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THE TIMES, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1900. THE WAR. EMBARCATiON OF TROOPa pKTJLKTCRK OF LADY ROBERTS, Station thronged on Saturday a Ka ag a conveying Cp rw to UJy to1 Cotn LW la South Africa, who wtu "j4aied by her daughter, the Hon. Ailcen juTll. A1 lK rtv received by tttrgt gathering of friend, Sho going (j uitenuou joining utw Buoaou as errrtcity Tlit tto her n.

Lieutenant the Hon. F. Roberta, rp ynelfd Mayor and Uio Udy Mayoress JaI to behalf of tins Corporation City nJ spoody return to I K. vA '1 Re ord Mayor presented her 2nd fchropiuir Light Infantry. st5J Bugler C.

Carter. Australian Bon. 1074 It. L. rlmer.

tiso battalion to en train tor 8oolbiaptoa. In depressing, and after ono It raised the spirits Tta following additions' to lb wcuJd at Poplar rrite of the earl hour of Lha too ruin p. there to proceed to the Dnnera. Alr it waa a renulne Grove, March 7. are reported i a Tory fair muster of spectator, pleaanrw to note that the 1,052 men of tho 2nd 2nd Warwick (Mounted Infantry).

1874 Pt. Abii Tho rlrht half of the battalion, tinder Major Urenadler Guard were ail absolutely ana H. G. Gordon llmour, cumbering 15 officers and thai ono and all of them were eager to lend a hand 528 raea, loft flrst and, headed by tho regimental In slowing bioigo and In carrying bnrdena. Tho band, marched by way of Blrdcago iralk, West Doner carried alao tho Elghtn Division 8tff, minster And tho 'Albcrt cinbanbnent, to and bcr foil complement Ijt Sfl ofllcora, four Nino Elm Station, where a apeclal train waa In warrant officers, and 1,140 men, with six horses.

Hlng for thm. They were preceded by' As I am now casting the dust of Southampton moanted police patrols and were accompanied by off my foot for aomo llttlo time, I would the bulk of tho cjrowd which had assembled at tho make two observations. First, tbo conduct of barrack gates and which! was continually rein Lord Lovat's glllios In trying clrcumsUncos forced en route'. At various points of tho journey has! been not only good but exemplary. They tho Guardsnscni were heartily cheered.

Major leayo in the America, which has been thoroughly General Trottcrj commaiKlIng tho Home District, fnmlgated, on Tuesday. Secondly, I desire to was upon tho platform tabid tho men good bye, expire my gratltudo for the unfailing courtesy and with hlra was Captain White, his A.D.C. A and kindness measured out to mo by ercry ono of small party of friends and relatives also waa the! Admiralty transport ofllccrs, from Captain present. The band, baring to fetch the left half White, U.N., downwards, and by tho embarcation battalion to tho iUtion.could not wait to play the oQcrs from Colonel Staepolo downwards. Arduous first contingent away from Kino Elms, but they as their work has boon, they hare known it so rendered a number of strrlng military airs and well and they hav'o dono it so woll that it has Auld I niif Svmo before mirohlnr hxpV tn thn mmrl ruv.

hnt. It hoon rnn hinl work itarracka. The entraining! was accomplished with rraily, inrolrlng Tcry long hours and much r3i keach i shamrock. Wh ho wore on her despatch, and at 0 tho Special lef A party of perlonal Iseomf ort. and after watching It cloly bM.

fVS. Tfte thvvigntfttl attention of the lord f) KCn of tho 1 1st Grensdier Guards, sent from urrr since October I cannot recall a singlo insUnco of a mistake made or crcn of loss of temper in trying circumstances I Sff vn as li Wt ldy lioberts wis alo ZZtl by littie hrelrn Gould with, a the aalutaUon with interest and ravo a special vi ft iws Ijtd ia the national colours and tied with ribbons. was mK rrtsl for the Duchess of ZlZ ad Lady Marorcs was greatly appro Kcnstngtoa to. alst thotolioo at tho station lid. art oniy by noborts, out by at the efad of th platform and loudly cheered I heir departing cbmrades, who returned Lvj Ksjccet.

the blims of which were cheer for Major Uencral Trotter. xun irit nau iua oaiiaiion, oommuaca oj lieutenant Colonel Llord, marched from the The Unloo Qutla Mail tnimohli) Company's steamer Goth bees rBjuinitioQeJ bf tb Adniralt; for Us conrejaoee cf SO tfltn uxl 700 noo eoinmiuioncd and men to South Africa. The (loth will Irare barracks to the station by tho same route and had Copanj's ordinary intermediate teanier. a reception similar to that accorded to the former Itj not Lieutenant T. A.

8. JLjhml CrOM, bnt lera vro passengers xlAt3pV Ato Crosrewr, Lady Mary Grvwv and Lady Itetler. Other The Absent minded Do'mir." Mslor Gencral Trotter was agitn present for tho send off, nd among thoao on the platform were seroral ladies, Coioncr Horace Kicardo, Commanding tho rcgl moot (who i went down to see the etnbarcatlon). lTi Ert assone. and Lady Castletown.

Among the front), and Colonel Fludyer, eommamling tho ffcte tb platform to wih God poed to the Soota Gnards.whd had justj prcriously been seeing i.tir trawlers were the Duke of Abereorn. draft of tho Soots and Coldstream Ilr. Mr. yndluun. M.l Lord tho Scot Guards, on behalf of tho War Office, and lady Tweedtnontlu Hearty und by Mr.

BoMison, on ibchalf of tho railway trt were ra stJ a the train left the station. company, to each of whom Major General Trotter SiFreieri' tarringten, who goes oat to Uke paid tho compliment of iaying that everything nu ispertanf command in Soath Africa, had a was managed mol satisfactorily. The regimental 2boa reTd in the same train for himself and band could, not iwalt for tlio departure, but tho a je. vsil stiff. He wa accompanied to drums and fifes performed in their stead and by Lady Carrlagton.

who will pro played a Tarlety' of inspiriting tunes. Friends, Ury oat to the Cape later on. Tho rest of who desired to bo anonymous, distributed a la al were In etiier part of the train. Sir i quantity of cigars, cigarettes, and newspapers rJervrk kuked very well and was In excellent) among the men just before tbey left, and the thoughtful kindness waa 'much appreciated. A Xt daring the coming tho patriotic coffec houso keeper decorated his Hter had been somewhat mixed.

Brilliant premises overlooking the! station yard with flags Uvrthcr. Bet matters in Uus direction number of men and to officials concerned In tho krerrd ss the day were ton. and when tho train rnd abegtide the Dunottar Castle tbo sun ois oct brUIiantly. Sir Donald and Ladv Sir Baker Kcssell and his stall, and fttia Graham' White, transport oJSeer, received atlcgaihed passengers, and Sir Donald, kX Lady noberts on his arm, led tho way to the cntrainment. Wl.

Commander Boucher on board of her, started for Mi lair Roberts pasvd np the canrway" the Soath Africa 'tho. tooth of a furious gale, fccttaarton Police band, stationed on the upper which had become a mixture of snowstorm Bj is, played SU Patrick'a Day," which was and blizzard. Sho carried the 2nd Battalion of tiVvtd by Garryowen and Other Irish the Grenadier Gmrdil wt am emnhatleallT the cf Teck and on hit left Lady Roberts. Irft thU Prt tor the front. Aa sho started at proposed the loyal toasts, which were cn there was pUylng of A Life on the Ocean IsacUcaxiy honoured, and next rave the Wsto and Kocked In the Cradle of the (rrou ocx axxgiAX, corkixtondext.) I T1LBUKY, Maiicxt 18 Tho sailing of the Braemar Castle to day with thoj 1st Battalion.

Worcestershiro Regiment and araits of the Grenadier, Coldstream, and bcou Gnardk has given another illustration of the markable persisteueo of public Interest in tho denarturo of troons to wfiich I referred the other This is tLo fourth trip of tho Braemar Costlo to South Africa with troops, and ono of the ship officers told mo just now that it was tho most demonstrative farewell of them all. Certainly both soldiers and civilians seemed very full of enthusiasm, and bent on giving expression to it. Xot that hero was any rowdincss or trouble, for everything went off in good order In spito of cxtpnsiro changes in the embarking and transport staffs. Colonel Parkyn, D.AA.G., has boon transferred to Woolwich, and his placo hero was taken to day by Colonel Macleod, D.A.A.G., whilo Captain Bradford, R.N., has become chief Admiralty officer in succession, to Captain Coko, who la transferred to Liverpool to relieve Captain Tyrwhltt, on tho latter's appointment a flag captain to tho Renown. This sort of general post seems rather a pity when officers have beoomo thoroufrhlr at homo in the details of transport duty, have got to know each other's was, and are working harmoniously with ship (rSOM OCS BTECUl OOXKESrOTDI3rT.) BOCTllAMlTON, sUacn 18.

This afternoon the British India liner Doncra, ono of the few transports which carry a transport officer In theso days of stress, with I owners and dock authorities but perhaps there aro sufficient reasons for it. Commander Allen. R.K., who has been for soma tlmo on Captain Coko staff, remains, and bis experience was of mnl assistance to day. Tho Braomar Castle's present load is 35 officers and 1,470 non commissioned officers and men. Altogether, sho has carried upwards of 5,000 soldiers to tho Cape, and may be aaid to bavo done her dutiy nobly, though not a chartered transport.

On of Lord Robert, remarking that on St. Deep," which seemed grimly ironical, but In fact po occasion oTber last departure rrom boutnamp fcrick'sDay they must not, of course, forget ho Is going to lie nadir the loe of the Isle of I toiij which I Wpened to witness one of the ikrirelriah soldiers at the front. He united Wicht until the storm taa abated. Of all tho Tel7 le trsgio incidcnU connected with the lafrEobert with the toast, and added amidst scene whioh Lave been ritneMed at Sonth i transport service occurred. Just as the ship dsn Uut tbey ail wished long life acd.mpton on the occasion of the departure uf 'V' lno 'T1 isparss to both.

Lord and Lady Robert. troops, this was tho most Voting, for the ladies drowned. At tho time it was fcest nteret wa. taken in the cabins allotted present ond there were many of them rlthough 'fKTeito 1 from4. 9 travellers Comfort is a ehawterUtin IZn ahih officer that it was a deliberate act on the dshed ladies I cannot go" much Into derail, for In tho course of PQjB lno uirown 10 nim.aivesieu the pretty a nessage which, must bo brief It is neecssary 5" 01 his overcoat, tho air in which buojo.1 of the State to sWlip the two busiesrdays which tLo trani hM nP obviously a good taac of the Dunottar Castle, but the occasion i of sadness.

But tho circumstances are such that ae departure of such dittnguished ladies tsaaed eometnisg more. Hence tnl decorations of the cabins. One of the State to sum up' the two busiest day: xes on the epper deck, set apart for tbo'nort and etnbarcatlon officers have nascd eiess of Teck, had a pleasing arrangement of through, and in those dayjs there have killed tho jek rases, various white oners, violets, Gaika, Custodian, Aurania, and Dnnera, and the teroek, and trailing greenery; while the Winifredlan has arrived jwith. invalids from tho hxeen's sitting room at the back of the music 1 Cape, and the Dunottar Castle, In which Lady ma cat similarly decorated. The cabins of Lady I Roberts said good byo to her brave and skilful Lira and hex daoghters.imaodiatcly aft of the husband just before Christmas, ha now sailed a auuoa, uaa uktroe recejrea lueouon, vriin ty liOLcrU and ner OaugDiera on noara.

vriuL aau cseaiiumiBiwuen ji it, inerciore, impossipio lo QO more man 10 SKjewd with the bright green of the shamrock. state a few bald facts and ko endeavour to convey a interesting fact that Lord Robert, when, a general impression cf tho truly wonderful iiswjont to South Africa in the Dunottar scenes of yesterday and to day. Ctse, selected for Lady Roberta and his two The least interesting of the ships which alters the cabins which they should occupy left yesterday was tho Gajka, and sho was tho first rtteir veyace. toco. She had in her 48 officers and 1,510 men.

After iBaeheon Lady Robert, the Duchess drafts of manv regiments and somo Army Service i Teck, and the other members of tho Corps and R. A.M.C. Thj regiments represented 7rty esae on deck. The ceremony of breaking were the 2nd East Kent, 2nd Devon, 1st 4e new Cxg of the Union Castle Line on the iJoyal Welsh Fusiliers. Scottish Rifles, 1st I wl lid been fixed for 2 o'clock, but it was InnUkillinir Fusiliers.

5th Roval Fusiliers. 2nd tt fciyed ia order that Lady Roberts might have a East Surrey, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, if tiare in it. Accordincly. her ladvshin was Derbrshiro Rerbnent. Welsh Reriment.

North siniaeied by Sir Donald Currie to the first amp tons. Royal Berks, Yorks, and Shropshire Hi A assembled, including, In addition to others i At the moment when the Gaika sailed from tho tl uml. Sir rVinoi Kmn. MP. Ihn Iwl.

hn tnaf uni Tin if diiraia of the combined Cnion Castle Company, Aurania, carrying 29 officers and 1,000 men of tho uToroiaoninampionnaMr. causton.il. f. 1st South SUlfordshire, a draft of icoyal Irish, a riven signal the Car was raised, there was'1 and Vn 0 1 ninp Cnmmtr. mw all hut r.ff.

Th tant of cheers, and the band played Rule, Custodian, with her precious carco of 425 horses rsia." The eompanv. needless to sav. wero and COG men.was all but rt adv. too. She Is a flrsl nartoftho man.

After jumping overboard, ho pushed away tho lifebuoys thrown to him, divested swimmer. Tbo slncuiar tnln wa tbat no was a lieservist, whoso time had expired or almost expired, and that he had only been allowed to join at his own particular request. No mlshsp occurred to day, although the men clambered np Into tho rigging in a more than usually reckless manner until called down by tho captain, who made it very evident that the best of order is maintained in tne iiracmar Vasuc 3710 Clr. Frt. rartbrook, lift ttalsfc lUffacaat, died from wooa March 15.

81S1 lie. Evans, 1st Welsh Eecfcnent, died frosa March 15. 7463 rte. n. Uewelivn, 1st Welsh Reiiment, dhd from wounJa, February Tf.

Th followUK telecrata from Lord Roberta ha been rereir! at the War Office; i Bloemfontfia, Harcb IB. The nil Awl. mlinir bave been aeeoualedf or folio wf In YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. Killed In rtion. H53 Cpl.

T. Fruikland. Have ia nulnnl T.M K. Wnilnnon. 1315 J.

Prown, 1079 P. Carroll, 2085 W. Finney, 4012 1 Icilry, tod 2638 D. Holden. iiounum and In LcspiUI.

6051 I t. J. Winusor. 1st WEST RlblXO REGIMENT. TTsre now reintnnl ivirt W.

Jenhion. 5573 R. Lee, 4C00 C. Beard, and 2775 T. Emthe.

In a telemra dated 5Ireh 18, the General of Com monlratlmi. Cape Town, 'report follows Tee rollowini otnrers have been discharged from hopital. For the week ended Marrh 11 Ctli Dr coom. Lira t. C.

E. Amphlett, See. Lleat. E. O.

6. Jarvii. 15th Co. Trab, R. Eee.

Lieut. G. n. W. DoMiyn.

RemouBti. Lieut. B. F. Wombwell.

Roral Engineers. Lieut. R. G. Earle.

Sri Grenadier GuarU. Lieut. O. C. ITirallton.

West Yorkshire Regiment. Capt. J. S. Uartrum.

2nd lCegim nt. Lieut. J. Leader. 3rd South' Wale lloruerrri.

Lieut. J. Wheen. Gloacestenhire Regiment. Lieut.

O. M. Sbipwsv. lit West Ridinr Reriment. Cant.

J. A. C. Cibbi, Cpt. O.

A. Taylor. lt Oxfordshire Light Infantry. Capt. H.

L. Rock Keene. "a Shropshire Light Infantry. Capt. R.

R. Gabbins. 4th Royal Dublin 1'cailier. J. A.

Skeet. Indian SufT Corje t'ait. Y. II. R.

Commeline. Civil Surgeons. bm th, and Eaves. The Genrral of CV mmunication. Natal.

renortA that Troopers 107J E. CoIlnmnd 1173 W. South AJnran licrse, nrre wcualed azd taaen prisoners at De Beers Pass, March (13. Tho. following deaths aro reported from Cape Town 453 Sapper A.

W. Ibiwltnt, Telegraph Battalion, R.E., entrrie ferrr, OraDgo Hirer. March 13. 12123 Drirer W. Farrell.

Array Service Corps, enteric fever. Kimherley. JUrrh 13. 1007 irooper II. W.

Gilrhriit.Wrat Aostrallan Horse, entrrie fever, March 13. 3223 Pte. E. Kemp, 'lit Essex Regiment, esterio fever, Kimberley, March 13. 4331 Pte.

G. Littlccnlld, 12th Lancers, djsentery, Kimberley, March 13. 3287 Pte. C. Busbr, lit Welsh Reriment, enteric fever.

Wynberg, Mtrrh 14., 38C8 Pte. L). Harbone, 2nd Duke of Cornwall's Lljht Infantry, entrrie fever, Wynberg, Msrch 14. 3248 Pte. A.

Kettle, lit Essex. Regiment, enterie fever, Wynberg, March 14.: 2623 Sgt. J. Kerr, 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment, gun shot wounds, Wynberg, Msrrh 14. 3083 He.

T. Brook, 1st West Riding Regiment, gunshot wonnds, Wvnbrrg, Mtrrh 14. 9715 Pte. O. Elfprd, 1st Coldstream Guards, anUrie fever.

Cape Town, March 15. 297 Pte. R. R. Campbell, New Sooth Wales Mounted Infantry, entrrie fever.

Cape Town. Mirch 14. 8155 Tte. J. Prntland, 3rd Volunteer Battalion Royal Scots, Influenza, Caps Town, March 15.

The following deaths have occurred In Natal 866 Trooper. J. Brav.i Sooth African Light Horse. dysentery, Ladysmith, II arc a 13. 5349 Pte.

W. Braeken 2nd Roal Dublin Fusiliers, gunshot wounds, base hospital, Pietennaritsburg, Starch 16. 3465 Trumpeter F. fiwslne, 14th Hussars, enteric, base hospital, Pietcrmaritxhnrg, March. 16.

The following men died at sea on passage homo In the Awa 3553 Cpl. J. Elder, 1st Manchester Regiment, February 5. 1921 Cpl. F.

Maleolm, King's Royal Rifle Corps, February 11. C757 PU. T. Stevens, 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers, February' 12. 1623 Sgt.

F. Davidson', tnd Scottish Rifles, February 18. 1435 L. Cpl. H.

Smith', 2nd Scots FnaOlers Febraary 20. Of the former, foor ars tho foroes la South AMos and the other Is oo his way there. A etrre poodent write 1 glad to Sew 5aW tioo is to I asked in the Eobm acent th svoo Uhvry cf parrels fas XataL A hamper was sen ssy soa fas' the Royals in th snid.1l November, Dsrinf Itst BMtb spools, warm dothirg, tobaecw. becks vera aft ut it, .11 n.m.t r. aha tsUdl of Fa bmarv set.

i i lutu a xn wT. one of these tnings had been reewvel ooJy a BoCUM ref ogees, hot by these who were so nobly deveta; their time as! esergiea to rslicvisf th distress) that THE MANSION nOCSB WA1I rUXD. The TraniTul War VmA sutmtlv ti 782,000., Yt donations included Harwich, per the 32 Fort Johnston. Pouth Xnai. 1 militarr r.

iV.t V. bnrd steamship Canada, 13 Is. i (wLleh eWoU be meuredl ha eouM ret th hasnoe icpaau tjhurch. C9 saj Britishers at Up U. licrban.

Cewt is ncsSca.M oast Caslle, 13 15. Mr iit. from S. Sleaae eewrt. B.W.

cit si' 'l VCu T. Aadley strret. who sendin, out sany eomlorU TV. "Llcura bV.tM'? remitted to N.Ul. tie hospital in Sooth Africa, aak those head, ine ham.

secretary of the Imnenal Wr Fnn.Ii fTJan. 'li: LTC.k, tent Coloacl lullr. 50. Bjicalersiary. E.C.) reports timroll members at the froat.

if theV wUl aeh sead renJSVrTJ 'r Mi rJjeJe a few copies of their own list to supply ZZFj that fuo.L Of these are widows of aon tb hospitals snd to enelon in OEcers' Boie. It Ti.t'M3,MBeiTO, 'Wet KsU may often prove th wjjos). ind 30 fathers have also rveeived financial 1 mesas of ibrirginf eoinrade tocether. and of renewing im iruu nsie uiocli u.kti. isum i.v.

cmT atut veldt. Alj parcels sent to Mi Rhodes are forwarded by ol U44. the total disouraemcnts exceed the suLerrin i c.v. i mA biJri UT.T1 take; oj, from Csp. Town uTter depit at Wyaberg by about 1,000, and additional subscriptions are asked by Mr.

Ci I. Rhodes own cart. The Rev. Dr. W.rr.

for. i i C0JIF0UT3 FOB TOK TROOPS. The Secfetary of State for War in accepting th cfier of a gilt of Spanish claret and brandy for Armrlhosulal ne suggested that aa so many gifts of this kind have gnoej to the sick and wounded ia Sath Africa this prev nt wcnld be eonally screi Ufcie for tte in valids rrtnrainr home." Aeeordinelr. the donors. ha already most kindly promised to send us sotM copies oi i.Mnian list Ben is XI VAL J.

2JILJTAR INTELLIGENCE The Hool, baUIeship. Capt. A. C. Corry.

which has been at Gibraltar since the mi Id's of Febrsary, has bees Mesirs. Pedro de Otadny and cf Bilbao and relieved by the Ocean, battleship. Caps, th Hon. A. G.

feS? 'K'ur." Cnrson nowe. which arrived on Satnrdav from Devon vpauiaa cum; aaa one case ei weir finest Llqnenr Grspe bran ly (frosx the Valdepefias I The Hjod haa left for Portsmouth to he paid off. district) directed, as suggested by Lord Laasdowne, to The Admiralty have ordered tho Glory, battleship, to the Principal Aledieal thLter, Herbert Hospital. Wool be ready for commission at Portsmouth by July 3. o'smuuuon at inai.

omcers mscretioo rn. rmir. nr n. A r.i't Unv. tome froin South Africa." The Adjutant tfuarter 1 homeward boun 1.

mnster Uenrral in ronvevioc the abov intimatioo said I The Intreisd. eraiser, after eomplet refit wfn be that Lord Lansdowne not only gratefnlly accepted passed Into the A Division of th Fleet Reserve, at Messrs. Otaduv'a kind olfrr. but srarmlv thanked them for it. Lady 8cratchley and ilrs.

Yansittart Howard wish to thank all those, wha have helpel them in their work of collecting icioaing and comforts for the 1st Battalion Kibi'i Uoyal Kitlrs and the Naval Rricle in Nstsl. The last cases were sent otl by the beginning of the Portsmouth to day. The Nymph, sloop, which waa recently paid off at Portsmonth. will be takrn in hand to day, and her rent is to be completed by the end of Jon. The Northampton, sea going training ship.

Capt, n. A. W. lOnslow, arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday Hi ii. ji.

a. iVnsiow, amvei as rc Brt weekjln Iarch. Altogether 1,910 articles wert, t. sent to the King's Rovil Poittei and 1,200 to the Na4 from Saeerness on rrcmitin? dnty, Brigade. jThese cambers do not include envelori I The good service pension of (many sumpe.i) containing note prr.

pencils, a Urge fian'dkt letlef eri, tobacco, eigarettes, yards of Mrs. Shef.herd Cross, 19, Queen 's gate grdens: S.W., asks for roatributions of sucks and other articles of undetclotning, slsb of pipes, totaoro. and dgarettesor the use ofj No. 57 Company. Imperial Yeomanry, Mrs.

Buckle, Kaithby, Stnlsby, thanks thorn who in response brr arpeal Lave coal led her to send out with the j2nd Battalien, Royal West Kent Regiment. Eighth Division, 155 shirts, 23 jerseys, 4M pairs of socks, 107. comforters, 412 caps and belniets.203 cholera belts, 557 coloured handkerchiefs and 3S mittens; besides boptbtces, stationery, la lelible pencils, tobacco and pipes, also 52 flints and steel. Miss Mary Oakes, Woodhead. Farnham, Surrey, wishes tol thank her friends whu have enabled her to collect 700 for tte prisoners in Pretoria 300 of which hai tlready been sent to them.

MieUvery aniions to send another 500, to make np which sum be still requires 3C0 and bepea to get it very soon. Cheques to Lf crossed Messrs. Cox and Co. The In Mrmoriam SoIJiers Fnni has despatched over eleven hundred warm garment an I 50 rugs to Mr. Hamilton Gatliff.

frr distribution at Cane Town to the home coming; sick, and wounded. A further rift tne same object will be seot as soon ss supplies permit. At the end of the' mcnth, a present will be sent to the British troop of General Gatarre Division. Donations will be gladly receive! by th Countess Erownlow, 8, Csrlton boase terraee, S.W. Mr.

Seoit Turner, Elm rark gardens, S.W. and Mrs. Conrad Howell. Ealing, W. All parrala should I sent to rare of Pall mall Deposit, 4 St.

Alban's place. Regent street, W. Colonel O. 1'hiliie, hon. secretary of the Soldirrt' Christian and Colonel MacGregor, hon.

secretary of the Sooth African Committee of the associa tion, write Fifter agents of th Soldiers' Christian Asscciativn are employed at th present time among oar soldiers in South Africa. A leading feature of the work undertaken by the association has been the pro riding of large tents cr marquees, fitted up as reading, writing, and games rooms during. the day, and need foe meetings in the evening. The tents are supplied with wholesome literature and the necesaarie for correspondence, pens, ink.) paper, envelopes, tc, for wh 'eh there ha tern an extra ordinary demand, are supplied gralnitonaly vo me, men on application, roiamg canvas enairs nave been sent out, also, in large numbers. Testimony has been borne by commanding officers snd ethers in aatbo TI1E PORTLAND HOSPITAL.

Subjoined aro extracts from a letter received by Major General the Hon. II. Eaton from Surgeon Major Kllkolly, of the Portland Hospital, dated February 23 Everything is going on smoothly and satisfactorily so Doth tho ur Pr0Tcct more up to Blorrafontein appear 159 year, vacant Vf the promoticn of Capt. II. T.

Grrnf'ell to flag rank, ha been award! to Capt. G. C. Langley. The following appointment wrr mad at th AoV' mlralty on Saturday i Captain C.

Bnmey, to th President, additional fo; study st R. N. CoMege. to date March 20. Surgeons.

A. W. B. Liveay. M.B., to th Pembroke, frr Chatham Dockyard II.

R. GirdnT. M.B., to the Tbnnderer R. J. MacKeowa, to th Excellent, to date Msrrh 30, Aadstant Paymaster.

O. L. Frnfold, to th HTberni, aa secretary's clerk to ear Admiral Borgs Watson, undated. The Duke of Connaught Is about tq make a tour et inspection vcr his Irish command. Including th new harbocr defences at Ben IitanJ, Bantry.

and the recently completed on the shores of Lough SwQly. Th Royal MaQ Company's steamer Clyde, which left Southampton for Brazil and lb River Plat on Satar dsy, is conveying to Sierra Leon the detachment of West Indian troops which wss brought by th rteamahif Tara. Th 5th Ball, of the Royal Fusiliers (Royal Westminster Militia), which haa teen em to lied at Dover sine December 13, la to moved to th To war of London on Wednesday teit. Lieut. Col.

C. M. Eaker, R.A., has been for appointment as A.A.G., Dublin District. Our Calcutta Correspondent telegraphs that Majot noare, 4 th; Hnssars, haa been appointed Assistant Military Secretary to Lieut. General Sir G.

Lock, eom mahding th forces ia Bengal. Maj. F. P. Hutchinson haa been appointed Commandant of th 1st BsttaJUa 2nd Gnrkhaa.

Capt. Roos Keppe! haa been appointad to th ten orary command of th Khaiber Ries( ia addition to hi duties as polities! oCeer. A scheme for Increas ing th establishment of th Indian Army Nsrsisg Service' by 11 senior snd 63 junior sisters is under cs sideration. by the soldiers thera wives, to their THE VOLUNTEERS. It Is stated that 23 second lieutenants eommiastoa in th Army will be offered for Seers of metropolitan nty, as well as by the soldiers themselves, to their Olunieer corps, two lor omcers or ins lure art wry high appreciation of this varied provision for their corps, ninei to thee of corps attach 1 to the King's wants.

Keports received from different part of South Roal Rifles, elrht to those attached to th Bifia Africa snow that the tenU are well filled by the BriVd. three each to th East and West Barm men thronghoi.t th day, and invariably crowded 77 777 th cvtning. when meetings are bold. Ia avoops, swo ih ouwiona wrjixs un, the stress o( war they bare, in a few instance, been requiaii'oned during th hours of th night as temporary sneiters icr tn wotredea sad ror refngees, ami on one occasion as sleeping quarters for officers of' tb Staff. There have been Indication of deep religious) interest aroused through th trading and WtWctrtr.

battalion, which nnmbored 1 003 nod commissioned ofllccrs and men, and the four Scotland, has offered to nut on 20 convalescents ami six drafts of Guards namely, 100 each of the 3rd officers in his steam yacht Rhouma, which is 893 tons. Grenadier, 1st Coldstream, 2nd Coldstream, and I am sending the first instalment to morrow. This in lstlScoU Guards presented snappearanoo which eres oor aocoinmudstion. We bav. now put no 18 woild have surprised those who believe that slM ZT tlr comort' Ho iptel.IjteronIy 1 rate horso ship, bnt shd towers high above the si party west oa to the captain's bridge with water, and I Lad spent pa'rt of tho morning In iocaia sna Lady uurrlo and were again watching' with tho keenest Interest the really Tartop npbed.

During the afternoon there was splendid work which was cone, mainly by ono man rsty to the attention of the Dunottar's named Hose, in inducing tho more restive horses is the passing vessels, some of which were to mount tbo steep brow. Ho is a man worthy to ss4 lor South Africa crowded with officers and be celebrated, and tho na al oCicers were loud in 5 Jest above tho Castie liner the St. Louis praise of him. Ho had bocn kicked in tho groin berthed, and as sho started, on her trip to early In the day, but bo to his work nono Tork she was heartily gTeeted from the the less, and ono contest which be went through fSKttir, ter pasaengcr responding with equally a nervous chestnut arse was full of Interest. risers.

Then shortly afterwards tho Blindfolded though It wis, the brute would not sport Gaika, on her way out to the Cape, mount the brow, which was at a very steep abreast. The troops, many of swarmed gradient, and eventually Iloso backed it up inch rirric cheered the Dnnottar enthnsl jaDy, and there were many shout for Lady The great transport passed down was followed by another. by inch jwith wonderful strength and skill and command ox temper, mis was. over, oi course, before the Gaika started, and tho decks and Tf started below the Dunottar, and whirl) was shouting soldiery jVoluntccr Electrical Engineers, LJ icereicd spectators from tne mail Later in the diy the Dnnottar trnlr in '1 caii. Tho hour for sailing having arrived.

was cleared of visitors and tho Jjtr started on their journey with the good the crowd expressed in cheers aevd again and again. DtfAETUIiE OP GUENADIER GUAUDS FI10M LONDON. a the raali boars of yesterday morning the Battalion of tho Grenadier Guards crden for South Africa were astir at apon Barracks, and by 5 o'clock they had rJrVxi zil their preparations for departure, Utuiioa is over 1,100 strong, and there Is a Vb proportion of Bcscrvists among the Jr' The Duke of Cambridge, Coloncl ln scrae days ago that be had never seen a Jwo of tho Guards looking better than they Jwl thoao who saw the men parade in the jk sqnare yesterday morning could hardly ld tte same view. They were In tho rFirits, and all looking forward with zest service. The men were in khaki and Uslttieu, opon the khaki covering of each of a rT "m11 dwtinffoMdng badge consisting piece of ribbon in the regimental colours, batoa with the regimental arms upon IL paradtd In full marching order, bnt their and heavier luggago bad boon sent on In svatoj.

The morning liltterlv rld and f. and the r. T. 1. tie deci.i rrri st.evl of ins carried foldod.

Lien Coloncl F. Lloyd, D.S.O., wa in eom lt i parade numbered 30 omcers ana t8wlk 61 all told. Every man In the rank to alj3lnt''7 solwr. Tbero were a WtC 10 which friends managed to pass spirit to the anldlm lint the oSeera srtw? tlw Poable effect of this mistaken form oTbiiZj stncuy limiting tho eonsnmption rtadw" aitoretber. By 5 30 all was thn rnarrb xn c.t aviuivijff lutiuiivvi v.

1st Boyal Scots, 2nd Koyal West Surrey, 2nd lioval Fusiliers, 2nd North Staffordshires, House hold Cavalry, and Lancers, lnen, a UtUe nearer to the town on the ocean quay, was tho Dunottar Castle, dressed gaily in flags, for it was a great occasion in more Mays than one. It was from her decks, after the Gaika bad passed, that I watched the Aurania and tho Custodian sail in quick succession, and Itj was a marvellous and memorable sight. There before our eyca wcro visible three great ships full of fighting men steaming in column over tho sunlit waves of Southampton Water, and 'tho enthusiasm was Immcn Then la that beautifil ship the' Dunottar Castl' tb rc was high festival held for many I irst. Sir Donald Currio and Sir Francis Evans wvjre present to celebrate by a public ceremonial tbo amalgamation of the two great line. fS steamers of which' they are the chiefs.

A was lireu, a new nag oi Dngni assign in oiuo u.r. i nrlct was nauied to uie mastneaa and Droitcn and there was tremendous cheering lor in the Dunottar Castle Captain Kigby is taking out, to bo added to tho members of the great world already at the Cape, the Duchess of Teck, Lady Robert and her daughters, tne Marcnioness oi urmonde, uaay Chcaham.Lady Howard of Glossop.Mlsa Cavendish, Miss E. Rhodes, Lady Castletown, Lady Settrington. the Hon. Amy Gordon Lennox, Lord Elphinstone, and many oScers, as well aa seven nursing sisters.

To day we have had sample of all the worst kinds of weather that the British climate can achieve, and tho first news of the day wa that tho Winifred Ian had arrived two days before her time with some 150 invalid. These will proceed in a day or two to Woolwich, Netley being full. At present they remain In the ship at the Ocean Quay by order of Colonel Stacpole, who boarded her as soon aa sbo arrived. She is a very comfortable ship, and tbero aro not many bad cases, but it waa certainly a very comfortless dsy. There was, however, no alternative, for tho Invalid carriage were not here.

In tho meanwhile nobody Is permitted to go on board on other official business. Well as tho majority of the Invalid axo doing, however. Tlsit to a sMnload of theaj thej seasoned men in tho Hegnlar Army have been sent to the front long ago. Tho very first ship load that went from horo five months sinco did not, contain a larger proportion of mature, and atliiletlc looldrg fellows. Tho Worcester men struck everyone as a capital lot, smartly handled by jthelr officers.

"Tho officers on board are as follows 1st Worcestershire Lieutenant Colonel O. H. Oaket (commanding ttlbcer) Msjon W. Iennox Conyngham, ichirhntrr. J.

II. ti. Gibb CauUins 11. K. It.

Stcart, U. E. Cayley, R. Hajrs Eaoler, E. II.

St. L. Clarke Lieutenants A. O. Reward, II.

F. Morgan, H. I rck, II. Crawibay. G.

E. Lea. K. W. Jloyes, P.

Q. S. Wainrasn beeond Lieutenant U. r. r.

Dillon, J. B. llvme, L. M. Stevens, L.

C. Do nan. I F. It. Gibson, Lord U.

II. tlurle Lieutenant and Quartermaster buatt. era tircnauicr wuarua cccuuu ucmcuui uctzuvb Bofige. Ut h'cots Guards Second Lienter.snt Royd. 1st Coldstream Ouarus Captain JlcNsale.

2nd Coldstresm Guards Second Lieutenant Crett. A. O. Corjje Lieutenant fuller, Lieutenant and A. O.

Hajes. ti.A.M.C Captain Douglas and Lieutenant Farn borcuch. lit Northumberland Y.A. Captain Wedgewood. South African Licbt Horse.

Lieutenants Iiathurst, Metcalfe, Turuer, and Goodwin. ily attention was drawn to day to a eonvenienco suripiicd by the Open Air Mission and greatly appreciated by tho embarking soldiers.lt consists of 1 printed only requiring tho names and dates to bo filled in with a pencil, thus S.sl Dock, 1000. bear I arrived safe on board here just now. We' are going to tail at ence. 1 hope, please God, we hall have a safe pasasce and a' victorious return.

God bless yon all. l'ray for me. Farewell. Your anectionate These cards aro posted for tho men after tho shiD has I Lave oltcn noticed tbo anxiety of jnany of the soldiers to write a farewell message; but it is difficult for them to find tho materials orithe time. This simple plan is undoubtedly a real amuness ui a uuiucu, uui luojj iucui ar(4 feeling more serious than they hare ever felt In their lives CASUALTIES.

SOUTI1EBN FliONTIER. liowlby Lis gone to Kimberley to see what heln he can give. Th burgeon General got him up in. an ambulance train. The admissions to the hospital from January 8 to February 18 are i Discharge, convalescents, light duty, Ac, 1V2 in hospital, 71 deaths ofLrer (Captain Tbomaa) one, men two total, ICG.

THE nOSPITAL SIUP MAINE. The American hospital ship Maine will arrive homo in tho middle of April, and will return to and on to those of th Middlesex Regiment. Th War Office haa approved of th establish ent at the 2nd Vol. Bait, of th Oxfordshire Light Infantry being increased from seven to nin com panic. Th new companies will be raised ia Oxford.

The prixr won during last year by members of th 1st Cadet Catt. King's Royal Rifics were distributed oa Saturday afternoon at th Guildhall by the Lady Myorrss, who wa accompanied by the Lord Mayor. Hon. Lieat. Col.

Freeman Wills, th commanding 700 strong, sod sanction of th necessary forthwith to supply iron rooms' to tak the BecreUry for War to inereas th establishment rot place of the tents. To carry out their objects the council six to eight; companie. Th presentation of th prise require a farther sum of 41,500. Cheques should he waa then proceeded with, and it wa explained, amid crone. African Emergency 'and may cn9ert thai several of th prize winners wire serving nIJfSzJSit Africa with th.

City Imperial Volants. exposition ci tn benpture the nightly meeUng. The conned appral for (fecial gilts for the continuanrs of this work. Their original appeal contemplated its maintenance to the end of March only there is new every probability that the urgent need for it will con tinue tor, at least, another six months, and as tnes4 will include the South 'African winter, during which th officer, mentioned that the corps wa work will have to be carried forward ia th colder Uiatib had just receive! th rrgions of: the Ires State and Transvaal, it is deemed I (, Mills, Oice of the Soldiers Exettr ball, Strand, W.C. Christian Association, City Imperial Msj.

Gen Trotter, commanding th Bom District, ia moving a vote of thanks to th Lady Mayoress, complimented th xnea on hiving don so well at their last inspection, and added that this was one of th smartest cadet corps which be bad ever seen. It was also gratify TELESCOPES FOB INFANTRY. Mr. C. E.

iitro nejer writes from 9,. Mount street. Manchester, that la moons to the TelescoD Fund Committee's appeal subscription amounting to 224 i to aetachment was ready la a have tcen! received np to March 10, with which four c.t., i i itli.li..i.r. rh uinl 4ts tin i.i of need to start for South Africa, la conclusion ha (roaimilicatioa 13 diameters). In view of th continue remarked that the Lord Mayor had won th heart of South Africa for further service immediately.

of bostilittes further subr criptions are i the Volunteers of th country and th respect and Lady Randolph Churchill telegraphs that tho 0, fin? Mr. itmrny Lndnn nrvfentMl tattui I c' Army. LIrut. CoI. HoLle seconded th.

ror ackaowieugea tne vote or Ladv Mayoress. Sneaking of Malno has on board Major lloare, Sth Dragoon Guards Msior IT. Canrl Cure, D.S.O., Gloucrstershire Regiment Captain C. C. II.

Tew, West Yorkshire Regiment Captain E. Strratfeild. Gordon llithlaoders Csntain (J. M. tilcsu and Lieutenant II.

Uunning, Devonsbixe unier Lyne. presentH to lou. Urgimtnt Lieutenant A. 'Wise, Connaught Rangers chciUr Lcgi IJeutrosnts W. J.

R. Wingfield and A. J. Camle't, 18th llussars Lirntenant E. G.

CafSn, Yorkshire! THE Among tie sutsenbers ars Mr. A. Dugdale, Clark nin 0f th Army. Lient. burn, 101 Mrs.

IiMnrray, London, presented to th I 2nd, Uren'adier 30; Colonil R. Peacock. hiTf of HViIa Uorton. 10 Messrs. Galloways ni iir.

ti LT i received. Utler from Urd Robert, who wroU of th n.m' fio the W. A. P.rry. aerasad I Intelligent 'andamong th Snatt us tuiuuon sian iiegiment uenirnant J.

A. uyrne, Koy Fusiliers and Lieutenant M. B. C. Irish Fusiliers, together with 153 non commissioned omcers and mm.

THE PUNISHMENT OF CAPE REBELS A correspondent sends cs th following extract frcm a Lientrnant J. A. Cyme, Royal Inniskilling vuwrj, .1 I. j. i.

i Colony, whose fnuhrue was loote! by retell, including under bis command. Words like those from aoeh a com msnder aa Lord Robert were highly appreciated by th City. On Saturday evening Col. Grena an 1 other elBcer were present at the distribution of prizes and dinner of (Weterlow's) Company ot( th 2nd London gate hill. Lieut.

8. V. Myers presided in th absence Tho Maino received orders to call at Cane follnwin in The Timet leader of Decern i Vnitmteee tuian attseW tn the Town, St. Helena, and Madeira. Mrs.

Adair, ber 27: The moral is obxious. There should be no King's Royal Rifles. He ansnal report showed that viee cnairman, returned on Saturday In the ceniaiirar ia promj.wy auu sicmiy nunirai it year to company nao an cmciens strengu ei in, Lucania from her sncccsaful visit ti A ptIm I011' 01 nm ajaiast th property anj, aa nd in musketry a Igure of merit of 126 53. showing a MrSowTgoK Madam von Andrd will fulfil tho duties of hon. secretary during her absence.

TTTE IMPERIAL HOSPITAL. A Reuter telegram from Cape Town says that the Jewish boys and girls of the town have endowed a bed in the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital. Tbo Israel Lodge is doing likewise. THE NAVAL BRIGADE. Tb Admiralty infonss ns that Midshipman Lionel G.

K. Uoyd and Midshipman. Andrew B. Cunningham, of 1I.M.S. Doris, have been landed at the Cape.

THE VOLUNTEERS. Nokth TMEEI mD. The Eliwick bnttery of the 1st Northumberland Volunteer Artillery, which is to leave for South Africa during the coming week, will not take I out its new 15 pounder field guns. It will iastesd be The General of. Communications, Capo Town, supply Cape Town with a battery of new naval 12 fII tn rnA i ah advance party mo ierT nas isu vo uae ove telegraphs that i Aliwal North, March 11 MOUNTED RIFLES.

Killed. S28 rte. J. M. S.

Cartin. WOCXDID. LI ent. G. A.

Taplin (dan gerous 1971 Sgt. F. II. Robinson I (severe) 2058 Cpl. U.

W. Miles (severe! 12JS Pte, W. B. Weston I (severe) 2071 Pte. F.

Johns (severe) BRABANT'S HORSE. Klliin. Cpl. Weir I Trooper G. B.

Saunders Trooper Longdergnt WotmsrD. O. Cockrnft 2995 rte, II. Richardson (severe) iu93 Pte.M. Black (severe) 3290 It.

W. G. Dunning (severe) S29 Pte. A. J.

Christmas (sUght) 2978 rte. Bliss (slight) Trooper S. (slight) Trooper F. E. Penn (slight Troojper Conton (slight Trooper KeHaun (dangerous) Trocjx R.

II. J. GibU (severe) Trooper E. HeNamara severaY The first three in the above list are prisoners. KAFFBARIAN RIFLES, Elixxn.

i 977 We. T. H. Caldwell. Capt.

E. Muller. 1 CO. ROYAL ENGINEERS. WocxDin.

Etc. CtL T. Bernard these measures will be taken. The Cap Dutch has Wai still mors remarkable, as there wer 70, against IS alaays sympathized with thsir friends across the border, the previous year. Th company in regi ental cot an were officially iuformrl thst they were to ait still I nrtitinns won the rhallenge shield presented by Lord Roberta (ton.

colonel) ror tn rest snooting company and the Cantlua Ccp and priu for being the mod edicient company. these guns. THE TRANSVAAL REFUGEES. The Lord Mayor haa received, through the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a report from the Cape Town Relief Committee with reference tatte clothing sent out from England for the indigent Rani refugees in response to th appeal made by Sir A. Milner.

A small pre portion wa composed ef new goods, and mention is especially made of Mrs. Rube's gift of four cases of new clothing, worth 185, and the British Red Cross Society's gift of fir boxes of new cluthe. Tb Ladies Committee st Cap Town had devoted four or fir hours per diem, four days a week. In sorting tb clothing and sending it to. the various places where the refugees congregated Durban, Pieten naritxburg, Fort Elizabeth, Queenstown, Graham ston, and King William's Town.

In all, at Cape Town and at these places, there were 18,153 refngee and their numbers would shortly be considerably increased by those from Kimberley. Up to February 21, 128 bales of clothing bad arrived and been distributed among the centre. Messrs. G. Fmdlay and Co.

had lent commodious and centrally situated premises at Caps Town for th sorting and packing of the clothing. The Dnioa and Castl lines had brought th clothing out freight free and had also carried the packages coastwise without charge. Meiars. Wright, Crossley, snd handsome gift of 4,000 bags of rice had keen distributed to tho various centres. Th clothing received wai most timely and of th greatest use, and th benevolence ef th wafjuort gjaUf oily apBceciated not only Jjy the and do nothing, as tb war waa an Imperial matter.

While negotiations were going on, a brisk ousiness went on In rices and ammunition wita tee avowel intention cf driving the English into tb sea. and it was only after martial law, waa ts oclaimi in the northern districts of Ca Colony that one ceased to hear theso laudable sentiments from Our friend and neighbotus. Tb reason for such intolerant hate cf the English is bard to End, but in a large number oi eases tne dunces of looting or obtaining farms that wer to be taken away rum the ruci neks have been too nrjch a temptation for our a torsi and Uod fearing friends. In this district we return a Liutccman to I'ariiameni. all the members of the divisional and municipal councils are Dutch, all scab atd road insccrtors are Dutch, and we have not a single fcne lish Belt cornet or J.F.

I can not" Cod any serious reason for tb unseemly hurry some of the Dutch here hat shown in joining the Free btata forces, without even taring the decency to wait till U.ey are proclaimed Free btatera and commandeered by Stern. The commandeering dodge was, no doubt prearranged by tbe Presidents nefcre the war broke out (ss some oi tne Utui here were talking about it) so tnat the colonial Dutch could shoulder their rife with light. heart, an 1, should the worst come, return to their farma and live as before. Nearly all looting baa been done by rebels, and it would have a very bad effect on tbe natives should they not be more severely panisbfld than a half starved nirger who steals a sheep. I have hf ard no complaints from Enghsbmcn about the Free ttatcrs.

for refugees from occupied districts all agree that it would net have been so bad rxerpt fcr th rebels, who do all the It tbey are not very severely dealt with, may see another racial war, and 'nothing will help more to prevent this than to make it an unprofitable undertaking for these who joined the enemy aa a business mecnlation. Race hatred will not be in creased, for that is impossible, and we ewe it to th troops and volunteers no bar tears pert tne war, that those who bad no right to fight on the side of th enemy, shoild snSer. Nor will it be conducive to brotherly love if rebels can come back to their borne and beast of the a am brr of oar officers and men tbey bay shot and that tbe Government dare ncl punish them. Ma laaimity ha been tried before and proved a failure, being misunderstood. We colonial English do not want to be paid for oar loyalty, but having had to put up with loss and annoyance we think tb rebels, who cave caused it, should be most severely punished when the day of THE LATE COLOSEL DOWXSIAN.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TTMZS. Sir, Lord Metbuen in bis despatch, wriltea two months after Magersfcntein, does a great injastic ta the gallant, eolon! of th Gordon. XI says that Colonel Do woman gave th order to retire. Bcr is on, out of many, account I bar read (root of hi regiment of th manner of his death, sad aU of which are th lame. After describing their advance by half company rushes from 1,500 to within 2C0 yard of th Boer treat bra, he says 1 by en the ground for five hours.

Jnst before dask some en behind us sounded tb retire. Tbo colonel jumped cp and shouted. Who sounded th retire, mad was immediately shot ia th stomach and elsewhere." This is th account ef aa officer bend th colonel, who was himwlf dangerously wounded at th same time. I am, Kir, yours. ROYAL NAVY.

reckoning comes. Mr. Imr KJralfy, who, after beisg Installed Master of the Jobfle Masters' Lode oa Friday vcnme. sent a congratulatory telegram to Lord RobrTta, to which tb following reply waa received yesterday Bloc fonts in, March 17, 4 25 ixm. Imre fCiralfr.

JubUe Masters' Lodge. Bote! Creu. London. 1 tender my sincere thanks to members Jabilee Masters' Lodra for their kind and encouraging message. RosiST.

are informed that tb Poet Laureate and Mrs. Alfred Austin bar seven nenbawa ia her Ma service fir ia th Axmv and two ia tiai EovaaJaarK. TSTAi Palace Cosctbt. A new work from tbe pen cf Berr Julias Klengel. th celebrated violoncellist played at tb Crystal Palaca concert ea Saturday afternoon for' the first Urn in England.

Th wi rk, which wa described as a concert overt a in f.t proved to be ef considerable interest, principally ewiac to th tkiB with which Berr Cleagel haa treated hi tunye id ernes iae selves sot of very high merit.th principal one, in particular curiously suggestive both ia rhythm snd ia form of th first subject oi tc Brst movement of Tsenaikowskv's Svnrnoeni Path tieue. which waa staved earlier in tbe aterooawu Tb overture is, however, brUIiantly orchestrated and displays Its composer in a very favourable light as a' contrapuntist. Hen Klengel played Totkmann's eon eerto miner for violoncello and orchestra and solo ny ua ana nam ta a most masterly manaer, and XT. Eantiey gay an admirable InterprvUtK Moaart'S "Ah I eh TofUo trioof ar, also smriag In wa swag dob i to uceaa iM wtia sorn pmi ii be was obliged to repeat tn last vers. Th fatat anew ef Tsehaikowaky's symphony Jf aotkwg he desired, and th programme ended wfefc vTsfaar Huldiiunrs Xarseli," played for firs at the coocert.

DrscxAixxc Mr. H. J. WonteSere, atoei a4 shar brokar, of baiMings, aaja siaia that ha is net ia aay way eesntadi laa Jar. Horatio Konteflor who tram appeared taMday Qua, and wha alaa deambad a a steak Mai saaa.