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MOTES ON ISEWS. a
MOTES ON ISEWS. a CLARET drinkers are assured by Mr. Consul Hearn, in a report upon the harvest of 1891, that more vigilance than ever will be needed on their part to secure that when they ask for French win e they shall get it. More and more claret of the Bordeaux district goes to Spain, there to be mixed with Spanish wines and sold as a Spanish vintage. Mr. Hearn's advice upon labels and corks is good. They often bear the high-sound- ing names of chateaux in France as illusory as their counterparts in the other country." Buyers, however, can and do make themselves acquainted with the marks of wine merchants of standing. FOREIGN nations almost invariably think of coloured populations when they talk of Colouies. No foreign country, has, like England, Colonies populated to the extent of millions of people of its own race. Consequently there is some excuse for the error into which even well-informed foreigners fall when they reproach the Imperial Government for bringing over blacks from Aus- tralia and other Colonies to fight the Boers, Foreigners believe that an Australian is a black man, and they are perfectly sincere in protesting against the employment of Colonial black troops, j In the presence of this flagrant ignorance one can, tvell understand the error made in a leading Uer- man paper last week when referring to the General's praise of the Black Watch the editor admitted that the black troops had fought very bravely. WOMEN'S clubs throughtout the world will have to yield the palm for magnificence to a new one which the society women of New York are about to build at a cost of no less than £ 200,000. Even this large sum will be sufficient only for the land and the building, an.d an additional sum of £ 50,000 will be necessary in order to furnish it. It is to be an athletic club, in which the luxuries of the old Roman baths are to be combined with modern health-promoting exercises. Such an athletic club, though erected at only a tenth of the cost, is already in existence in Chicago, and i it has achieved a decided success. A swimming,) bath, a gymnasium, a boivlingalley,' a running track and a series of Turkish baths are all included under the single roof, while electric baths, massage, and manicuring are other features of the estab- lishment, in which the social side is by no means neglected. ALTHOUGH there were already several Indian Orders in existence, yet there is distinct room for the new Order which has just been created, which is styled the "Kaisar-i-Hind medal for public service in India." The title liaisar-i-Hind is the best possible translation cf "Empress of India," and is distinctly ap- propriate at a moment when the whole Empire is fused in fresh loyalty to the Sovereign. From the fact that the Order may be conferred on any person without distinction of race, occu- pation, position or sex," together with the vernac- ular title, it may be inferred that it is chiefly meant for natives. It has no doubt been felt that the C.I.E. has been too much cheapened of late by promiscuous conferment, while the titles of Rai Badadur, Khan Bahadur, &c., are hardly sufficient reward for eminent public services. What is required is an Order for natives in civil life that will bear the same relation to the Star of India as the Order of Merit, now granted to native Indian soldiers for conspicuous gallantry, bears to the Victoria Cross for military purposes. This end appears to be admirably attained by the Kaisar-i- Hind Order, which is felicitous both in name and idea. IT will be good news to South Africans, and to the Government as well, that Dr Kiihn, who has been devoting his attention to the question of horse sickness, considers he has discovered the cause of the disease and found a cure. Horse 4aickness is of two kinds—" din zeikte," or thin sickness, and dik-kop ziekte," or thick-head sickness. It is the latter that is most fatal and most dreaded, and it is not until a horse has recovered from it that he can be said to be fairly salted and so immune from the disease. Dr. Kiihn considers the disease to be a kind of malaria transmitted by mosquitoes, and the cure he adopts is inoculation. It is stated that a large 4number of horses have been brought to him for treatment after they have been attacked, and that toe had treated them successfully. It takes eight weeks to complete the cure, and during that time the horses must not be worked. It is stated that all affected horses can be cured if their lungs are free of water, and it is no inconsiderable factor in the value of the treatment that Dr. Iviihn's serum can be kept efficient for a long time. IN the history of railway accidents few have been more remarkable than that which occurred on Sunday near Glasgow. An engine and tender left Greenock for Glasgow, in addition to the driver and stoker two railwaymen travelling on the footboard. At Cartsburn the engine was by accident turned off the main line, which lias an ascent of 1 in 80, on to a loop-line with a descent of 1 in 60. The result can be imagined. The driver had put on steaui for the ascent, when the engine plunged down- ward, and flying along at a terrific speed covered the two miles of the branch line, struck the buffers, and leaped over the embankment. There was not the slightest hope for the four men. Either the precipitation from the engine or the dashing of the coals upon them was sufficient to I account for their deaths. One poor feilow sur- vived a few seconds after being found, but a rush of boiling water drove away the rescuers, and when they returned he had expired. The calamity- is an appalling one, and strict inquiry needs to be made as to how the engine came upon the wrong line. THE United Stutes is the latest Power that has been bitten with the desire to increase its Navy, ,uiid various Senators have been explaining elaborately that this is not due to the fact that Germany has just decided to double hers, but to the increase in the United States commerce, which, curiously enough, ha.s only just been noticed at this identical moment. To all which we may reply qui s'excuse s'aecuse." Senator Hoar also took the opportunity to beat the big drum and brag that there is not a country on earth but would get out of any trouble with the United States by diplomacy rather than by war. We are aware, however, by this time how politicians of the type of Senator Hoar need to be regarded, and that the best of their own countrymen are as ashamed of them as they ought to be. All the same, under whatever excuses, and heralded by whatever boasts, we are pleased to welcome a strong American Navy. That the power of the seas should rest in the hands of the two Anglo-Saxon nations cannot but make for the peace of the world. THE marriage of the Crown Prince of Japan to his cousin seems to have been a mixture of Jap- anese and European ceremonies. Thus, the bride and bridegroom were married in the ancient Court dress, and afterwards donned Western costume, and there Was a wfddillg breakfast with wedding- cake. ¡he actual marriage ceremony in Japan is very sImple. Its distinguishing feature is what is termed the San-san Ku-do—that is, literally, three times, title titiiets, because both the bride- groom and. the bride drink three times out of each of three wine-cups of different sizes, making nine times in all, or, rather, they do not drink, but only lift the cups to their lips. The "wine" is sake, an alcoholic liquor prepared from rice, and is so innocuous that it would not do the couple much harm even if they drained the cups. The Imperial Family of Japan is of undoubted antiquity, but it is scarcely as ancient as the Japanese would have us suppose. According to them it began its earthly career with the first human monarch, Jimmu Tenno, In the year 660 B.C. A newspaper editor was lined and imprisoned '10 years ago in Tokyo for causing doubt upon the bona fides of Jiuimu. Not being in Japan, we can subtract a milleuium at least from their estimate, as Japanese history does not become a record of solid fact till the fifth or sixth century A.D.
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The total number of plague cases at Sydney up to the present is 216, of which 73 have terminated fatally.
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t DUNDEE RE-CAPTURED.
t DUNDEE RE-CAPTURED. MILLER'S DIARY OF VICTORIOUS A MARCH. The following message has been received at the War Office from General Buller Dundee, I p.m., Tuesday. We have occupied Dundee. About 2,500 of the enemy left yesterday for Gleucoe, where they have entrained. Their waggons also left yesterday by the De Jagers Drift and Dannhauser road. Their Kaffirs said they were going to Laing's Nek. Almost every house in Dundee has been com- pletely looted. The Navigation colliery is all right. In the Dundee collieries the machinery hati been destroyed. The houses in the town are damaged, but are structurally intact. THE FOUR DA YS' MARCH. Previous to the foregoing the following messages had been received at the War Office from General Buller Kemp's Farm, Tuesday, 6.10 a.m. The following telegrams have been sent to Lord Roberts, and are repeated FRIDAY. May 13th. In accordance with instructions to keep enemy employed in Biggarsberg, on the lltli I concentrated 3rd Cavalry Brigade Second Division and some corps of artillery at Sunday's River Drift on Helpmakaar road, and directed Colonel Bethune to advance on Greytown with Bethune's Mounted Infantry, Umvoli Mounted Rifles, and Imperial Light Infantry. SATURDAY. On the 12th we moved tTo Waschbank, and Colonel Bethune to Pomeroy, while General Ilildyard from Elands Laagte occupied Indoda Mountain. SUNDAY. On the 13th I sent General Hamilton with three battalions up steep slopes of Withock Hill. The 3rd Cavalry Brigade crowned hills on each side of main road, and Colonel Bethune at- tacked by Pomeroy Road from three sides. The enemy hurriedly abandoned positions which they had strongly entrenched, and re- tired to the Nek in front of Helpmakaar, whence I hope to dislodge them to-morrow, as many have retired. We have gained summit of Berg with loss of only few men wounded. I advance to-morrow I on Beith, and General Hildyard moves on I Wessels Nek. Our small loss is, I think, certainly due to the excellent troop leading of General Hamilton, General Lord Dundonald, and Colonel Bethune. MONDAY. May 14th.—The enemy evacuated Helpmakaar Nek during the night, leaving rearguard of about 1,000 men in front of us. These we have ( forced back throughout the day under consider- able difficulties, as they fired all the grass on top of Berg as they retreated, and wind being ¡ unfavourable to us we were scarcely able to see at all. I halted the infantry, who marched very well through hot smoke, at Beith. The cavalry have not yet reported, but are some miles ahead. We have taken a few I; prisoners. Our casualties are small.
MAFEKING NEWS.
MAFEKING NEWS. LATEST MESSAGE ON LAST THURSDAY. The following message was received at the War Office on Tuesday night from Lord Roberts Kroonstadt, Monday, 1 p.m. Baden-Powell reports on May 7th "All going well. "Fever decreasing. Garrison cheerful, and food will last until about June lOLh." STIFF FIGHTING. I Lorenzo Marques, Tuesday. According to Intelligence received here through Boer sources the Boers on Saturday last occupied I the Kaffir Stad at Mafeking. They were, however, attacked in turn on the night between Saturday and Sunday and were themselves surrounded. The Boers lost seven killed and wounded. The British loss is represented to have been heavy. SUNDAY TRUCE BROKEN. I Ootsi, May 10th (? 7th). I Two natives, who left Mafeking last night, have just reached Colonel Plutner's camp. They state that yesterday (Sunday), notwithstanding the agreement that no active liostilies should take place on the Sabbath, the Boers sent a party who succeeded in cutting off and capturing some horses after shooting the man in charge of them, and that the enemy covered the capture of the horses by a heavy musketry fire, subsequently shelling the town. THE RELIEF COLUMN. Pretoria, May 12th, The following official war bulletin was issued here at noon to-day :—"According to reports re- ceived from Natal, the British are advancing against the Federal forces at Helpmakaar and a force of British is advancing for the relief of Mafeking." I WILL THE BOERS MAKE A STAND ? The Boers are said to be engaged in building filiticu Ilia J—liii RLrcj:- L1 miles 01 r Johannesburg; Their "intention is to mSTTe great stand here; but there is an impression in some quarters that they will not be able to offer very great resistance, as their forces are in a woeful state of disorganisation. Of all the bridges destroyed by the Boers in their retreat northwards that at Kroonstad is the most seriously wrecked. The Engineers are, however, hard at work building a loop-line, and it is expected that it will be ready soon. Our troops are in excellent health and spirits, and ate eager to resume their march towards Pre- toria. They are now on full rations. BRABANT'S ADVANCE. Thaba N'chu, Tueseay. General Brabant's division is advancing north- wards. It took 33 prisoners yesterday, including a brother of President Steyn. This morning 47 more prisoners were brought in, and were sent on escorted by some of the Derbyshire Yeomanry, under Lieutenant Power.— Reuter. 300 FREE STATERS SURRENDER. A Reuter's wire from Kroonstad, Saturday, says:-Tlie Field Cornet who had been left in command of the Boers here surrendered the town to Lord Roberts to-day. Lord Roberts found about 300 Free Staters anxious to surrender. One bridge on the south side of the town remains intact, but the large bridge near the town has been destroyed. The Boer Irish Brigade yesterday burned down the goods shed they were all drunk. The Boers are trekking to the Vaal River, which is being entrenched. I General Faench is encamped to the north- east of the town. He despatched Major Hunter- Weston, R.E., to cut the line. He succeeded, but only late at night, and, unfortunately, after the last Boer train had left for the north. Lord Roberts awaited the arrival of General Pole-Carew's division outside the town, and then marched in at the head of the Guards followed by the 18th Brigade. Many arrests were made, chiefly among those who have been most active in maligning the British. The opposition in the Free State is practically ver.
IN KRQQXSTAD.
IN KRQQXSTAD. ROBERTS MAKliS A TRIUMPHANT ENTRY. The following despatch from Lord Roberts has been received at the War Office:— Kroonstad, Saturday, May 12th, 2 p.m. I entered Kroonstad without opposition at 1.30 to-day, when the Union Jack was hoisted amidst the cheers of the few British resi- dents. Mr. Steyn fled last evening, after vainly endeavouring to persuade the burghers to continue opposing us. The Transvaalers said they would light no longer in the Orange Free State, and made off for the Vaal River. The Free Staters accused the Transvaalers of having made use of them. Many of the Free Staters have gone to their homes. The procession entering the town was headed by my body guard, all of them Colonials. After the staff and foreign officers came the North Somerset Company of the Imperial Yeomanry, followed by Pole-Carew's division, consisting of Guards and the 18th Brigade, the Naval Brigade, the 83rd, 84th, and 85th Batteries, two five-inch guns manned by Royal Artillerymen, and the 12th Company of Royal Engineers. The rest of the force are encamped around the town. Before leaving Kroonstad Mr. Steyn issued a proclamation making Lindley the seat of the Free State Government. Botha, the Commandant-General, and De Wet both accompanied the Transvaalers, ———————
BRILLIANT TACTICS.
BRILLIANT TACTICS. DETAILS OF THE ZAND RIVER FIGHT. [REUTER.] tRie enemy's killed and wounded in the Zand River fight numbered about 30, while our losses are about 20. An early advance was made in three columns, General Hutton and Pole-Carew moving along the railway on the left, General Tucker in the centre, and General Bruce Hamilton's Brigade o:i the right, while General Iaii Hamilton opera- ted on the extreme right. The Boers made some show of standing firm on the right and centre. General Wavell's brigade and General Bruce Hamilton's brigade, led by the Sussex Regiment, advanced in par- allel order. The former general's brigade at- tacked the Boer right, the East Laucasliireti forming the first line. We met a hot infantry fire, also shell and shrapnel, but no damage was done. The South Wales Borderers and Lancashires, however, poured in a deadly fire. Suddenly the enemy were seen streaming along the ridge. No. 62 Battery opened fire and placed several shells among them, and the position was gained. Nine prisoners were taken, among them being one of the European Legion, a German named Tricknian, from Erfurtli. He pretended to be a journalist, but this statement was discounted by the fact that he carried a rifle. Inasmuch as he was found hiding behind a cactus bush, he did not appear to have displayed much „
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BULLER SCORES. .
BULLER SCORES. BOERS CLEYEKLY OUTFLANKED 0 BIGGARSBERG FORCED. Sfconehill Farm (Field Telegraph) Monday. The great advance of General Buller's force commenced on Thursday last. When we were within two miles of Helpma- I kaar, the Boers opened a heavy artillery fire.! Our guns replied, and while the enemy were engaged in front the mounted men and infantry worked on the enemy's flanks. There were no casualties on our side on that day. Firing was renewed next day while the British movements were being developed. Yesterday the advance on Helpmakaar was pressed home. Meantime General Bethune, coming round on our right, joined hands with General Buller. The Boers are now completely out-flanked, and practically the whole of their splendid defensive positions in the Biggarsberg are taken. The whole plan was excellently devised and splendidly executed. We are still pushing on.
BRITISH LOSSES.
BRITISH LOSSES. LORD ROBERTS TELLS A STORY OP TREACHERY. The War Office has issued the following telegram from Lord Roberts:— Kroonstad, Sunday, 4 p.m. There were more casualties in the Cavalry Division on the 10th inst. than those re- ported by me. I have not been able to get the exact so- count of what occurred, as the commanding officer, Captain Elworthy, was killed, and the two officers who were wounded at the same time have been sent to the rear, but it would appear that a party oj our men, going up to a kraal on which a white flag was) hoisted, were suddenly attacked by a large number of the enemy. iwo officers, Captain Haig, of the 6th Dragroons, and Lieutenant Wilkinson, 1st [ Australian Horse, were taken prisoners, and 21 met; are still unaccounted for. j Some of these may turn up as the cavalry I covered a considerable distance on the 10th, and men reported missing have been rejoining during the last few days,
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MR. RHODES'S MONUMENT TO THE'…
MR. RHODES'S MONUMENT TO THE DEAD. The London MaiVs Athens correspondent says: Mr. H. Baker, an architect from Capetown, has been here for the last week examining, on the one hand, the quarries of Pentelicus, where colossal blocks of marble are now being ex- cavated for the restoration of the Parthenon, and, OR the other hand, studying Greek architecture in order to get ideas for an interesting commission he has on hand, He has come, so it is stated, on behalf of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, who is desirous of erecting in Kimberley a marble monument to the memory of the British soldiers who fell while defending the town. This monument is to take the form of a bath, with a colonnade round. Mr. Rhodes's architect has now left for Italy, where he will study Italian monuments, and visit the quarries of Carrara.
RUSSIAN ACTIVITY AT PORT ARTHUR.
RUSSIAN ACTIVITY AT PORT ARTHUR. The London Mail's correspondent at NagiLsaki telegraphs In March and April Russia shipped from China to Manchuria over 100,000 coolies for the construction of the railway. At Port Arthur the fortifications are being feverishly hurried on the activity there is truly marvellous. The large supplies of coal and military stores already laid up at the port are steadily increasing, and the number of troops stationed there far exceed what is necessary for the protection of the railway. Im- portant naval and military manoeuvres have just taken place at Port Arthur. 1
|DREYFUS AND ESTERHAZY.
DREYFUS AND ESTERHAZY. THE COMMANDANT HINTS AT SERIOUS EVENTS. EVENTS. The Paris Liberie has stated, on the authority of its London correspondent, that Commandant Esterhazy had recently been seen by Captain Dreyfus, who is said to have come to London for that purpose. j A representative of the Daily Mail having questioned the commandant in regard to this as- sertion, Esterhazy replied :— The correspondent of the Liberie is a gentle- man who has drawn largely on his imagination in this instance. There is not a word of truth in what he states in fact his statement cannot be true, and he is grossly imposing on the credulity of his readers." Well, then, commandant, what do you say of the talk there is about the renewal of the affaire ? It is certain that something of the kind is looming—that serious events are almost sure to happen," said Esterhazy. As for myself, I am ready to face them, and so I have informed the French Government, which at present is manoeuvring very badly; and the French public has expressed its opinion to that effect in the recent Nationalist victories, which I have always foretold. Grave events in France will shortly startle the world. You see, I am in good health—happy and contented, and I do not intend to be for ever the scapegoat of others. I do not care to speak more lucidly, for in spcrting parlance I am not at all anxious to make a false start. It would not surprise me," added the com- mandant, "were Dreyfus to come to London; but it is a matter of indifference to me."
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LONDON COBRESPOiS DENCE.
LONDON COBRESPOiS DENCE. We find London becoming too small for its j population, but it is new to hear that England is I not big enough to accommodate its deceased. So the story goes, whether true or false, and an in- genious Cornish man has devised a scheme for digging graves very deep and planting coffins in them end upon end. The particular advantage of this arrangement is not obvious, but it is quite clear that the solution of the cemetery difficulty lies in digging deep enough. There is plenty of room between the surface of the earth and its centre. # What a brilliant, wonderful scene on a fair May day do Hyde Park and its approaches prosentafter a great Drawing Room! The wealth and splen- dour of London are more dazzling then perhaps than at any other time in the whole year. For hours there rolls by a seemingly unending line of costly carriages drawn by beautiful horses and filled with the rank and fashion of England. How popular such pageantry is among Londoners generally is shown by the great con- course of people who stand in and outside the Park watching it by the hour. He would be but a churl who grudged the people this cheap and innocent pleasure. # That great British institution—public dining— has set in for the season with more than its usual severity. Was it Sidney Smith who said that if London were to be destroyed by an earthquake the survivors would contrive to meet somewhere among the ruins to celebrate the occasion by a dinner ? At a big hotel the other night there were seven large dinners going on at one time, and the stock of fish knives and forks was not large enough to go round. The war does not seem to have affected adversely those who provide for public dinners, but it will have a very serious effect on the annual regimental dinners if it lasts beyond July. At Dover the other day people laughed at a company of a marching regiment which passed through the streets without arms and equipment. It is a fact that, just for the moment, we have more fighting men than rifles, but the defect is a small one and capable of easy remedy. If we could parade our forts for coast defence in the same way and bring before the merciless obser- vation of the public the deficiences in our- defen- sive armament of big guns, there would be some- thing to be said a good deal more serious than the joke at the expense of soldiers marching without rifles and bayonets. A soldier can be fitted out in half-an-hour a fort that lacks guns is a difficulty that takes weeks and months to deal with. # The recent Cowper celebration, which was so successful in many ways, is about to be foilowed by a Chaucer one. There is a Chaucer Society, which carries on its functions with more modesty and self-effacement than many which take the name of other distinguished men. And this society has petitioned the Corporation of London, suggesting that the City should co-operate in commemorating Chaucer's connection with the metropolis. Chaucer was in every respect a Londoner, and in his day the City meant London. There is some uncertainty about the street in which he was born, but there is none about that in which he spent his boyhood, and none about (I the locality of the house of which the Corpora- tion granted him a lease for life. The memorial will take the shape of a bust, to be erected in the Guildhall or in the Corporation Library. Miss Perceval, whose death took place at Ealing on Saturday, was the last surviving daughter of Mr. Spencer Perceval, Pitt's disciple and minister, who was shot by the madman Bellingham as he was entering the House of Commons on the afternoon of May 11th, 1812. A grand dame of the old school, Miss Perceval took a patriarchal interest in her humbler neigh- bours, and although she was very old, she drove out every day and made punctillious calls on ac- quaintances. One call she made very frequently was on the late Mr. Atlee, the vestry clerk, whose family enjoyed the unique distinction of having supplied parish clerks to Ealing for 250 years. The office descended from father to son until the death of the last holder a few weeks ago. Although no formal pronouncement has been made by the Ritualist party in reference to the Archbishops' judgment on the Reservation of the Sacrament, I understand that the feeling of the party is setting strongly in the direction of ignoring it in practice. Nothing will be done in the way of modifying the services in the Ritualist churches until the Bishops take them up. Some Bishops, it is believed, will take no action at all, and indeed the judgment im- poses no obligation whatever upon them, any more than upon the clergy. It does not follow, however, that there will be no public controversy. A pamphlet will be issued on Reservation by the Guild of St. Matthew, and it will speedily be fol- lowed by other controversial tracts. To one of them, 1 believe, Lord Halifax will write a preface, and we may be certain that the Ritualists will not be left in sole possession of the ground. # It was naturally expected that their would be a crowded attendance at the sale of the Peel heir- looms. At the moment the sale opened on the second day, although such well-known personages as Mr. and Mrs. Asquith and Sir Squire Bancroft were examining the lots, there was nothing like the crush of the previous day, but it came later. With the astuteness of their profession the auctioneers had arranged that the greatest works, theVandyck pictures, should be sold last. The evening was gettiug well advanced before they were reached. They are companion portraits of a Genoese Sena- tor and his wife. Each is more than eight feet high, and about half as broad. They were pur- chased for the first Sir Robert Peel by Sir David Wilkie at Genoa for "'a very insignificant sum," as Sir David expressed it. When they were shown in the British Gallery in 1829 an expert of the day thought they were worth l,200gs.; but the opinion of the Court of Chancery, which decided that an oifer of £ 11.250 ought not to be accepted, was justified. The first bid was one of E20,000, and without loss of time the bidding went forward to £ 24,2.50, at which figure the pictures were knocked down to Mr. W. Mackintosh McLeod, of 65, George Street, Portman Square, a nephew of the late Rev. Norman McLeod. The massive caudelabra which the mob carried away from the Tuileries were brought by Mr. Charles Wertheimer for 2,700gs., and Landseer's well-known painting, The Shep- herd's Prayer," sold for l,820gs. Altogether no less a sum than £ 62.000 was realised by the two dnjrs' sale.
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caircrrne BTRERRE letT- into an cnrrcccmnent surrounding a Boer pom-pom" and killed three men outright. In the course of the day the smoke of a great explosion was seen on our front. About 20 Boers voluntarily came in and sur- rendered. Most of the Transvaal prisoners appear to think that if defeated at the Vaal River, where they intend to make a stand, the Boer forces will retreat to Pretoria, which has been provisioned for a long defence. On the other hand, however, there appears to be growing distrust of the Government, which feeds the burghers daily with the most! astounding statements. I STEYN KICKS HIS BURGHERS. A Central News telegram from Kroonstad, dated Saturday, says:— On Friday Gordon's Cavalry Brigade, consist- ing of the 9th and 12th Lancers and Roberts' and Kitchener's Horse, rushed the Boer trenches at Boschrond Station, drove the enemy out, and held tVie position all night. In the meantime, General French, with the Scots Greys and Carabiniers and Inniskilling Dragoons, pushed on to Blomspruit, on the Valsch River, where the Boers, especially Free; Staters, fell back, refusing to flght. To the surprise of everybody, Kroonstad was surrendered without a fight. Before retreating the Boers did much damage, wrecking the railway station and burning all the stores they could not take away with them. So done up were their ponies that the animals were scarcely able to proceed. Ex-President Steyn was enraged at the de- fection of the Boers, even going to the length of kicking and cuffing them. An enterprising photographer in the town ¡ took a snapshot of the scene yesterday after- noon. The plate plainly shows Steyn strik- ing his burghers. Copies are fetching high prices.