... Gc neral Mercier Aga i U. (;k] tral A1t ro - s !:`e again. S.T:; ?? {- A - the Senate lit-t, ?? ?? of him. But th:e Sptxh l l that bodyv vesterdnx' saca i : retains thiose pecuxair c.u :_-io made hinu so utnt; , , :; Et witness to Captain Drex':- ; - Court at Rennes. The sU C - was the 13iil for strengtli.>nin_ t!:e General Mercier. who'' inl!.:t'' ,, ?? t does not stand quite Mo hi. h :I, * ...

... The Outlook I Sout inA. The reverse to Gent -.J (!e=eSt ?? as it die i;;e spew d characterissze ?? S ?? the Prime e inister ne - last Sessio of Parlii-at-at. the effect. of somewhat do Cm:Z-: LI e real situation, both military aI tn tical, with -which we are coroa :SJ I Africa. The militarv situation :F ¾ tdirficnult. and its ificunltie fow- lnow n ce in the popular imagination bec.use . I of ...

... WElECUTION OF A BRITISfi OFFICER IN CHINA. C , in \V a t t ?? svII ose tortuxre atnd sxe- tien bz tate' t'hinst' ru.s j;ut beten reported, on dieA ncu t et his ?? in SZacchtsAX. ?? C01ar'prtny with Mkr. ;tnaIt itch, ts xn:rh:e a 0Ic1utrn ?? tgh the nlortli- e prt tU Of that po1Ovince, andl to tare- t-et-ti t; I -t - b'I' k circutitous routte i: ?? p;- r Mdztrl:i Ka. and lial. Thiis ; P.111 ...

... THE AUSTRALIAN COMMON- | WEALTH. ILIIE DUKEI OF YORK'S GUAI)RD. Beside the. o t lhmett of Hlousehold Cavylry Lo-mt l.-ond zand \iintIsor, dtaohiuouts Of thof fo'lowring Tngimeat s will arrive at Al oersuot oi SatUTr,. a t2 eo nee:'tra; ) for etbbarkatio ftor ust~ral.:: LSt. ~Lzaolxrs Bla-ck Wat Ith S0-:I for: h lbilhixndors. and aoan e ioizs rhl'. s. ,Viu beo tile pl'a-o tit.n vilbarl iat Io ...

... ?taltt for tbt vliopit I BRniAWN& 1s rT31 MAS5T WALTH.-2 orso. BY DR. ANDREW WILSON. (Written excltu:vetl flor fla.Id's Heisye~sr.) There is no more troublesome or serious accident which can happon to the eye! than the preeence in it of lime. This is itself a caustic and corrosive substalne, and its tendency is to burn the eye, and, therefore, to inflict what may be serious in ary on the ...

... I A SOLDIERS YARNS, LIES, AND LARCENIES. Jo:uN MOO , twenty-two, a soldier, wearing the uniform of a private of the 3rd Battalion of the Scots Guards, was brought up in custody at the County of London Sessions, Clerkenwell, to answer charges of having stolen four handkerchiefs and other articles, value £2 5s, belonging to Beschizza Lazaro, of Baker's Row, Clerkenwell; two watches and chains, ...

... ESUBJECT OF ILLUSTRATION.] IT was the, established custom in certain neighbourhoods as soon as the potman had put the shutters up,. for him to place a pint of beer, or, aware of his preference for spirits, a drop of gin or rum, in a small bot- tle and bestow it in some snug outer corner where the constable well knew where to look for it. The trusted guardian of the night would possibly ...

... [SUB3OT 01V L Sbq'3¬] ON Sunday af ternonn sh ,clrng tragedy was brought to ?? i L t0 Effra Parade, Brixton. Fu ;'rI tiom - U a iA;fr. and Mrs. Poet have, together Wita their little boy, aged about four years, oecupfed. a room on the first floor at that address. Their neighbours always regarded thei tas respectable people. On Friday' Mr.; Poet left his wife and child;' Why he' did Is no one ...

... R3FGE NT, - - U kESTIO : - - 7 -it A N-- ThnovoioCr the whole of the South Afrcan war'no greater shook has been given to the public ?? that oocaeioned by the publication in -the Times of a three-column letter from Mr. Burdett-Coutts. It colsists, from first to last of a series of the. most horrifying charges of neglect and upreadiness in relation to the general' hospital arrangemients. As ...

... VIO-LET HILDAREiff''. A ROMANCE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.; BY GUY B. H. LOGAN. CHAPThR XXVII. I SAVED! ! General Gothurier, after his intervidw- with the two prisoners, returned to Violet, who, as may be imagined, was in an. agony af mingled doubt and lope as to the result of Anna's appeal to him. As a matter of fact, this old Boer warhorse had very little sympathy with' the British, and had ...

... :-THE ESCAPE OF B:RAVE 0 WINSTON OHUJRCHILL FROIV -PRETORIA. ' SIXTY HOURS OFTERRIBLE ANXIETY. 4AND. DA~S ADVENTURE. :- ;SUATBJCf Or ILLU0RTltION] 2lk. Wns;,Im'ONCibwis ones more back hi 'the' Bifihlsh>ne'E set; Ghieveley, where he axrived on ,Tiiesds week. -he story of his escape. froM retori ismos, nieresting, the ?? account of his ahventfiies;'for- w -hich e ar indebted to .the Moriniig ?? ...

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