... x oU gAaTI Clffettt office,: 18, ClmkRITNG CROSS ROAD, W.C. The Dowager Couptess of Erroll has replaced the Dowager Lady Churchill as Ilady-iiVaiting oln the Qdeed at Osborne, where she is to be on duty until Tuesday, the 16th, wbe~n she will be succeeded by the Countess of Antrim. Major-General Sir Stanley Clarke has' replaced Captain George Holford as 'Equerry-in-Waiting on the Prince of ...

... REMINISCEN CE' OF I ' ?? [BY A. FORMER, SitJLTJERNI. Now that all our th ?? arc centred cy) Ladysimith I thlink that k few reminisceilces of thiC timc spent tlhare hi camp in 18i1. may. b7 of interest. Then as DoW a hastily orgauized trausport wvas arranged, mules; froi Mlonte Video being placed in the hands of Cape bo-ys to b Q broken into harness, and wionderfully these C ape boys ...

... A SCENE OF GREAT1 ENWTHSISAI. LORD MAYORS STIRRING SPEECH. A scene of great popular enthiusiasim was witncsse(l tlis morning oil the occasion of the cnrolmenit of the City of London Imperial Volun- teers for service in South Africa. Barriers crccted at the approaches to the Guildhlall wvere thronged by the public, who vocifberously cheered tile earlier detachments. The occupants of all kinds ...

... FOURTH EDITION. - POSITION ON THE TUGELA. SHELL FIRE AT MODDER RIVER. THE YEOMANRY AND VOLUNTEERS. THE MILITARY SITUATION. t [BY OUR MILITARY CORRESPONI)ENT.] The ?? remltaills practically unchanged, as regards our troops in thle several spheres, excepting iu a Jew details. \We have official infor- Ilation respecting all ot tilent to the 31st of Deceinber; but fron Mafeking notlhirg since the ...

... THE WEATHER OF 1 899. SOME I NTEREST* ING FEAT'rRES. The y-ear that has ]nOw slipped awayv fronm us has presented several interesting metcorological features. 'I'oards tile close it has been rather rough and boistcrous, anid the shalrp frosts and muggy dampness of December have coinbined to ren(ler the noulith vcry unpleasant and unhealthy. But if we regard the year as a whole, it has been anl ...

... A CLASf- OF ENTHUSIASMIS. [BY E. S.] To be really a success, Christmas should be approached with enthnsiasm I have come to this conclusion, after spending a Christmas with Felicia entirelv conducted on these lines. Indeed, it almost seems a pity that Christmas could not be arranged to come more than once a year, if only for the Pirpose of absorbing some of the enthusiasm of Felicia and her ...

... LANDSCAPE EX HIBITION (1 iftli Year.) . . . R. V. Allan, R._DS , 4 Auzoomer, RI. Jaes S. RI.; A . Pcpeprcorn, Rl:4 Leslie. .homo RAl. . A. -W terlow;.P.,R.;.S. RA. -DUDLEY ?? ?? Hil, Piccadijly. . 10 toG6. AdIli55iofl 1 NEW GALLERY,. 121, ,REGENT.., STREET'. .. . .L;XiIJuBlTION. of PICTURES by A RRXISTF of tile FLEMISH and BRITISH SCHOOLS NOW OP1EN 10 to 6. Adihission, Is. , ROYAL ACADEMY OF ...

... Publishers' Announcerents. (Contin:ued from Page 3.) THE BADMINTON MAGAZINE. Considerabhe Improve'ments and A iterutions. NEW _OVER. keautiful Photogravare Plate by ARCHIBALD THORBURN, from a New and Original Oil Painting, OVER THE STUBBLE FIELDS. E THR JANARY NUMBEI ALSO FOR PARTICULARS OF NEW !MONTHLY COMPETITION of great interest to sportsmen and photographers. Tile JANUAR 1 NAUM&.BER ...

... CITY ANOTES. MARK)ET OUTLOOK.- ?? the S t(ork markets closed to-day, therei is vothiiig toworrY inve'stors,.' . On: result of the end of December Nva58 to 'put; the Stock Exchange as a whole, except of course the uufortunates who receivedth official 'att~iiti'on of the 'waiter's hamnmer, in a mood to'wuB ithefnseies a' Happy -New Year all round. Certainly the, end of the. last one wkvs 'tided ...

... D F L A G 0 A B A x., [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.!) IT is hardly too much to say that the immediate occupation of Delagoa Bay by Great Britain might bring the war to an abrupt terivination. ib Nygtld not only sbht Qff the Traqnsvaai from, all supplies of mel, aminmni- tiOr, and foodstuffs, and give us a neew base for military Operations, but its morel efect ?? be incalculable. It wvould render the ...

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... THE 711WO RESERVE-& Thiai !,New \Ceai , which iS pi-sently to turrn ?? a new leat in the history of the South A.fricail war, opens very aprpropria;I ry v'ifit h aran -4 illustrations of v-h1at will prove to be thie decisiv. factor in thar-t contest. As we ha, s c often said, tha t factor is the reserves onI either side; ancl more especially is it so i1 as n1o0V seemns probable, the defeat of ...