... J), ?? ON ,l'NAL. NO TES; T11he newsA! from ?? has filtered throuigh the$ 'lransvaal, nor lhas the 'process increasedl its' purity. We imay take it tthat the ?? little garrison has made a sortip, and thte names o.f the wounided officers W(o.,ldl seem to be. niore or iess correctly gix/Ch. The svnmpathies of the countrV will be wholly wvith tile; Prime Nlinistel'0 whose gallant son, as we must ...

... CHILDREN AT THE ROYAL LNSTITUTION. ?? - THE ROXA3NCE OF FLUIDS. Mr. Marks Veenon Boy* gaVe, at the Poyd LINstituton, on Saftuday aft-rcooni, the second of his six lectures on 4nids Children formed a large prt of the aUdieae, the addreem being specianly ment for them. At the same time, there wa no, oceasion for even the fathe and mothers to turn up the oese of scorn On the coutrar, some of tm ...

... LADYSMTH. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. BOER AMENITIES. RENEWED BOMBARDMENT. [ESS SHELI'ER STRUCK. NINE OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED. -. BULWAAN SILENCED. BOERS' NIGHT SCARE. COLENSO RAILWAY DESTROYED. An official telegram reproduces the text of n inessage which Colonel Kekewich has for- warded on behalf of the Mayor and inhabitants of Kimberley, offering the Queen their New Year's greotings. Ln her ...

... HOUTEI;;S AtD HEALITH, RES RTS. BOSCOMBE, Boure..OUth, .THE C9flNE.HOTEL. nlodetate . inclusive . t a sea.. Only L ptela VCc- he .1. fa i4gcrtl Miis BARNETT ianageress. FINEST WIkTER QUARTERS IN-.. EUROPE. OE HOTE;6k! ?? ?SMild,-et tai SPlCIALNWVNTER ;ERMS. Mtixinumofsunshine. O0 EAX H OTe luetor: of a0refined ho~ne.-D.L TELEGRAPH. LONDON.-HOTEL WINDSbRtI;cPiE-stietWetiiisier SW;iciAi NOTICE. ...

... fT'U tlEYeNUJ l-.JALI; FLOCR.ISTIZ:;Gi LtAIF .rnStis.s 0n ?? ist'jzda theP oiciflen r~tnrnlF o: the prsw ?? ijatt-p the Excheqnper hjr the. q.rtx ?? j-i ?? ?? 'ii, ,iwere istsied. -, thetl net irctozs3e. e*owparois Vw:tth the Ce rtspo :riir.g c;tatebfrrf theb ?? p ?? ytr 4LtgNtYU jf-ltm to £'b35,PWFQS Thi i ?? fur Qli) quertvr. tu thne ju.ejs of lie- 4ie anoid icretr'W; are tiht;9 'rUt . Ae ...

... SERVICE AT ST. JAMES'S RAJLL TESTIMONY OF THE CJIURCIES. T t. Wesleyan West Central Mission, at St. Jamem's Hall, dvoted yestorday afternoon to a meriurual service in honour o; the late D. L. oody, the great Ameria vvalt swhos nana¢tili iUscEara~ ?? ~itls the fame us dsy ofdy t~iSaakeyThOHADWII5 30I 'I ?? thuus usual, for the sumple reason that at these Srnaday afternoon Services, conduceted ...

... ITHE EMPIRE AND THE WAR, I - - OFFERS OF INDIAN RtULERLS ACCEPTED, SARLIUM 01 NEW S(OUTiH WALES ?? TWO MORE BAITI' FRESROM INDIA. .tLxrflai jiru CA1CUThIA, Dlec. 30. | .[llri~lier pre~fs o- t/lL iuyalty ol ?? L;Ltive ] L haijll 'hi f.t :a1 IttrdllIJilALg. TIle rz:ts;ri of s .LSatL1IIIJI ?? cl.ld .J ibjilur bl~ar, *)}lj cr'.d to MIJ sl l' tixi awl I 's to S;uth AslXi c. ?? lo Ml ..r:jahl ...

... T-H E W E A T H E R OF 1 899. SOME INTERESTING FEATURES. The y ear that has now slipped away froim us has presented several interesting meteorological fcatures. Towa'rds the close it has been rather rouigh and- boisterous and the sharp frosts and muggy daipipness of Deceberm halve comibimcd -to ricder the nmouthl very unpleasant and unihealthyl But if.v-e regard the year as a whole; it has ...

... C I ORRESPONDENCE. 'AFRIKANDER DISLOYALTY. ToJlie EDiTor, of Mie P.ALL MALL GAZETTE.; SIR,-Apropos of the disloyalty of some-of the Cape Dutch, the Parll Ala/i' G//c remarks &- ?? he time has come to ask whether we ought not to-rule by fear, since we cannot rule by love. I would respectfully ask you, however, whether, since the outset of the present. troubles, -Wo have mlade any' effort at ...

... ! HORSES AND CHANGE OF CLIMATE IN AFRICA. .to e Edifor of -we PALL MALL GAZETTE. SiR,-Several letters have appeared in your contemporaries during he last fortnight on the above subjects, and it is surprising to my mind helittle notice that has been taken of them, seeing the important factor hey are likely to be in the present vwar, and one that may have a very erious bearing 'oil the outcome ...

... i ON TTHE TUGELA RIVER. IMPORTANT BOER MOVEMENT. A N EW A MP FORM E D MILES OF `.AILWAY TRACK DESTROYED FRERE C~nfie Suiiday Eveniilg.-Our, scouts have iearnied that the Doers are ?? imp6i-tautalterations in their plaus forithe defence of the Ta hthcyhrought in t he ?? of the forinktibi ot' new Boer camp to the w'est. A caravan of tlirty-one ?? was se descendiuag fiom the pia~tea beyond the ...

... ] AUSTRAAIA AT THE FRONT., FROM THE GOLD TO THE BATTLE IELP. ai t MFRO Ol; srMCIrL CORRESrONDENTN i OTDIANOVE RUVER, Dec. 5. As soon as war eas del~sre1d Ntwtea Briton said Boor Yourg Australia demnanded from the Motherland tale rsht to prove ou theo bhatlth field Austr:.Uizi's claim to share in the glory and tho peeril of Etupirehood. From coast line to colst line of the grerst oantinent, ...