... e! A SECRET MISSION. it1 II Boer Commandant in Europe. (arrmTTn'S TEI.EGRA2.) is Amsterdam, January 1. I Commandant De Waard. of the Hoilander ' Cotps of Pretoria. has arrived at Sneak, in the y ;ronnce&.cf Fri -land. EHe haa been catrusted - by the Government of the.Transvaal with a - mi-si6s ot' Fn;Etrope A ~represdntstfe tof 3 tbe 7 Handelablad who snttrtiF hida,-endta- 1 v6dred to issert, ...

... THE NORTH BlRITISH PAILWAY. IT 1IIS A NNDPROG RESS. The1~ ~-tn~ ot thne Scottish railway systemi N diu~eeiitt -s pray ticall IsEromn thre year 1326-tihe P1 1!ec site ,J45aLS terin ti I orignizal _- whenol stle ?? Kirkinitil- di1 kce-I timG 5505~>tItC( Althoiigh at small locail (i ?? '?'iie ll e( tiC I 10) mile;mleg 6.7 511t -i--n. Ilnd unti!i'zI,. c s-iCR Y for ii et~ ~~g pi -t5' ...

... LI P/o ?? ro t THE VOLU?NTEERS. r Th v TAKING THE SHILLING IN rl! LOKND ON. em1 An Enthusiastic Gathering, woA A scene oe great popular enthusiasm was wit- nc , nessee yesterday morniin_ on thle occasion of the io e cnrolment of the City of London Imperial Volun- BW teers for scrv ice in South Africa. The barriers S erocted at the approaciies to the Gnildshall v cre a e thronged by the public, ...

... MAIL AND STEAMSHIP NEWS, (Froz L.ovd'sa) Accra, Dec. 23.-Benguela and Angola. h.r.e ward boulnd, loft. Adelaide, Jan. 1. - Ortona, London fc ~d Sydney, ?? -Adoen, Jan. 1-Himn-laya, Lonion for Sydn i.arrived. Aden, Dec. 31-Konigin Luise, Bremen ,ri Aotwerp for Australia, arrived. Aden, JanI. L illesia, Calcutta for Tries:s, arrived. n- Albany, Dec. 31.-Auntral, for London. I:.. Alexandria, Dec. ...

... T H: E W A Hi GENERAL FRENCH'S ADVAN-CE. ?? R1 HONEYK~ ~Sj~X ...

... GENERAL rRENGH'S ADVANCE. FLIGHT OF THE BOERS. j (From War Correspondent of ,Daily n Telegraph.) (Arrangerment with Glasgow Herald.) tl Naacin Poort. December 31. 9.30 p.m. ti flc iv': rain and hail has fallen. General It *Frernch has made an excellent reennnaissance, . gettin right round the Boer position. i T.ast night our piclkets reported that the Boers C l ere striking camp and this ...

... ALL WELL AT LADYSMITH. O (From War Correspondent of Daily I Chronicle and Glasgow Herald.) Lardysmith, Decemriber 31 (By heliograph, via Estconrt. lie January 2, 2.35 ?? The situatinn is unchianged. The bornbard- ment continues daiyi Sundays exceuted, but be there has been no acrions loss since the casual- ties among the officers of ;ho Devons. It is nmning heavily, and the Min Hiser her ...

... FROPA CAPE TOWN. DULL WEATHER SAND NO NEWS. (From War Correspondent of Daily Telegraph.) (Arrangement with ,Glasgow Herald.) Cape Tossv.r December 30, 1.10 p.m. Cape Town to-day vwa s anveloped in mist, rain falling persistently. This is quite phenomenal 'or ,he lilue of year when the average rainfail for Inwthnis never exceeds tiny fractions of an io!i. The xren oaw awaitin orders ;at een ...

... NpCIAL EDITION1 HEBALI' OuncE. 6.30 ALX. %;-yBMS INC T FRE'RE CA-11P. v W- Correspondent of Daily CbroniCa -. 'd t~lasgow Herald.)f J--n -bibrm 1. (1.55 P.M. 0 ~n(\eltt-ugshots to-day on Cak whie- b'realks the! l dama~ge on oorl it IiPt hnted irregularsa- -,-Ia 1Bridge oil the rigi ?? e!i to drawn the enemi' fid, anlshordv' ?? 1 in-- -l~i-satCed front. tee sante, V ?? thc C'olenso battli,. ...

... The Royal Humane -Society issued yesterdayj r the completed recordo;f cases.brought to its]ci f notice during the past year in which gallantry ti I pi had been displayed in saving or attempting to ti save life. The number of eases investigated cc P have been- 635, an increase of 79.-over the pre- jb vious year, in which 756 persons distinguished !t t themselves in saving 659-lives and in ...

... :rOU.LONDON CORMFONDENCE. .I ' 65 Fn ET STasEcr, rei6setc Monday Night. urges TH A.Some of the military experts -%,i for thi~ uritice are engaged froml day to day in criticising the: pureity Ioperations of the xvar have been in a very 0155ss pessia~istiO frame of mind tn-day. The arrival sufficie Iof the New Year without a considerable victorythan at the front to record ha-d depressed them ...

... ;t I FIGHTING FOR Ki IMBTERLEYGw 'Sr ve a, BLBAITTLE OF MA.GERSFONTELe4 Lyddite in Action. ell LA atrI (From Snecial Correspondent of Daily .e; ~~~Telegraphl.) en ld d (Arrangement with Glasgow Herald.) 'lw C pe Town, December 13. Id By far the hlavicet fighting of the present ?? campaign was that wvhich took place on Sunday an- the Il,-h and Xionday the 11th inst., at Magers- he i ...