... |t-- -Wp ITEMS. Ofiles LAreisiued an orderfor T'lee I o Lord Lovat'b corps of tile aergll lil03 numbering about 250 Highland Vje The local fund for the thr e ' cop amounts to over C. 7bn he ?? will be embodied at Crt t nile, and after a short course 7400 ' tooted to South Afrieei for / drill w ,GeBrevot-majOr the Hon. ctiti rve r ,1st batt. Cameron High. A S 'as ?? 5ictedforemployment a13a ...

... TjIE NEW SYSTEDI AT WORK.. Yesterday .ended the firit. week. in which the lady . helpers, Home 500 in number, working in conjanotion with tho Soldiers' and Saiors' Families' associa- tion, have been able to carry on their philathropicl work on behalf of the relatives of those gone to the war. Thb result has, a Ltond's represantative ascertains, more than rratified the executive. Xooms have ...

... | THE: UNITED KINGDOM. LAST NIGHT'S TELEGRAMS. LFBOX OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTE.1 BURY. Mr. Butcher, coroner, held an inquest at Bury, to-day, touching the death of Wmi Greenhaigh, aged 60, of Mill-street Elton. The inquest was held because of the circulation of a story to the effect that the deceased had bad a live rat put in his shirt, and been bitten by the animal. The story was denied by the ...

... TILE TRAY57P6BTS. TV Hi ig&~rt d of tthe Dominicn Tine, ?? fromnQueelnstowfn. on Mon. dnY, with 100 offlcorg and 2,070 rank and file, drafts of varicue corps. Tho Sonu11- amipton embarkat-io2n inoluded four come panfee of Garri¢.ofl A'rtillery, dra.t bsof the 2nd East K~ent Regiment, Royal Irish Rifles, Post OffiIce Corps and details. The troopship embarked at' Qiieenstown _h 1I'HE HWQN. ...

... I * UTm WM. EARL)5Y. SEASONIBLE GAMDEINTG. 7 1DIC0ItO5 Ror N ros V or. GMAX1 vsois ecessarjy by ll who would seen.e ibe best resultse. It Is considerately followed by large growers for market, and it is immor- ght, in connection with gardens and all small * hreas wholly devoted to such- crops. In cow- ecgtion with the former larger holdings advantage is talken to occasionally sew white crops*; ...

... IJAL BRMATS R-I6T7D.1 99avior S. N tth. ? I. I 0. J. WILLS ANTD LORIN LATHROP. MLarjory eRas, late at Paddiugton, is l1rust into a first-class carriage. Her travelling companion turns out to be C4avtin Mainwaring, of Peaolbury, to which jplace Mlarjory is going, having pzecepted an engagement as conipsalon Of Miss Lois Worthington, of Holms Hall. After the family have retired skillid burg- I ...

... S HOW HA EKING -WAS RELIEVED. BADE N-POWELL'S: TRIUMPH.. THE QUEEN ANDf THE NEWS~ The news of the relief- of Mafeking re- eaeved through Dutch sources stilf awaits official confirmation from the Britih authorities. Telegrams, however, ?? Capetown and other prominent placea in Soath Africa all tend to prove the troth ofthefirstannouncement. ieuter'stele- gram fromPretoria, which has become an ! ...

... SMARLT CAPTURE AT EUSTON. An elderly man named Thos. Edivards, who is repated to be an expert Conti- nental thief, living at Wharton-street, King's-cross-road, was, before Mr. Curtis Bennett, at Murylebone police - court, yestcrday, charged with stealing a red lesthec drestiuz-bag and, contents, of the value of 30l., tho property of Capt. El. H. Fowler, of Ramadon, Enfield, County Mlcath, ...

... ' i HOTYSE QT LORBS.-, 1oND'&Y. LosD LTNDLaT.-The lete - Muster of the Rolla (Eir Nathoniel Lindley) took the oath and subscribed the Roll of Parliament on his ait)oihitillect Or Lord of Aospeal in Ordinary under ith title of Lord Lindley of East Car- leton. He was irtroduced by Lord HMccagh. ton and Lord Davey. -'TiE INDIAN FAMINE. The Earl of Oyssow, in answer, to Lord SalndhurAt, said thai ...

... THE POULTRT YARD. BDANTAM CHTOIKENS. BDatams,thoso charming denizens of poultry yard, are daily becoming more m ?? opIlar. T-ere are nowadays butoeq of the large fowls that have not their dapi? cates in miniatiire; amnonget tbo later add. ?? being Polish, Malay, Indian Gam, Andalusian, Annr Mnorca. Boide3 the Beant of these lit'te fowls, their tamenessandsoci bility, and the limited space in ...

... | TROUBLE IN-ASfANTE. , ; D DESPATCHI OF TROOPS.> Tribal fighting is proeeiig in Ashan* tee. Sifr qrederick Hodgnon, the Goyernor, -and Lady Hodgoaon are at Coomasasile. The wires have been cut, commnnication has been stopped, and deopmtcbheu barebeen destroyed. A force of Hansua- left Aecra for the interior. The situa- tion appears to be serions.' A runisr unooamnetedv with the Governmant re- ...

... AIERANRTS WEETHEART. TrF&GE STORY FROM NORTH LONDON. North London police-court, on - hoemas Hopkins, 35, was ThoirsolaYvlth obtaining ll. from Selina ciisrged aoservant, of Ethel-road, ° La ETbeproseoutrix said a bed boon in service at Canonbury- 1 abork °bi but she left on Aug. 1 in rk thabt she might get married to the :niert She liret met the prisoner on ?? ho followfehd rh~er ?? ?? and ...