... | 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 ...

... Fe ealqrvauwtt%+' E: J.-If yon have- proof that the moaey was not a gift. and full evidence that thm ?? really had it, you had better see a soliceitor. - ANious-y.on had better read the paper the gentleman left with you and 'call at the Oficed of the authority which he represents. A. E. Cacoir, TEa Yars' RADEMa.-lfltirely a question of faet, winch we cannot obvi- ously decide. . e ONa Wan ...

... ?? - ?? I. I . g . HOW THE -BOERS WERE. REPULSED. Thi. correspondent of the Slandaid in a detailed aoaount of tto fighting at ILadysrnith on JDu. 6 says thab ill the early hours of the morning. under cover of .the fdarkues the HEedelberg co a nawndo; suousedeci inl e~sdiiig our .picket . fat C~sr'eez camp, gad bef ore the full extent of the danger could be rsalised, the outlying sangars had ...

... NEWS -FROM -G'ENERRALU GATACRE., | It being reported, saud a Monday's telegramu, that the; Boers comtemplated a fieshkattack on Molteno cahop, General Gatacre despatched a sitong force o} infantry and artillery from Sterkstroom in the direction of Btormberg,, but the force found no traces of tho enemy. It was reported that the Boars had fallen back, leiasving only a small garri5on aT, ...

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... ?- ., 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' ? ...