... April 25th, 1900. On Monday last the first State trial ever held hi the Cape Colony was concluded when 36 typical toers were convicted of high treason and sentenced so various terms of imprisonment w ith hard labour in accordance with their ages rather than their deserts. The learned judge, who presided at the sessions, is a man beloved for his uprighteousness and renowned for his invariable ...

... Of all the romances in real life the strange ad- Trecentlv 17T? h^ ° f Maida Vale * Lu ndua (recently published in the Weekly Dispatch), ■Ms. h \? l , c t ed on record among the most remark- able, tighteeu years of age, most prepossessino- life' I ' vn'?f*f T d WUl i W 1 hrig^t^ Prospects iS flu'sas fh ss C 'l ,ar otte Bellamy has nevertheless found herself situated in a most serious ...

... WHAT THE WORLD SAYS ; Arrangements have been privately made for ths ,f Queen to proceed to Userinany early nett month if I the health of the Impress Fredarickshould oontinue .to be unsatisfac ory. The Quree isansious to see , the Empress, who is to proceod for six months to B ?? of Europe at the end ?? o therd does n~t appear to bo any prospect for her being able to pay her promseed visit to ...

... Paris, Bunday.-A groat ?? tion in favour of iease, organhi d by tbe laboar party in France, took place this afternoon in the great hall of the Labourr xohan9ge here. Members of the Executivo Commitloee of E' chango,together with 80 delegates from Britlih trades unions, and eax reprsesetatives -of working men's syndictes of Berlin, oooupled tbe platform. The ' interatitonale' was oung, acd the ...

... MEET OS «Col. Chak-dos Bole's Hounds.— These_ hounds met by invitation at Foremark Hall on Wednesaay, where a luncheon was given. The big wood was the spot selected for a draw, but this proving unsuccessful Repton Shrubs formed the happy hunting ground. There was a large • attendance at tie meet, including Colonel anil Airs. : Chandos Pole and party, Miss Al. Burdett, Alessrs. • W. and H. ...

... AASONIC MERTING PLACES. Intean account of the new wing of the Free-: masons' Hall in- Queen Striet, Long Acre, Masonic fllustrated remarks that the sources of origin of the Grand Lodges of England and their old meet- .ag-places form an interesting, phase of Masonic history, fronj the constitution of the first Grand Lodge in 1717. Prior to.1730 the Grand Lodge -met at various taverns for the ...

... DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS, Aid, Bottomley, J.P., presided over the usual fortnightly meeting of this Board, which was held at the offices, Becket Street, on Tuesday afternoon. The other members present were the Rev. 1, -R. Rolfe (in the vice-chair), Mesdames Grundy and Waters, the Rev. J.1 Birks, Messrs. El. Brown, G. Innes, G. Dean, G. H. Powell, J. Newland, J. Nutt, G. H. Wood, J. Cholerton, ...

... r~~ ?? TEE 7777777 ,3 ?? ?? ..oi I I :. I IS sU .- , - to~~n ItOBEUTS'S RETU OfRN.~ d 'Capetown, 1pember 28.-Tito sqisatdion of t Ad CO¶2maasdrin.Uhiet'g bodyguard -iA proceding t1o th*front&-day. The tran~port Cada sailed Trots hers yeste~ay tot Natall azA 'will ?? bring Lord Ntoberls to Capetown. , LordP Robate bhs notified ?? williungns to .be present 5.I ]f Uanqnet to be glven In his, ...

... -. BOBS' OLDEST FRUIND. . . . .D.. _. _ - It is not generally known (ays M A P.) that Lord lioberts hai ?? him In Sonth Afrioa a-warm personal frieni who faced deatb with him in India more than forty yenia a, o. Tho grey haired 'a vebiran wrbo rodo bytheaideor olls 3Conander.io- >. Chief into Xioonaltai eteoly; n 1n whom Lord d KQberes familiarly adlireesed as ' Jimmy. was Lieuterant ...

... Y; L W ,. ,MAN, 4THE -YE.LLW . ;E: Bt CARwTON DAWB, Author of A Bride of Japan, The Mandarin, YGi~iw and White, etc. SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS: Captain Bob Kingston, who has been roving for several vears in foreign seas away from his wife and son, writes home to his wife, telling her that he has Made enemies and that they are seeking to be re- 'Venged ca him. He warns her to give ...

... --OUSTN'G REF7RI CONFiPRENCI. On t8aturday a conferenoe was held at the Co- operative Huil, Leicester, unher the ?? of the uatlonal HoaslngReform Council ti disoeu 3 varioos phases ol the housing of the poou problem in urbao .ad'rural dietricla. There was a large ?? ianee of .delegtwes from Derbyshira. Niitirgbemshire, Liacoushire, Btatfforcshito, Weritoksbiru, Bedmtird- sh4ie, ...

... r ; ?? Ce 4, SUU If - ?? FUIIT P0OIj f~lETIS4: :OS The subjoined telegram from Colonel Sir J. Will- cocks to 'Md. hamewberlain'was received at the -'ohmnial Ofice on. Tlresdayr niht: * ur' ' 0 B nmasi, Sept. 3. - l eomnsndd by me meving by westerly route. arrived here on Abg. 3.. Flying column- * otsnd fast war camp :posssHd' by enemy to the soutL of umasi deserted; n4santis fled to the ...