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THE WAR.
THE WAR. THE PURSUIT OF BOTHA. ESCAPE BY DRIBLETS. Saturday. A telegram from Nkandbla states that heavy firing had been heard in the direction of Inhlazatye aud Tabankulu. Small bodies of the enemy ap- peared to be getting through the British cordon. Dachauser, with 70 men, is said to be at Babanango, near which is also the main body of Botha's force. The district is denuded of supplies and the enemy are reported to be in a sad plight. A party of the District Mounted Foice, moving from Sutherland, on Monday night surrounded a party of Boers in a farm, wounding several, capturing some prisoners, together with horses, rifles, and ammunition.
THE CAPE RAID.
THE CAPE RAID. A BRUSSELS STATEMENT. In Boer circles in Brussels it is stated that the invasion of Cape Colony by Theron's and Maritz's Commandos has been ordered by Botha with a view to the Boers reaching Saldanha Bay, where a supply of ammunition is expected for the burghers.
HORSES FOR THE FRONT.
HORSES FOR THE FRONT. PURCHASES IN THE STATES. Despatches from Tacoma, U.S.A., state that the British officials are purchasing numbers of horses in the Eastern districts of Washington State, and sending them, via the Canadian Pacific Railway, to Montreal, for shipment to South Africa. This is the first time the British army representatives have gone so far West for horses. The price in the district is from 50dols to 75dols each. The agents say that 50,000 more will be required. The best animals are now becoming scarce.
BOTHA GOING NORTH.
BOTHA GOING NORTH. BOERS PRACTICALLY STARVING. Monday. A telegram from Dundee states that it is reported that Botha has left the Pongola Bosch and is moving Northwards thiough Swaziland. Several hundred Boers are once more above Babanango, but they are practically in a starving condition and disinclined for fighting.
THE RAID TO SALDANHA.
THE RAID TO SALDANHA. GUNBOAT HELPS INHABITANTS. A Capetown despatch announces that a few days ago a small Boer Commando arrived within two hours of Saldanha Bay, on the West coast, sixty- five miles from Capetown. Many of the in. habitants took refuge on passing steamers, which were signalled to. The vessels then left, but just as they were rounding the Point a number of Boers opened fire on them. The steamers reported this to a gunboat, which quickly got within range and fired, the enemy retreating when the first shell burst.
"BOERS IN KHAKI.
BOERS IN KHAKI. DE WET REPORTED DEAD. Scheepers is said to be recovering from his illness. Smuts is being vigorously hunted in the Swartzberg. The majority of his men are wearing khaki and British regimental badges. Rumours have lately been current at Durban that De Wet is dead.
ANOTHER BOER INVENTION.
ANOTHER BOER INVENTION. WHAT BOTHA TELLS HIS MEN. The following letter signed H A Beatson, appeared in The Standard on Saturday lastThe following is an extract from a letter from a man commanding one of the block-houses near Heidelberg, in the South African Constabulary. On Sunday night, about half-past six p.m., a Boer came in and surrendered to me He was fifty-three years old, and completely done up. I fed him and took him to headquarters next morning. He-gave me a tinder box,' which I will send some time, with some Mauser clips and cartridges, also the white flag he carried. He said he was sick of the war, and Commandant Hans Botha, with whom he was, told them all that the war would be over on the 15th, and all the English were going to surrender then, as Auterica, Germany, France, and a few more Powers were going to take to tbe-field and fight for them. It just shows what liars they are." The letter was dated September 12.
BOTHA AGAIN ESCAPES.
BOTHA AGAIN ESCAPES. BRITISH PATROL CAPTURED. Tuesday. The Commandos brought into the Yryheid district by Botla have, the Commander-in-Chief says, been driven back towaids the Eimelo district after their abortive attempt to raid Natal. Local Commandos all dispersed directly the British columns got touch with them. In the Northern districts Beyers' men are very scattered. On Saturday one of Colonel Pilcher's patrols was captured near Smithfield by Boers who were dressed in khaki. In Cape Colony Smuts, having been driven northwards, is being closely hustled north of Graaf Reinet. The midlands and south are otherwise clear, with the exception of remnants of Scheepers' Commando, to which the columns are attending. An attempted southern move by rebels from Calvinia has been checked. In the extieme east, Fouche and Myburg, having failed to break scuth, are scattering in the mountains. A party of the Somerset East District troops was captured by Smuts after a short fight at Doornbosch, near Zwagelshoek.
SCHEEPERS BANISHED.
SCHEEPERS BANISHED. A further list of twelve Boer leaders captured since September 15 has been published in Pretoria. Under Lord Kitchener's proclamation they aio condemned to perpetual banishment from South Africa. The most conspicmous name in the list is that of Commandant Scheepers, the principal leader of the Cape invasion.
GENERAL BULLER SUPERSEDED.
GENERAL BULLER SUPER- SEDED. LORD ROBERTS'S RECOMMENDATION. GENERAL FRENCH HIS SUCCESSOR. The War Office on Tuesday night issued the fol- lowing: "In consequence of the speech delivered by General Sir Redvere Buller, Y.C., G.C.B., on the 10th October, the Commander-in-Chief, after full consideration of all the circumstances and of the explanations furnished by Sir Redvers Buller, has recommended that he be relieved of his command. Action has been taken accordingly, and Sir Red- yers Buller has been placed on half pay. "The King has been pleased to approve the ap- pointment of Major General (local Lieutenant General) Sir John French, K.C.B., to succeed Sir Redvers Buller in the command of the First Army Corps, the appointment to take effect when Sir John French's services are no longer required in South Africa. Pending his return, Major General (local Lieutenant General) Sir H Hildyard, K.C.B., will command the force at Aldershot."
NEWS FROM BRUSSELS.
NEWS FROM BRUSSELS. THE BOER PLAN OF CAMPAIGN Wednesday. A telegram from Brussels states that the official despatches received by the Boer delegates at the end of August contained the Boer plan of campaign for the summer months. General Botha, it was stated, intended to march with a large force into Natal, and General De Wet was either to support him or to support the Cape insurgents by taking the offensive along the Orange river. As up to the present De Wet's appearance on the Natal border has not been reported, it is believed that he will be heard of soon on the borders of Cape Colony, where his presence would be more useful than on the Natal frontier, not only for military reasons, but also because at the conference between De Wet, Mr Steyn, and General Botha it was resolved to give the rebellion in Cape Colony a proper organisation, with a Commandant General and a form of Civil Service. The same telegram also states that the great difficulty the Boers have to overcome in Cape Colony is not the scarcity of recruits nor the over- whelming strength of the British forces, but the want of arms and ammunition.—A message from Piquetberg Road states that the commandos which have lately been operating to the south of Clan- william are retiring to the north again. WAR ITEMS. The Exchange Telegraph Company learns that 2000 Arabs have been engaged, and will next week be bLipped for work on five mines in the "Bulawayo district. This will relieve the labour difficulty in Rhodesia., but military regulations will stand in the way of supplies reaching the mines. The Viscountess Parker will, on Tuesday the 29th inst., distribute the war medals allotted to the staff of the Welsh Hospital for South Africa. By permission of the Lord Mayor the function will take place at the Mansion House. The arrange- ments are in the hands of the honorary secretary, Mr Arthur Hughes, of Hare Court, Temple. An order for 1,300 caoesof Christmas fare has just been completed and despatched to Pretoria by a firm of London caterers. The cases contain a unique selection of conserved dainties, from a p&te de foies gras to a homely York ham and a steak and kidney pudding, eight pair-horse vans being re- quired to convey the cases to the docks.
LOCAL CASUALTIES.
LOCAL CASUALTIES. 3rd South Wales Borderers. 4209 Private J Weale, Mafeking, October 16th, dangerously ill (enteric). 3rd South Wales Borderers-4209 PLe J Weil, dangerously ill (enteric), Mafeking, Oct 20. 2nd South Wales Borderers-7268 Pte S Higton (dysentery), Germiston, Oct 20. Capt Edward David Provis Wickham, of the 22nd Battalion (Roughriders) and 84th Company of the Imperial Yeomanry, who was killed in action at Doorn River, in the Orange River Colony, on Wed- nesday last, was the eldest son of Lieut-Col Thomas Wickham, of Fronwnion, Dolgelley, a Magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant of Merionethshire, formerly of the 33rd Regiment End Scots Greys, by his first wife, Wilhelmina, daughter of Mr C Robertson Williamson, of Lawers, Perth, and was born in 1857. He was senior Captain of the 22nd Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, his commission bearing date March 27 last. South African Constabulary.—Major Francis Chas Minshull Ford (killed), Moolmeisjesfontein, Oct 17. Major Francis Charles Minshull Ford, D.S.O., of the South African Constabulary, who was killed in an action fought at Moolmeisjesfontein, near Bronk- horst Spruit, in the Transvaal, on Thursday, had only lately completed his thirty first year. He was the eldest son of the late Captain John Randle Minshull Ford, of Llwyngwern, near Machynlletb, formerly a Captain in t.he 8th (King's) Regiment, and entered the Highland Light Infantry as a Second Lieutenant on February 20, 1892, obtain- ing his lieutenancy on June 6, 1894, and being ap- pointed to the Reserve of Officers on October 13th, 1897. He had served as a Captain with Bethune's Mounted Infantry, and had only lately been ap- pointed to the South African Constabulary. Major Minshull Ford was nominated a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in the Honours Gazette of April 19 last.
WORK OF THE COLUMNS.
WORK OF THE COLUMNS. WEEKLY REPORT. The War Office last night issued a Despatch from Lord Kitchener, forwarded from Pretoria yester- day afternoon, giving an account of the work of the columns since the 14th inst. In the week under review, 25 Boers had been killed, 18 wounded, and 190 taken prisoners, while 50 bad surrendered. The captures consisted of 141 rifles, 6125 rounds of small arm ammunition, 106 waggons, 834 horses, and 6504 cattle.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS Brevet.-Lieut Colonel WR Kenyon-Slaney, half- pay, to be Colonel. Militia Royal Garrison Artillery.-The Cardigan Artillery (Western Division). — Supernumerary Lieut H R S Stradling to be Lieutenant on the Establishment.
THE WAR OFFICE COUNCIL.
THE WAR OFFICE COUNCIL. The War Office Council, of which the Secretary for War is president, is in future to be composed as follows:—The Commander-in-Chief, the Parlia- mentary and Permanent Under Secretaries, the Financial Secretary, the Quartermaster General, the Inspector General of Fortifications, the Director General of Ordnance, the Adjutant General, the Director General of Mobilisation and Military Intelligence, the Director General of the Army Medical Department (for medical and sanitary matters), and the Secretary of the Council. Mr Brade has been appointed to the last-named post, and the Council will meet weekly.
THE ROYAL TOUR.
THE ROYAL TOUR. ARRIVAL AT HALIFAX. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York arrived at Halifax on Saturday morning and were enthusiastically received. His Royal Highness laid the foundation-stone of the Memorial to the Nova Scotians who have fallen in South Africa, and afterwards reviewed several thousand troops, sailors and Marines from the Fleet being also mus- tered. The Royal Marine band from the Ophir played as the soldiers and sailors marched past.
♦ PIGEON-HOLED 40 YEARS.
♦ PIGEON-HOLED 40 YEARS. MORE DEPARTMENTAL BLUNDERING. After forty years in the pigeon-holes of the Admiralty, the records of the long-lost Seymour, or Canton Prize Fund representing the prooeeds of the valuable loot captured by the naval forces during the China war, and pooled by mutual agree- ment for subsequent distribution according to rank and seniority, have been discovered. It appears (according to the St James's Gazette), that a sum of not less than £ 30,000 rests in the hands of the Admiralty for distribution amongst the officers and men entitled to share it, or their next-of-kin. The early publication is promised of a list ofpersons en- titled to claim a share of the fund, which had been entirely forgotten at the Admiralty until an agita- tion was started a few months ago at Portsmouth. The Admiralty are now examining the list of candi- dates for shares, and have promised to pay as soon as possible all who can establish their claims.
. THE 1902 EISTEDDFOD.
THE 1902 EISTEDDFOD. MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Executive Committee of the National Eis- teddfod, to be held at Bangor next year, met on Friday evening, the Mayor (Mr H Lewis) presiding over a large attendance. The Secretaries (Messrs Downs and Parry) reported that the guarantee bond bad now reached £1,000, and that it had been deposited with the treasurer. A discussion ensued in the course of which several members advocated increasing the amount of the bond, and eventually the matter was referred to the Finance Committee for consideration. It was reported that the sub- scriptions to the Eisteddfod fund already amounted to £504. A letter was received from Lord Carrington enclosing a subscription of £ 5 5s, his Lordship at the same time expressing his readiness to beoome either a patron or a vice- president of the Eisteddfod. On the metion of Professor Lewis Jones the question of appoint- ing presidents, vice-presidents, and conductors was referred to a sub-committee. The Musical Committee were also asked to consider the ap- pointment of Eisteddfod accompanists. With regard to the advisability of providing certificates for winners, it was decided, on the motion of Professor Lewis Jones, that no certificates be granted exoept in:the instances already specified in the prize list. Some of the members advocated that certificates should be provided for all winners, and an amend- ment to that effect was proposed by Mr J Williams, but on being put to the meeting it was lost.
REPORT OF THE MUSICAL COMMITTED.
REPORT OF THE MUSICAL COMMITTED. Dr Taylor Jones submitted the report of the Musical Committee, which amongst other things recommended that Sullivan's "Golden Legend" should be performed at one of the evening concerts, and also that one of the evening concerts should be devoted to the works of Welsh composers. After some discussion it was decided to refer the matter back to the Musical Committee for the latter to bring forward a full programme for the evening concerts. The Executive Committee, however, adopted the suggestion that Sullivan's "Golden Legend" should be performed. Mr T Westlake Morgan drew attention to the faot that the Com- mittee appeared to have ignored an eminent Welsh musician, Mr David Jenkins, nor had any of his compositions been included in the competitions. Dr Taylor Jones, secretary of the Musical Committee, remarked that Mr Jenkins had not been ignored by the committee, inasmuch as his name had several times been suggested at the meetings of the com. mittee. No resolution was passed on this matter. With regard to the question of engaging artistes, which was referred to the Musical Committee, it was incidentally stated that the Executive Com- mittee had voted £250 to meet the expenses in this connection. LITER4.RY COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION. Mr L D Jones presented the report of the Literary Committee, who recommended the acceptance of a prize offered by Madame Gwyneth Vaughan, consisting of a silver shield with the arms of Gryffydd ap Cynau thereon, for a heroic poem on Gryffydd ap Cynau, the oommittee stipulating that the value of the shield should not exceed JBlO, and that the poem should not exceed a thousand lines. They also recommended the accep- tance of a prize of R5 offered by Mr Bulkeley-Price for an essay. The suggestions of the committee were adopted. The names of Mr J Pntchard, Bodhyfryd, and Mr J A Rodway, deputy town clerk, were added to the Executive Committee. On the motion of the Mayor, seconded by Dr Rowland Rogers, it was decided to record in the minutes the sense of loss sustained by the death of the well-known musician, Mr J Richards (Isalaw).
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Baroness Grant, widow of the late Baron Albert Grant died somewhat suddenly at her residence a ¡ Worthing, on Saturday.
PERSONAL.
PERSONAL. During the King's stay at Balmoral there has been no great run on the salmon waters in the neighbourhood. A few guests and others have had excellent sport on the upper reaches of the Dee, although the season is practically at an end, but the King now seldom touches a rod. Twenty years ago or more few delighted more in a day on the river. Count Waldersee will, it is stated, piobably come to London early in December. The visit which he will then pay was arranged soon after his return to Germany from China. It is believed that the Field-Marshal is coming on the personal invitation of the King. Sir Theodore Martin continues to make slow but satisfactory progress towards recovery. There is no foundation for the newspaper reports that the Pope is suffering from weakness and has had fainting fits. He is in perfect health, and recently passed a whole day in the Vatican gardens. According to the Paris Gaulois, the visit which the Duke and Duchess of Orleans intend paying to the King and Queen of England is not merely a mark of the renewed cordiality of their relations, but also of considerable political significance. The Marquess of Bute, accompanied by Lord Edmund Talbot, one of his trustees, arrived at Cardiff Castle on Monday. This is Lord Bute's first visit to Cardiff since his succession to the title. The Hon G Ormsby-Gore, M.P., the Hon S Ormsby-Gore, M.P., and Captain Lloyd, of Leaton Knolls, are at present on a visit to Lord Harlech at Brogyntyn. The Rev Dr Isaac Taylor, rector of Settrington and honorary canon of York Minster, who died on Friday, at the age of seventy-two, married in 1865 Georgiana, daughter of the Rev the Hon Henry Cockayne-Cust, and sister of the late Major Cock. ayne-Cust of Ellesmere. President Roosevelt on Tuesday, arrived at his sister's residence at Famington, Connecticut, from Washington. He was carefully guarded during the journey. Mr Balfour and Miss Balfour have been entertain* ing several small house parties at Whittinghame House, Haddingtonshire, the guests being princi- pally relations or intimate friends. Miss Knight's action against the Duke of Man. Chester for breach of promise of marriage will be keard about the middle of next month. The Duke is also interested in two bankruptcy motions. The Duke of Cornwall is to succeed the King as president of St Bartholomew's Hospital, which office the King held from 1867 till his accession, when he became patron of the institution. The King (the World remarks) has taken such a keen personal interest in the prosperity of St Bartholo- mew's that to succeed him is no light task, especially at this all-important period in the Hospital's history, when it is sought to absorb, for its growing needs and requirement, the great ad- joining site of Christ's Hospital. The Marquis of Londonderry and Lady Helen Stewart have returned to Wynyard Park, Durham, from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough at Blenheim Palace. The Mayor and Mayoress of Welshpool (Mr and Mrs Shuker) and the Mayor and Mayoress of Os- westry (Mr and Mrs Daniel) were present at a ball given by the Lord Mayor of London at the Mansion House, on Tuesday evening. The German Empress on Tuesday celebrated her forty-third birthday. The Municipality of Berlin, which refused to congratulate her last year, decided to adhere to the same course this year. Wednesday was the birthday of Viscount Craa- borne, M.P., Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who was born in 1861, and Thursday the anniversary of the birth of the Marquis of Ripon.
. RECEIVING QUIT RENTS.
RECEIVING QUIT RENTS. A QUAINT CEREMONY, At the Law Courts, London, on Tuesday, Mr George Pollock, King's Remembrancer, sat for the purpose of receiving quit rent from the City of London Corporation in respect of property held from the Crown, and known as The Forge," St Clement Danes, and The Moors," Shropshire. The pro- perty in question is not now in existence, bat the' ceremony, which dates back to 1235, is still kept up. The quit rent consists of six horse shoes and 61 nails for The Forge," and a sharp and blunt hatchet and bill hook for The Moors." The City Solicitor produced and counted out the horse sboes, and then he with the sharp hatchet severed a faggot with a single blow and proved the dulness of the bill book by making several hacks at another faggot before cutting it. The official referee re- marked good service," the quit rent was accepted, and the ceremony ended.
+ LORD CROMER'S WEDDING.
+ LORD CROMER'S WEDDING. A BEAUTIFUL BRIDE. The Earl of Cromer was married on Tuesday to Lady Katherine Thynne, sister of the Marquis of Bath. Lord Cromer is marrying for the second time. His first wife was a daughter of the late Sir Rowland Errington. The wedding which was at St Thomas's Church, Orchard street, London, took place in the presence of a small but interesting and representative assembly of friends and relations, all of whom agreed that a more beautiful bride had never been seen, nor a bridegroom upon whose face pride was more visibly written. Lady Cromer is in her 37th year, but her beauty is of the grand order that is in. dependent of mere youthfulness, and only gains in depth and expression as the first years of girl- hood are left behind. Her mind is as fair aa her face, and a more worthy wife could hardly be sug- gested for the man who controls such great interests in Egypt. Lord Northbrook and Lord Revelstoke, two other peers of the house of Baring, were present, and of course the Foreign Secretary, Lord Lansdowne, Lady Cranborne, Mr White, the United States Charge d'Affaires, and many other well- known men and women of the world. Printed and Published by David Rowlands, at 21, Berriew Street, Welshpool, in the County of Montgomery, and Rock View, Towyn, in the County of Merioneth.—-Thursday.lOct. 24,19C1.