISONERS. t 2 t] ESCAPE OF ELANDS RIVER a GARRISON. HORE'S COLUMN SAFE. C SPECIAL TELEGRAM a _ ?? CARRINGTON'S FUTILE MARCE p TREATMENT OF PRISONEPRS. cl P fi A CORPRPONDENT'S STORY. r (FROM OUR WAR CORRESPONDENTJ PREITORIA, Tuesday, 11.55. am. s Lt.-CoL Hore's column, which was reported to hate been ...