... ITHE ESCAPL OF PRISONERS L. FROM PRETOR . I CAPTAIN HALDANFS NARRATWIVL c, ,- w; tA Story of Peril and Privation. at (Press Association War Special.) v Loren20 Marques, April 2. w f Captain Haldane, who with Lieutenant Le a SMesurier escaped from the Model School in a] Pretoria, and has arrived here, thus desoribes pI j the perilous adventures through which he and rf y his companion passed in ...

... IAMPrK ME AN7D BRENFRBW-1 I BRSIE FOuLOnS. . . I 3, - s: ?? recent doings in the field there is 3 mnuch to be thankful for, and it seems remark- | able that, under climatic influences so favour- able for a gallop over a landscape now beginning -.v i to wear an appearance of spring, yet so often I prejudicial in the interest of hunting, sport 5 sshould have still maintained a high mark ofE ...

... .IfCORFORATED- SOCEETY OF[ I MUSICIANS. [ Yesterday was the first day of the fifteenth annual conferenee of the Incorporated Society of Musicians at the Grand Hotel, SLarborcogh. On Monday evening the Yorkshire sec.- tion had held a reepon wfar m bersjC from',themare,-distant partst but'the-'busi Iv ness of 'the conference did not .,-reallT commence until yesterday morning, w when1 p the ...

... LETTERS TO THE EDlTO- GLASGOW VOLUNTEERS. Sir,-It is not a new thing for the martial -pirit of the citizens of Glasgow to show istw .in t~he desire to send a halt-siio to the seat of seer On previous occasions, and at a period whoe Glasgow was iittle more than a large vlage, - tha same patriotic spirit as is now seen in the L Volunteers' respons3 to the present demand o. the War-Office-was ...

... I- Ph TFIF NtAVY-z AND THRE WA'L a jntertsting& Details of Guns, j MountS, and.Seamen's Service. (e.oti OR LON'DoS CORP5E''Si)EaT) London, Tuesday ap ?? to-d9y a long -leter from an officer n So e u the ships a ?? station, in nib h ln ;-hI hru of interest, it connection with the a I-Vav ?? at the-froeet. The first point rere S thtat most of thet guns sent for..ard tare brecn taken from the ...

... t ~~HERALDl ,WA-R, FUNSD. -- I 1IF FOR FA) IES OF to' SOLDIERq- Dti iart 12tl2°96 Shillings. tn, Ito ¶29, li, hr * d\jTIunl? to-day ~si5 1,296 i , -C * La r n thisi amount are the to - Vc ?? .-3 jj11jiijings, the 13th inr Dr r c.C TeerC c War Fund; 55 scn - : enr from the Teach- ca G n Glen's School; 384 fsh nt from Teachers of jvA >- r 'I >: S^l, Dennistoun; 12c,; th - 1.eTmkyCes of A. 3M. ...

... THE ABERDEEN CARTERS' STRIKE. The strike of carters at Aberdeen has not lasted a week, and there is no indication of an early settlement. Although the carting con- tractors are overtaking the work to a consider- able extent, there is still great congestion at the railway goods stations. At Waterloo Station a large pile of merchandise lies along the whole length of the central platform, and ...

... THE AT I'A(!K ON THE CONVOY. -Account by an Eye-Witness. (From War Correspondent of Daily News' and Glasgow Herald.) Bloeotein, Apnrl 3. I he li an tview vwith anglA re- {v Ifuge who left Thabanchu on Friday, and passed the a . Colonel Broadwood's column at the bivouac. v When he heard heavy firing at daybreak he near: diverged to find another drift several ies up the h the spruit, and ...

... . f11The Church Past And Present. AReview press sit of its History by the Bishop of London. Iof a !- Bishop Barry, and other writers. -Edited! virtu sy by the~ev. If. M. Gwatkin, M.A., D.D. %q~ . (London: James Nisbet & Co.) early sli Though the contributors to this volume 'ap- surei tal preach their subjects from very different Stand-. the by well byt points, anid sometimes differ ...

... - ?? E CCL.LES ! 4STC AI r. Fa.re ST Mni'rnrw'S COolrMLeA-ONsAL MarET-f ?? annual Mseetinlg of Free Sc Mvattbew~s 0 'congregation was hold last1 evening in Use Bekly falal. The chiair v.as takzen by Dr en' Stlkr Inl the course of his, remarks be said m that the past year had been the most eventful pr in the recent fiastory of the congregation, aqs it tr Ihad seen the introduction of the organ ...

... WAR IfTEMS.- the ?? todemeonstaebt Zoeirtueg pulshespl thepfolloing:- e oymah Lys, o wt the Enoy ofd ?? Afoand cosie- r pbicwh has arrivedo finh Berins forethe celeai-a bration ofhth h Emerrs birofthday. cpl atosi Anianterview ihdrm Lheysi publishedtionwa throkpedandge. the isrresportdento haearsta Geidetat hispence in Beribldin had nrothing to taldo wt pobliticeveal afarhoutsasd ...

... SATURDAY, MArxCH 31, 1900. Provisional Order Bill were read a third time and passed, and the Census (Ireland) Bill was read a first time. Their Lordships rose at thirty-two minutes past four o'clock. In the House of Commons, after Mr Redder- wick had presented a petition from the Incor- porated Society of Law Agents in Scotland in favour of the Colonial Solicitors Bill, Mr Hazell questioned ...