... ?- ., NOTES. ,The Thamnes cantius inD spla1dilI eon: ditien for _trout fisbink, but hlit'te'#dft-ii being obtaihed,'I The best fishof theiveer, 0, beautiful epec3i`en of 71b., was taken at-fart. low. Point on Friday. . -, ThYesterday numerous angiers''rere od'cn the Colne, Chess, Kennett, and' Thames, but the windiwas eruch too boisterous for sue- cessful sport. The weather, however, was ...

... The British camp on tbe ModderItiver remains healthy. The Boers are reported to have fired the grass and bushes be- tween the river and Jacobadal, in order to get rid of the cover they might afford. Lord Mothuen's command meanwhile is being rapidly and effectively reinforced. The latest addition is the J BatteryI ?? from India. H.M.S. Fearless I has left Port Elizaketh for East London to ...

... [BOER IRSEAL ABLON UP| A. refugee who arrived at Durban on Friday, Jan. 26, from J6hannesburO reo ported that the Boers hare sustained an irreparable lose by the destruction of their shell factorn in Johannesburg. The disaster occhrred on Jan. 20.- At the oommencement of the war, the Govern- ment commandeered' Begbie's Engineer- ing Works at JQhannesourg, the largest factory of the kind in ...

... I lOM IPNTR.. 'TH1 PIGEON LOFT IN FEBRUARM Thts It th. month thtesas la I ?? VA any to the pigeon fancier, for upon the mating ef his bir4s dependo largely whether the rewalt of the comirg breeding semson will be Iscrceesiulorotherwixs. Some breoder Eair teir Wsgaone s seoon as the low year arrived and, prorlded the loft is free from eugbnt aud warmlv situated, ther are some adveatages in this ...

... EXTRA rAR, EDITION. Llolld's NeI41S Office SlSV 9.1 AF2TEIRNOON. COKTEN TS. yisxS. ?? Advance:I I.3obeblrO ...

... :- Before Yr. Curtis Bennett, at Maryle,. bone police-court, on Thursday, -were four powerul y;-uiiti ?? . Shrimpton, 28, a painter; Henry Dean, -&o. a labourer; Henry Marsh, 21, a labourer; John Knight, 21, an engineer :--who were charged with being concerned. tozether in breaking and'entering'a ware- house at 186, Euston-road, and stealinzga Imare -quantity of cigars and other pro- -erty, ...

... -MEETINGS & LECTURES TO-Diy. I Xatnnal Snn- , ?? _ maauna -nunaay Learne Eneirsions --To day by G.C.R. frog bfarylebone at 11.0 a.m., to Finmere and lirancler, 3W ad Rugby, Luttnrworter, and 2emster, 36. Od'; Loutibbbrongh antl Nottinthan;, 4o.-I EetrarnmgfromNootaaghom 7enn dop, By the- L. and ?? from IWaterloot 9.50 a.m., toGuildford, Gexalinin WNitlsy, Liphoo, andPeterateld, 2s. O6il, By' ? ...

... 5EAA STE.- A .disater~ it reop ed fi:hr eonmeeton with Lth&Eirnoh asl mtuccvreL. ?? 'Mediterranean ~sqhadron, wkiehhad pro- ceeded taChe'ibonrgR f tbh'e review,, was on its--way beck: ?? when. eolai- . rsiaD'0 Io 'p ace' betwe' ' tha BWennu-1 , Vice-a dmir~aiFourni'er's- fla'gs.iip,' and'the '-torpedode~gtroyoraiieh, The'accident it ?? as Wiang takez place betwien: Cape S.'Viniceit and ...

... I-IDA,-POSTOF-1C-? f; .0 ! iS.f;- Qn-n , )yF - ?? ?? X ?? oours6 :of p.foni-coiusi c61b021'oto ?? iof W.6dnesday'i1 the forn of af leliter' 'to the' Postmater:--Geiierai4 .poiiiti ount.30 weaknesgee 'i~the bhEosb' XOffioqewhic~h .hcentends3 ei'sbt~at t1,i presfient: tme,. and~ ,require, 'remedgine. ,They ranre: ov~er'n wride. fieid,'-fo'oking. zalhoet e6v0- ry fepa.rtment: in 'thepoatal eys'e: ...

... MEETINGS & LECTURES TO.DAy, lM'ti-.1 f -Ai Fea o . .. Nn atloua) Fntday LCv'gue: -h-rcu L.B. and Sx.C. to i on 3. IUO N by ?? and Viefori;l at 9.30 R,tW t1 New Cros, Norwood-unctiol ,, C i d' n, Ba&t7oea-par I, Asapl j t ,to Baihaim. To PRnuers and sr 1tughy, Ljutterworth, end Oekcey, f Loughborough and l ...

... LLOLS - WE:E -E I NE ; WVSPAPER.;0 THE. OPrEN DOOR 0IN d-INA. ?? N .that En'Eland-and Germany. .hare- aoined.-hauids,: an'd i~ssued,; fo ll. 'the world to read, a clearc deolaratidn of policy withwrespet. to4 afai6r i.bina,' 'I the're -should:'speedily be 'a---marked: chanae in the pro'e-ess of the .hitherto ''tardy, negotiations.: More - -than- 'the: Cnr7inese t:had anY right .to expect;. ' ...

... I WE gOUc U lO9UNcIL S,| RStT8t :-!OF THE TOLMlING. In all the -a boroughes d60ntiltnted nUder the LAoudo GovernmenitAct-,! ptt- ine for the new couneiletoek pla4e*on Thureldsy, he±etwsn -the :hur. of eighk nIm. ,nd eigbhtp.m. WVithxare.excep-: ions the pontets were. onr partytnMeM pute~andsirmple, candidates being oarx ful to wiritohenensgEs downR accord jug t6 their political ifaith. On the ...