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MORE FIGHTING. ^exteksuurg FIGHT. eCt account of the fighting at ijjj ersburg, where Major Hanwell was killed, Of t, to hand from the special correspondent Geh ^re&s Association: — h«^tteraJs Hunter and Bruce Hamilton arrived *°-day an(j formed camp. Arrangements ijj ^immediately made to surround the Boers vicinity of the town, which is eight !f.s from this station. 0'cie troops commenced to move at eight in the evening, and a daylight on «. j, ay the 39th Battery halted for a rest at yards from a kopje on the left, the Camerons and the Berkshire Yec- had passed a, short time previously, tow the men were dismounted the enemy in a heavy fire from the kopje. Major d^ell, the commanding officer, was shot Ht ■ The horses and oxen stampeded, and *h<u6 ^en were run over by the guns. Four were fired from one gun, but the other j; 5-hle gun jammed, and the situation for 'i\!t¡e looked very serious. e Sussex Ecgiment at this juncture fixed 1?ets and charged the kopje. The enemy. °5!y a(* splendid cover, then fled. We had Vfc0 ten casualties from bullets. The enemy, '1& lvfr6 about 200 strong, went off in single to tit being exposed during their retirement ^re of Cam€rons 311 d Berkshire 'hgy nry. Numbers of them were hit, and t'05 Ppared to be in a state of consterna- They moved back twice, as if uncertain the way of escape. Chappel, of the 9th Jje«er8, was killed. 4^y, 11 regret is felt here at the result of the "ell S derations, and the loss of Major Han- «tJlI who was an excellent soldier, is greatly liUg^d. The wires are cut, and a part of the as been destroyed. GENERAL HUNTER'S CAMP AT VENTERSBURG, Oct. 31. 50 and 60 prisoners have been cap- in the town and district. Mounted supported by one gun, are patrolling' -4d cOUntry. Some farms have been destroyed number of cattle secured. parties of the enemy watched the from Boscharandt, nine miles south- the town. Numbers of families, with t Roods and chattels, have been sent away it !• The Boer commandos in the district, rjl41% ttdorted, number 1,600 men, with guns. our prisoners stated that two Boers <Utjj from the TTansvaal tcday with Sj»tehes from Commandant Haasbroek. *°tly our troops had returned to camp a 600 Was brought in that a commando of rs was within four miles of the town. plead that they cannot trust the Proclamations. fiany of them hate their wives and families to their laager, '-it\ k which- escorted them was armed j %*ces.

SURPRISED AND ROUTED. following dispatch from Lord ^u-dayWaS iS8Ued by the War office on JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 2. General Kitchener, commanding at Lydenburg, made a night march and sux-prised Schoeman's laager in Steenkampsberg at dawn, then Pushed on for Schalk Burger's laager at Rooi Kranz. The difficult nature of the country prevented his going after the Boers, who trekked north. Our casualties, four men wounded, one dangerously; enemy left five dead on the field, and had several wounded. One burgher was made prisoner; eight rifles and much am- munition were captured. Rundle reports that Lieutenant Cavendish Brown, Wilts X 3 jmanrv, was killed in action on OctjDer 23, also 231 Private B. Mardou. of the same squadron, 08, October 25 both killed by explosif4 bullets, On his arrival at Potchefstroom on October 25 Barton found several wounded Boers in hospital there; they told him that their losses in the fight on October 25 amounted to 140 killed, Wounded, and missing. Clements mentions a large cap- ture of animals, ammunition, and six prisoners, made by Legge on the Witwatersberg on October 29. We had no casualties. I Kelly-Kenny's small columns Under White and Barker had slight engagements with parties of Bots during the last few days m the southern part of the Orange Ri ¡N Colony. Three men of the ldt,h Company Yeomanry were wounded On one of these occasions on October 28. Paget, whose column was moved to Rustenberg, on news being received that the enemy intended to ttiake for the Vaal and join De Wet had an engagement yesterday to the south-west of the Magats Pass. Plumer's mounted troops drove the Boers from two strong positions over some difficult country. The Yorkshires and Warwickshire Yeo- manry. under Colonel Howard, carried one position by assault: the 3rd Imperial Bushmen, under Major calls, turned another position, which caused the enemy to retreat Precipitately. We have had a great deal of rain lately, and on account of heavy roads the infantry and heavy guns arrived too late to take nart in the engagement. Our casualties were One man Yorkshire xeomanx-y killed and one w-ounded; and one man Warwickshire Yeomanry dange- rously wounded, since dead. W p oaptured six prisoners and several head of cattle. In my. telegram of October 01 half-battalion Scots Guards should have been included in the force with v Which General Campbell attacked.

ENEMY CROSS THE ORANGE RIVEU. The following dispatch from Lord Roberts was issued by the War Office on Tuesday: JOHANNESBURG, Nov 5 (5.55 p.m.). While there are unmistakable signs that the Beers are getting dis- heartened, and that food is scarce and ammunition still scarcer, Steyn is doing his utmost to encourage his countrymen to keei up a hopeless struffde by deceiving them with false accounts of their successes. In a speech he made to Delarey's burghers on the 22nd of October, he told them ^bat De Wet had seized the railway bridge at Norvals Pont, that 5,000 Dutchmen had risen in Cape Colony, and that Kruger had gone to Europe to get intervention, failing which the Transvaal would be sold to the highest bidder. Kelly-Kenny reports that Lieu- tenant-colonel White had a slight engagement with a few Boers near Reddersburg on the 3rd inst. Our casualties Captain Stannus, Irish Yeomanry, and four men sliehtly wounded. Smith-Dorrien states that Major Saunders and Captain Chalmers. of the Canadian Mounted Rifles, behaved with great gallantry in the rearguard action of IN ovember 2nd. The former rode under a heavy and close fire to bring in a sergeant who had lost his horse. As the two were riding back on* Saunders' horse it was killed. Saunders was then wounded. Chalmers went to his assistance. Saunders implored him to leave him, but this Chalmers would not do, and the gallant fellow was, I grieve to say, killed. In the storm on the 2nd two artil- lerymen and four natives were killed by lightning.

TICKSBURG EE-OCCUPIED BY f THE BOERS. MASEETJ, October 31. The Beers are increasing in number in the vicinity of Basutoland. A commando 1,400 strong is c:ose to Ladybraad. E'icksburg and district are in the possession of the enemy.— Reuter. MASERU., October 31. Hermanus Steyn was in command of the Boers who occupied Ficksburg. Rodenbach was the town commandant. During their occupation the stores were completely looted, private houses were ransacked, and the Union Jack was hauled down, torn into Elireds, and the pieces were tied to the horses tails. Several natives were shot, and others were brutally thrashed in the public streets. One of the chief merchants was arrested and taken to the laager to bo tried by court- martial, and pcatroffice official wes also imprisoned.—Press Association War Special.

MARAUDING BOERS NEAR llLOEiMFONTEIN. BLOEMFONTEIN. Monday. Boer marauding bands mid the country in this district. Tho British farmers have nearly all fled into the town. as well as a large num- ber of Boers, who fear the raiders. Many Boers have befn ordered into the town by the authorities, with the result that Bloomfontein is full, and there is hardly one empty house. The statement published in the Colonial papers that great excitement prevailed here and that residents were mounting roofs of houses to view the fighting near the town is devoid of truth Not 'he least alarm is felt in BIcemfontein, v/hicl* is strongly garrisoned. Th-i authorities are on the alert, and the Boers have no gutis to compete with oura. It is stated that the village of Ventersburg has met with a fate similar to that of Bothavillc, having been destroyed on account of its having be^sn used as a Boer depot.—Press Asso- ciation War Special.

LORD ROBERTAS RETURN. PIE'i'EBMARITZBURG. Saturday. It is understood that Lord Roberts's depar- ture from Pretoria for Natal was delayed owing to his daughter having contracted enteric fever. The arrangements for his reception here have, however, not been coun- termanrled.-Reuter. DURBAN, Saturday. A Delimitation Commission will shortly commence operations in Zululand. with the object of opening up the territory to European occupation. occupation. t General Pole-Carew and his staff arrived here last night on their way to England.- Rsuter. here last night on their way to England.— E8utsr. DURBAN, Saturday. General Clery ha3 arrived here en route General Clery has arrived here en route for England. General Woolfo Murray, who is expected to reach here to-night, will return to India immediately.-Reuter. Lord Roberts has consented to receive a sword of honou" from the people of Ports- mouth. In reply to an inquiry as to when he would be able to receive thifc Lord Roberts has cabled to the town-clerk as follows:- Government House, Pretoria.-My departuro from South Africa still uncertain. Hope, how- ever, to receive honour of presentation soon after the New Year—(Signed) ROBERTS." According to the Daily Telegraph," a tele- gram was received in London on Saturday stating that Lord Roberts's daughter was very seriously ill, but that there were at that time no complications. A Central News message from Pieterroaritz- burg says that a leading doctor there has been furnished with a permit to travel to Johannesburg and assist at a consultation in reference to Miss Roberts's illness.

A STORES TRAIN CAPTUREfD. CAPE TOWN, Wednesday. A train of military stores, drawn by a traction engine, has been captured by the Boers near Kimberley.—Reuter. CRADOCK, Sunday. On Wednesday last a military traction engine drawing trucks loaded with stores was proceeding from Kimberley to Boshof, under escort of ten men of -the Kimberley Regiment, when it was attacked nine miles out from Kim- berley by twenty Boers. The train was cap- tured without a shot being fired. The Boers blew up the engine by fastening down the safety valve, and then setting fire to the en- gine. Colonel Settle's column, after operating in the neighbourhood of Bloemhof and Hoopstad, arrived at Kimberley, and left again imme- diately by rail for th& south. The co'umn numbers about 3.000 men with guns.—Press Association War Special.

ILLNESS OF MR. AND MRS. KRUGERv A dispatch received by the Transvaal Agency in Brussels states that Mr. Kruger is seriously ill on board the Gelderland. The "Times" correspondent at Brussels says that Mr. Fischer, the head of the Extraordinary Boer Misson, confirms the report of the serious illness, of Mr. Kwiger, who is suffering from increasing exhaustion. The ex-Presi- dent's condition gives reason for great anxiety, and will #robabU' oblige him to renounce all B»g—' diplomatic action, and seek, above all. a long I rest. A great council of Boer dignitaries will be held at Marseilles after Mr. Kruger's arrival. The Dutch cruiser Gelderland, with Mr. Kruger on board, having only just passed Jibuti, ig not expected to reach Marseilles before the 14th inst. Among the addresses to be presented to Mr. Kruger there is one from an Irish committee in Paris, which says:—"Our enemy is yours. Our prayer of vengeance mingles with the prayer of your people before the throne of the Almighty, and the arrows which at the proper moment will avenge our sufferings and those of your people are in the same quiver." According to a Central* News message from Cape Town, Mrs. Kruger is lying very ill at Pretoria. Marseilles, Monday.-The Boer committee has been informed that the Gelderland will not arrive before the 15th inst. The vessel's pro- gress has been delayed owing to Mr. Kruger's illness.—Dalziel. Paris, Monday Evening.—'The Municipal Council of Paris, on the motion of Councillor Gath, deckled to-day, by a unanimous vote. to offer Mr Kruger a solemn reception at the Hot-el de Ville. Several members of the coun- cil unsuccessfully nrged that a formal address of sympathy and welcome should also be pre- sented to the ex-President.—Central News.

LOCAL CASUALTIES. The War Office on Friday night issued the following: — 2nd (WILTSHIRE) COMPANY JMPERIAL YEOMANRY. Lieutenant J. Cavendish Brown (late Rer- geant in 4th (Glamorganshire) Company, was killed at Vrede. October 23. 231 Private B. Marten was killed at Vrede, October 25. 1st WELSH REGIMENT. 5,882 Private Fiddler was killed near Petrus- ville. October 30. 6,017 Private T. Davies was slightly wounded near Petrusville. October 30. The War Office on Saturday reported the following casualties — 1st ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS. 3,529 Prvate B. Sullivan, accidentally wounded tsince dead), Fredrickstad, October 29 The following de3 th is reported from Johan- nesburg:— 2nd SOUTH WALES BORDERERS. 2,894 Private S. T. Mills, June 12, enierio. WORCESTER YEOMAN KILLED. 7.212 Private E. H. Harrington. 5th Bat- talion Impèl ial Yeomanry, killed at Nooit- gedacht, October 17. Private Harrington was a son of Mr. H. H. Harr ngton, hop merchant, of Verview House, BattenhaU He was engaged with his father in the hop business before joining the Yeo- manry, which he did when the call was made for volunteers for South Africa. The last time Private Harrington was heard of prior to the news of his death he was at Mafeking, this being some s x weeks ago. In South Wales he was well known. He rowed second in the college boat against Hereford, and was one of the bp,st long and short distance runners in the school. He travelled for Messrs. Leonard and Harrington in South Wales. where his death will he regretted by many friends.

WELSH YEOMANRY LOSSES. The War Office on Wednesday night issued the following: — 30th (PEMTRC KFSllJRE) COMPANY IMPERIAL YEOMANRY. 4.158 Private H. Bullen died from heart disease at Maitland. November 4. 4th (GLAMORGAN) COMPANY IMPERIAL YEOMANRY. 9.951 Private E. D. Stiles, reported missing at Harrismith. August 4, was killed and buried by Boers. ht. WELSH REGIMENT. A 6/63 Private C. Rourke died from enteric at Pretoria. July 7. NOTE.-Private Ernest Digby Stiles was a Bristol engineer, and was twenty years of age when he joined the Glamorgan Yeomanry. GLAMORGAN YEOMANRY. ALL WELL, ABTEB, BEING FORTY- SEVEN TIMES IN ACTION. Mr. R. C. Griffiths, Unionist election agent for South Glamorgan, on' Saturday evening received the following cablegram from Major Wyndham-Quin, M.P. :— CAPE TOWN, Nov. 3. Just heard result of election. Am delighted. Please convey my warmest thanks to supporters for testimony of further confidence shown to me. Am writing. Glamorgan Squadron well. They have been forty-seven times in action.

WELCOME HOME TO THE HON. J. H. R. BAILEY. A welcome home was accorded Captain the Hon. J. H. R. Bailey, captain and adjutant of the C.I.V.'s, by the inhabitants of Crickhowell and neighbourhood on his return home to Glanusk Park, the seat of the Right Hon. Lord Glanusk, from the front on Wednesday. All the principal buildings were profusely deco- rated with bunting, and arches of evergrsen had been erected. The Blaenavon Silver Band with the bani and C Company 1st V.B. South Wales Borderers, under the command of Cap- tain J. J. Watkins, escorted the gallant officer to the town square, where an address was presented to him by Alderman J. A. Doyle, who wa* supported by Councillor Thomas Williams, the Rev. T. J. Bowen, R.D., and other gentlemen. Captain Bailey, who was leudly cheer-id, having suitably returned thanks, drove to Glanusk Park, where he received a, most enthusiastic reception from the employes on the estate, and was presented by Mr. H. Franklin Hardeman, on behalf of I the employes, with a silver cigar'and cigarette case.

PRINCE! CHRISTIAN VICTORS FUNERAL, AN IMPOSING CEREMONY. Particulars of the funeral of Prince Christian Victor, who died at Pretoria from enteric fever, are to hand from the special correspon- dent of the Press Association: — PRETORIA. November 1 (delayed). Princa Christian Victor was buried to-aav with full military honours at half-past nine in the morning. Detachments of the whole garrison, besides a. company of the Prince's regiment, which arrived early in the morning, paraded outside the gate of tho Imperial Yeomanry Hospital. The mounted infantry consisted mostly of Oolonirls of the Australian contingent, while the artillery was represented by the 18th Fpald Battery. The escort for the body was com- posed of the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards. The remains had been transported to the tent chapel near the gate of the hospital, and punctually at the hour named Generals Kelly, Brabazon. and Jones proceeded to the chapel and witnessed the placing on the gun wagon J of the coffin, which was covered with a Union Jack. « The funeral procession was then formed and marched along the main street of the town towards the cathedral. Prince Francis of Teck was the chief mourner. The charger of the deceased Prince waa led by a groom. When the wagon moved the troops gave a. Royal salute, and the battery and the artillery at the barracks began firing minute guns, which continued while tho pro- cession was moving through the streets. The road was kept by the police, behind whom stood the townspeople. Both Dutch and English showed their respectful sympathy. At a short distance from the cathedral Lord Roberta, who had arrived from Johannesburg, met the procession and took his place on the right of Prince Francis, Lord Kitchener being on the left of his gereq The greater portion of the funeral service was read in the cathedral. The procession left about eleven o'clock. A great number of the townspeople followed the cortege, and everywhere there were indications of sympathetic interest. The coffin was covered with wreaths, and many more were carried by tho soldiers of the afcort. The ceremony at the grave did not last long. Three volleys were Cred. and "Last Post" was sounded over the grave of a gallant soldier and kindly gentleman, and then ihe troops marched off in quick time. and one of the most impressive funerals in the history of Pretoria came to an end.

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PROFESSOR HUGHES DEAD. ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE WAR. CLOSE OF A BRILLIANT CAREER. [PRESS ASSOCIATION SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] LONDON, Saturday Evening. We learn with deep regret that Professor A. W. Hughes, originator and chief organiser of the Welsh Hospital in South Africa, died on Saturday morning at his London residence, 7. Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, as the result of enteric fever contracted in South Africa and a variety of complications. He went out to the Cape in June. having volunteered to leave Eng- land at a day's notice, in consequence of the receipt of news of the ravages which disease was making among the hospital staff at Spring- fontein. The hospital committee had such confidence in him that they vested in him abso- lute control of personnel, scope, finances, and everything cornected with the institution. He had raisSd a sum of over £12,000 for the Hos- pital, and when be got to South Africa it achieved much excellent work ender his vigorous and capable management. At the request of Lord Roberts he removed the base to Pretoria, and remained in personal direc- tion till it was deemed no longer necessary for himself and the chief surgeons to stay in South Africa, when they sailed together for this country. On the voyage the fever symp- toms appeared, which culminated in the ill- ness which proved fatal, and deprived the sur- gical world of one of its brightest ornaments. The professor, who was only 38 years of age, was born at Fronwen, Merionet,hehire. and was the son of Mr. Robert Hughes of that plact. The deceased professor's mother survrws him, and resides at Aberdovey. He leaves a widow and three children. Mrs. Hughes was with him at the end, as also were his brother, Mr. Arthur Hughes, barrister, of the Temple; Mr. M'Kel- vie, of Edinburgh (Mrs. Hughes's brother), and Mrs. M'Kelvie. The Rev. L. R. Hughes, brother, who is vioar of Portmadoc, North Wales, was unavoidably absent from the final eoene. PARTICULARS OF THE LAST ILLNESS. It appears that when the professor and his chief surgeons were about to leave South Africa none of them had any suspicion that his health was in an unsatisfactory state. He dined with Lord Roberts on the Sunday prior to his departure, and felt perfectly well both then and up to the time of his embarkation at the Cape. Neither of his professiolml com- panions saw any alarming symptoms on the journey down from Pretoria, and had not the faintest suspicion that the germs of a fatal malady had then actually laid hold upon his constitution. The discovery was made in a remarkable way. As he stepped on board the vessel' in which he was to make the journey home the captain came forward to greet him, and on shaking hands with him noticed his high temperature, and exclaimed, "You have the fever." The disease rapidly developed, and the patient, naturally, had a terrible time coming through the tropics. A special saloon was provided at Southamptory for his con- venience, and an ambulance awaited his arrival in London. Every possible care and precaution were taken, and at his residence in Chester-terrace he was attented by Dr. Tirard, physician to King's College Hospital, and Professor Frederick Roberts, of University Col- lege Hospital. They, with four trained nurses, were unremitting in their efforts to save a valuable life. and for a time the patient appeared to make good progress, but later a complication of ailments attacked him, and both heart and lungs became gravely affected. During the last eleven days of bis illness he was unconscious c*c*pst for a few brief lucid intervals, in one of which he afked for his wife and children. In spite of all that devoted car& and modern science could do, the end oould not be averted, and the distinguished patient passed away quite calmly and quietly. As one of the watchers at his bedside put it, "life simply ebbed away without any struggle or any apparent suffering." The professor was a great friend bf Sir John Williams, Sir David Evans, and otliar notable Welshmen, from many of whom telegrams of sympathy with the bereaved family have already been received. Unques- tionably, there will be Royal sympathisers also, for tire Queen and other members of the Rosral Family took deep interest in the Wefsb Hospital, and her Majesty contributed 100 guineas towards its funds. THE WELSH HOSPITAL. Professor Hughes was the life and soul of the hospital, and it was in his thoughts up to the last, for he made frequent adlnsions to it during his intervals of lucidity. The following telegram from Lord Roberts, through the War Office, was received a few days ago- by the hospital committee:- "We shall want Welsh Hospital for another three months. I hope it may be able to remain." It is understood that the desire of the Com- mander-in-Chief is to retain the hospital mainly as a convalescent establishment. A specially-convened meeting of the committee was held on Saturday afternoon, under the presideucy of Sir David Evans, when it was agreed, on the motion of Sir John Williams, seconded by Mr. Edmund Owen, of St. Mary's Hospital, "That, in accordance with the desire of Lord Roberts, the executive com- mittee hereby ccnsents to the Welsh Hospital remaining in South Africa for a further period of three months." A telegram has been tent to Lord Roberts informing him of this decision. It may be recollected that the Prince and Princess of Wales inspected the personnel of the hospital prior to their depar- ture for South Africa. The following extract from a letter written to Professor Hughc-s prior to his departure from Pretoria by Surgeon-general Wilson, principal medical officer of the army in South Africa, indicates how highly he and it were appreciated by the authorities: Dear Pro- fessor Hughes,—I hope you will excuse a very hurried note, for I am just leaving for Bloem- fontein. I most cordially thank you and your staff for the very great help you have given us and the loyal way in which you have worked with us. I believe all the Royal Army Medical Corps in South Africa have a warm place in their hearts for you, and fully appreciate the ehormous assistance you have given us. I ara sorry :rou are so soon to leave South Africa." 4|» THE PROFESSOR'S CAREER. The deceased specialist was educated at Dolgelly Grammar School and at Edinburgh, and subsequently pursued his studies in Lon- don and at Leipzig. He was a very fluent Welsh speaker, and took the keenest interest in all Welsh national movements—an inte- rest frequently emphasised by generpus finan- cial aid. In the 1895 election he was an un- successful candidate for Parliamentary honours, contesting the Arvon Division of Car- narvon in the Unionist interest in oppo- sition to Mr. William Jones. After leaving Edinburgh, at the close of his studies there, he was engaged for a time in private practice at Flint, but at the end of two years responded to a pressing iavitat. on to return to the Scotch capital as a lecturer. Since then he had become one of the leading lecturers on and professors of anatomy in the kingdom. For a time he was professor of anatomy at Cardiff, and on leaving for London he presented to the university college hospital there a sum of JB300 towards the pro- vision of a collection of anatomical speci- mens, as a sort of recompense for the removal of his own private collection, which is n(fiy at King's College Hospital. Londoh. In an official record the following particulars of him are given: -Professor of anatomy at King's College Hospital, M.B. and C.M., Edin- burgh, 1885; F.R.C.S., England, 1891; M., 1885; F.R.C.S., Edinburgh, 1889 (Edinburgh, London, and Leipzig), Dean of Medical Faculty at King's College Hospital: late professor of anatomy at University College, Cardiff; for- merly lecturer on anatomy at the Edinburgh School of Medicine; author of "Nerves of the Human Body," 1890; "Manual of Sur- gical Anatomy," 1890; "Rotary Movements of the Human Vertebral Column," 1892. Con- tributed "The Etiology of Var cose Veins, with Notes of Dissection," "British Medical Journal," 1887; "The Central Nervous System and Axial Skeleton in Anencephalous Monsters," "Lancet," 1887; "Dissection of the Mule Pelvis," 1889; "Abnormal Arrangements of Arteries in the Region of the Kidneys and Supra-ural Bodies," 1892, Ac. During term time at King's College Hospital Professor Hughes worked exceedingly hard, but found time during the mc • devote him- self with great, enthus riding and driving exercise. It was unt- v al with him bo spand his summer l' !idfey a driving tour. He was an accom :ti 7seman and whip, and kept his own f. r ,1-;) in London. lie had a strong preferento ns, and his roan team was greatly Mrru: In connec- tion with his well-known nu < c -recognised skill as an operator, it interest to THE LATE PROFESSOR HUGHES. I Photo, Elliott and Fry, London. state that he had successfully cultivated the art of using his left hand, and had become ambidextrous so far as operations were con- cerned. He was able to wield the lancet as skilfully with the left hand as with the r|ght even for the most delicate work, and, ad the result of personal experience of the advantage of this ability, he always in his lectures urged the desirability of cultivating it. AN APPRECIATION BY DR. LYNN THOMAS. Dr. Lynn Thomas, who was with the Welsh Hospital, and who brought Professor Hughes homo from South Africa a couple of weeks back, writes of his friend and colleague: — It was a great shock to me when I received the news that my dear friend Professor Hughes, "passed peacefully away this morn- ing." An inexpressible sorrow gripped my heart, and visions of our three months' sojourn together in the Welsh Hospital in South Africa passed rapidly through my agitated brain. On Wednesday evading I r,cC2ived a telegram that progress was satisfactory, and it is nearly impossible to realise that one of my best and dearest friends is no more. A month to-day we got on board the R.M.S. Saxon at Cape Town, and how jubilant and delighted we were at being able to cable: 'Well, and homeward bound.' It is ton painfnl to me at. present to follow up the incidents of our trip homewards; they appear too near to be real. "I came flrat to know Professor Hughes upon his appointment to the chair of anatomy at the University College, Cardiff, over seven years ago. and in a short time we became bosom friends, and remained so until the end. It is difficult, perhaps, for one in my position to state tempe- rately Professor Hughes's achievements in his short and brilliant career. Although we were about the same age. I often asked his advice in the affairs of life, feeling he was my senior in years and possessed a more mature judgment. Wales to-day mourns the loss of one of her most promising and brilliant young sons in Professor Hughes's decease. The medical profession has lost one of its ablest exponents, in anatomy, and his many mourn- ing friends one of the most upright and loyal of men. LORD LISTER'S TRIBUTE. "He had already secured an honourable recog- nition of his abilities in tlie medical profes- sion. He held the post of dean to King's Col- lege, London; was a vice-president of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ire- land, and held examina,tionships at the Col- leges of Surgeons and Physicians, London. In Wales—his la^t resting-place—he will always be remembered as the first professor of anatomy in her first medical school, a position he relin- quished with many pangs of regret, but did so at onoe when he was told that Cardiff's climate was unsuitable to his wife's health. I am sure the deepest and sincerest sympathy of the Welsh nation is with her to-day in her sad and great loss. Lord Lister, epeaking at King's College, London, on Tuesday last, said:—"We have all learnt with the deepest regret that Professor Hughes, who gave his services patriotically and with self- denial to the Welsh Hospital in South Africa, has returned home invalided by that insidious disease, enteric fever. His condition has till quite lately been the cause of very grave anxiety. I am glad to think that this is less the case now than it has been, and we all fervently desire that he may be soon and com- pletely restored, so as to have the satisfaction of seeing the full development of the depart- ment in which he has taken so deep an interest, and of which he has been so distin- guished an ornament." "Professor Hughcs will always be rememb2red throughout the Principality as one of the pioneers and the brilliant organising secre- tary of the Welsh Hospital for South Africa. Early in the year a mutual friend said to me that there should be a Welsh Hospital as well as the Irish and Scotch, as all would be required before our country could overcome th6 crisis it was passing through. I wired the suggestion to poor Professor Hughes, and he at once invited me up to London to talk the matter over, and in a short time an influential committee was formed, with the professor as organising secretary. The result of his energy and powers of organisation are now well known and appreciated, and it will. I am sure, always be some comfort and pleasure to the committee of the Welsh Hos- pital to think that the Welsh nation has never responded more willingly and enthusiastically to any appeal thaIÍ to this, A TRUE AND LOYAI. SON OF WALES. "I shall never forget his arrival at the Welsh Hospital at Springfonteiu on July 4th-the joy we all felt at seeing him-and he was always our good guide and comforter. His first jour- ney from the hospital was to sep the graves of our fallen friends and colleagues—Professor Tom Jones, Dr. Herbert Davies, and Sister Sage —about a mile from the camp. When walking down he said the biggest shock he ever had was the telegram he received on his arrival at Cape Town informing him of the death of Tom Jones and Davies. "I am not chicken- hearted, but you could have knocked me down I with a feather." He inspected the graves, and lingered round them for some time, and we walked away for about a mile in silence. His heart was too full; his condition then is ours to-day. He gave us a course of lectures on Applied Anatomy every other night during our stay at Springfontein, and every doctor in the camps around us at No. 3 General Hospital begged to be allowed to attend after the first week. He made his subject live. It was quit^a revelation to me, and I no longer wondere" why he enjoyed his good reputation, that he was such a popular teacher with his students. He was a born teacher, a man of sterling character, an emblem of loyalty and love of his country, possessing a high sense of duty, and on its altar his life was. sacrificed for all that is best and noble in this world. "J. LYNN THOMAS." A REMINISCENCE. A fortnight ago to this day (writes one of our reporters) I had the pain of seeing Pro- fessor Hughes being carried down in a white sheet over the gangway from the saloon deck of the Saxon to the quay at Southampton. Elalf an hour before that, when I boarded the vesseJ for the first time, I saw him lying down in the little room, out of which he had not peeped soon after the Saxon left Cape Town.) H:s face was pale and pinched, and his glassy ;yes stared vacantly-into space as if the patient was^ too ill and weak to look about him. The professor's illness had saddened and depressed every one of the Welsh Hospital staff on board," but Dr. Lynn Thomas, when speaking of his colleague's condition, was full of hope thai, he would pull through the attack of enteric, with which he had only been seized a little while after leaving Cape Town. That Professor Hughes'a illness would terminate in deat.'t was the remotest of all thoughts that morning, and one's heart aches to think now that the bright career of one of the most able, one of the most brave, and one of the most lovable sons of Wales has been thus cut short. The record of death in the Welsh Hospital included Professor Tom Jones, Dr. Her- bert Davies. and Mr. Eames, together with Nurso Sage. To those of his colleagues on the Welsh Hospital staff who survive, the death of Professor Hughes must be a terrible shock, for I saw enough during thA two hoars I was on board the Saxon to con- vince me of the unsparing diligence and ten- der care with which Dr. Lynn Thomas, Dr. Mills-Roberts, and Dr. Laning Evans had watched over and ministered to their prostrate friend and colleague on his bed of sickness. Professor Hughes only went out to South Africa, in July as the successor of Professor Tom Jones, and was in charge of the Welsh Hospital up to the time it was handed over to the military authorities on the last day of September.

THE! FUNER AL. LAID TO REST IN HIS NATIVE VILLAGE. organiser of the Welsh Hospital in South Africa, who died under such peculiarly sad circumstances in London on Saturday from enteric fever contracted at the seat of war, was buried on Tuesday at the little churchyard of Corris, situated a short dis- tance from Aberllofenny. the place of his birth. The remains, which were enclosed in a leaden shell, enclosed in oak, with brass mountings, were taken to Corris by train on Monday night, and were placed in the church during the evening, and throughout Tuesday morning the coffin, which bore a simple inscription, was in- spected by hundreds of visitors. The order of the procession, which started for the church soon after two o'clock, was as follows: —Bearers, twelve quarrymen of Corris (deceased having been in the guarry until he was eighteen years of age); chief mourners, representatives of the Welsh Hospital in South Africa, clergy, ministers, medical men. representatives of the university colleges, justices of the peace, county councillors, members of school boards, district and parish coun- cillors, Friendly Societies, and general public. As the cortege entered the church the "Dead March" was played on the organ by Mr. W. Jones (Brynhyfrvd). The service opened with the singing of "Ar lan Iorddonen," the Rev. J. Morgan, (Llandudno) conducting. The service was concluded with the singing of "Peace, perfect peace," and the chanting of the Nunc Dirnitt is. At the grave the Rev. W. J. Edwards (vicar) officiated. The chief mourners included Mrs. Alfred Hughes (widow) and the three child- renJ Myfanwy. Elspeth. and Myrddin; Mrs. Hughes (mother). Miss E. Hughes Aberllefenny (sister); the Rev. LI. R. Hughes. M.A., Portmadoc (brother); Mr. Arthur Hughes, Inner Temple, London (brother); Mr. John Hughes, Aberlle- fenny (brother), Mr. Michael Roberts (cousin), the Rev. and Mrs. LI. R. Hughes, Portmadoc; Dr. and Mrs. A. Taylor, brother officers of the 2nd Glamorgan Volunteer Artillery, Dr. and Mrs. Tatham Thompson, representatives of the Cardiff University College, Cardiff medical students, Mr. and Mrs. Cope, St. Mel- lon's, Cardiff; Mr. and Mrs. W. Cope, Cardiff; Mrs. Price, Gyfronydd; Mr. Wil- liam Hughes (cousin), "Mr. and Mrs. J. M'Kelvie. Nurse Marshall, Mr. R. 0. Davies, Ware, and Dr. Jones. Corris. Wreaths were received from Viscountess Parker, Sir J. and Ladv Williams. Old Cardiff Meflicos, Mr. and Mrs. D. Bryn- mor Jones. Principal and Mrs. Robertson (King's College). Mr. and Mrs. Wynne (Penarth), Mr. Nicholas (Cockslutt). fellow- students at King's College, Mr. Michael Roberts, Dr. Jones (Corris), Sir David and Lady Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Cadman (Lon- don), Mr. and Mrs. Terrard, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Ingledew (Cardiff). Dr.. and Mrs. Perry Hart (London), and Dr. and Mrs. Williams (Shrewsbury). The represen- tatives of the Welsh Hospital were Dr. Lynn Thomas (Cardiff), Dr. Mills Roberts, and Nurse Gwendonna Pugh. MEMORIAL SERVICE IN LONDON. An impressive memorial service in Christ Church, Albany-street, London, on Tuesday afternoon bore witness to the self-sacrificing heroism of Mr. Alfred Wil- liam Hughes, whose patriotism for Wales and an idealist sense of duty have resulted in his death whilst only on the threshold of a brilliant career. Something like two hundred acquaintances, friends. and admirers, mostly, perhaps, belonging to his own profession, were present when at two o'clock, after the "Marche Funebre" of Chopin had already been played, the choir and clergy of the church, preceded by the ci oss-bearer, emerged from the vestry singing the hymn, "When our heads are bowed with woe." Among those in the church were Professors Cruickshank Hali- burton, and Thomson, of King's College and Sir W. Smith, the secretary. Sir David Evans, Dr. Isambard Owen, Mr. T. Morris (of the Temple). Professor Howes. Sir John Furley, Mr. W. L. Hawkins (registrar of King's College). Dr. W. Taylor (Cardiff), the Rev. G. E. Newsom, Professor Thane, Dr. F. D. Lloyd, Professof and Mrs. Watson Cheyne, Drs. Crawford, Jacques, and Phillips, Mr. E. Vincent Evans, and Madame Clara Novello Davies. The ser- vice, which was an abridged form of the Burial Service, was beautifully read by the vicar of Christ Church (the Rev. JP.

A REMINISCENCE. [CONTRIBUTED.] Sad and tearful is the face of every- thing as the train sets us down at. the little Mid-Wales station of Machynlleth. The dull grey clouds are lying low on the sodden hills, and the rain is falling with a persistent mournfulness, as if in sym- pathy with the sad hearts of those who are making this pilgrimage to pay the last token of affectionate regard at the' grave of one whom many of thosei present had known from boyhood, others from student life to ripe and Vuccessful maturity. A few yards bring us to the barnJike building which represents the station of the little branch line to Corris. Everything oonnected with this line is on a diminutive scale. The gauge looks a bare 2-foot one. the carriages and tiny locomotive look as, though taken out of a box of toys left out in the garden on a rainy day. A short distance and the little train begins to ascend the branch valley, and a lovely valley' it is. The track goes winding round sharp curves till we seem as though trying to catch up our tail end, now plunging under golden-leaved trees that meet above us, now overhanging the brawling stream, here and there giving us glimpses of beautiful falls, where the brown water suddenly turns to frothy white. We begin to understand Profes- sor Hughes's enthusiasm for the beauties of his native valley and to feel that this is, indeOTF the fittest resting-place for oua who loved it so well. At ,the little t-erminus of Corris we detrain, and, laden with the floral tributes many have brought from long distances, are mustered in procession. The family and chief mourners have reached the church by road from Machyn. lleth, and the coffin has Iain through th« night in the quiet church watched by relays of willing friends. So our proces- sion is headed by the two representative surgeons of the. WeIsb. Hospital and one of its nursing sisters: The drawn and sad faces of these, his former colleagues on South African soil, bear evidence cf the intensity of their emotion. The rain has practically ceased as the procession starts, and slowly wends its way toward the church. It is r_ > great, distance, and the foremost reach the gates before the rear has started. Following the Welsh Hospital representatives comes a large number of clergy and medical men, among the latter some whc were nis pupils, some his fellow-students, and tho one from whom as an apprentice h- learned the alphabet of that profession of which he became so distinguished an orna- ment. Then, a group of three, bearing wreaths and representing Cardiff Univer- sitv College, and the students of the Car- diff Medical School—all three are old fellow-students of the iate professor, all three valued his close personal friendship. Aberystwith University College is next; represented by its principal and two students, and after these follow groups of justices of the peace, local councillors, Friendly Societies, and the general public. The little church will only hold a small number of those who formed the pro- cession, but perfect order is maintained, and there is no unseemly rush. Tho coffin lies in the chancel almost completely hidden by the wealth of beautiful wreaths and crosses. Presently, when the strains of the "Dead March" die away, an announce- ment is made in Welsh, and there rises, at first subdued almost to a whisper, but with the most perfect sympathy of har- monv and feeling, the wailing notes of a funeral hymn. It is most marvellously impressive, and as the voices rise or fall ia perfect cadence, a new influence seems to creep into the music. A fuller confidence is bespoken by the voices, as if a more per. fect faith or hope was dawning, and then, as the last verse rises, the voices swell and swell, and the whole church reverberates with the volume of sound, and there is a veritable note of triumph, as of victory over death. At this moment there is a break in the clouds, and a peep through the window shows on the distant mountain side a shaft of sun glory piercing the wet gloom. As the music dies away there is a con- vulsive sob here and there, and, looking round, one sees how powerfully this ser- vice of song has affected others as well as oneself—the twitching mouth and bent. hidden face of some. the heaving breasi or silent but freely falling tears of others, all indicate the power and. majesty of this beautiful Welsh hymn, even though to some of us the words were absolutely un- known. Soon the short service is over, and the bearers—nuHrrvmen, riost of whom had known him whom they were carrying when, as the doctor'r, apprentice, he had been renowned for his ready sympathy and skilled, gentle hand-lifted the coffin and slowly bore it down the church and out into the open. There, in this quiet, beautiful valley, -within sound of the fall- ing: water, and watched by the everlasting hills. we solemnly and reverently laid in his last resting-place him whom we had known and loved so well. "Peace, perfect peace," had been the English hymn sung at the service, and here, surely, was peace. But one could not but feel, as with aching heart one looked for the last time on the grave, that Alfred Hughes had laid down his life for his Queen, his country, and his feUow- men. just as surely as if he had been killed in the death-dealing zone cf Dargai or Magersfontein and had been buried with all the pomp and martial display that usually surrounds the soldier's grave. Peace be to his grave, and may God in his infinite mercy comfort the widc*r and the fatherless.

TRIBUTE BY THE CARDIFF COLLEGE COUNCIL. A GOLD MJJDAL TO PERPETUATE HIS MEMORY. At an ordinary meeting of the council of the Univerv-ity of South Wales and Monmoutheiiire held on Wednes- day at C-ardif, a vote of condoicnca was passed with Mrs. Hughes and the family in their sad bereavement at the death of Pro fessor Alfred W. Hughes. M.B., F.R.C.8., who was the first profes-sor of anatomy and dean of the medical school in connection with thf University College.—Dr. W. T. Edwards (thø chairman!, the Rev. Canon Thompson, Dr. J. LI. Treharnc. and Principal Jones referred iD terms of eulogy to the great and eminent ser- vices rendered to the medical school by the late Professor Hughes. Reference was also made to his generous gift to tae anatomical museum in the med'cal school on his departure to King's College, London.—At the suggestion of Dr. Treharne, a committee was appointed to provide means for perpetuating the memory of the late Professor Hugb&s by means of a gold medal in anatomy, to he. offered annually in the medical school, and to be called tÙ8 Alfred Hughes Gold M.edai,"

LAAGER CAP TUBED. >oK-6 following dispatch from Lord iltO!ledrts was issued by the War Office on ay:- JOHANNESBURG, November 3 (7.40 p.m.). One of the two guns taken from De Wet on the 27th of October was a Krupp. It was captured by the New South Wales Mounted Infantry. The other belonged to the TJ Bat- tery. Jt was captured by Le GallaiB' mounted troops, assisted, much to the satisfaction of the offi- Oers and men, by the U Battery. Barton made an' extensive recon- 1, fcaissance through the southern end of Gabrand yesterday. Verv few Boers were seen, but several much-needed trek Oxen were captured, and a wagon taken by the Boers last week, when ■lieutenant Alford, Royal Scots usiliers, was made prisoner, was recovered. Smith-Dorrien, commanding at "elfast, started with two small columns—one under himself; the other under Colonel Spens, of the Shropshire Light Infantry—on the felling of the 1st of November for V an Wj'ks Valley to surprise a Boer laager at Witkop. Rain was fail- ing when the column reached Bel- fast, and shortly after it came on in torrents, with a very cola wiud. At times it was a regular blizzard. As the columns were operating to support each other, and were some miles apart, neither could turn back. The laager was reached at daybreak, and the Beers were completely surprised, but the incle- ment weather prevented Smith- Danien tfollowing up his success. As the men were drenched through and perished with cold, he wisely decided to retrace his steps. As soon as the retirement com- menced the Boers followed with great boldness, losing one of their number within 50 yards of the Gor- dons. Their losses were heavy, as the ground was fairly open, and in our favour. Our casualties were Killed. Cap- tain Chalmers, Canadian Mounted Rifles, and one man. Wounded: Maior Sanders, Canadian Mounted Rifles, and Captain Gardyne, of the Canadians, both slightly, and twelve men. One man missing.

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W. Dehane Small). The special lesson was taken by the Rev. E. A. Gardner, after which Dean Alford's hymn. "Ten. thousand times ten thousand," and, sub- sequently. "Peace, perfect peace," wero sung. By request, no direct reference was made to the deceased, but the Vicar asked those assembled to engage in brief silent prayer, and afterwards to stand whilst the "Dead March" in "Saul" was played. The number of medical students present testified to the genuine esteem in which Professor Hughes was held at King's College. The service concluded at half-past two.