... BOER ACCOUNT OF THK STORMBEltG FIGHT. The following official Boer despatch from Pretoria has been received at Lourenco Marques. Six hundred and seventy-two prisoners were taken in the fight at Stormberg. The loss of the British in dead and wounded is unknown. FIGHTING AT MODDER RIVER. There has been more fighting at Modder River. Cronje maintained his position, and took fifty British prisoners ...

... The collier Madeline, which last September left Yarmouth for Hartlepool, a trip of about 250 miles which is sometimes accomplished in a couple of days, is further away from her destination than she was ten weeks ago. First, a gale stripped her of canvas, caused her to leak, and then sent her reeling across to Scandinavia, where, when her provisions had run short, she was picked up and brought ...

... [BY THE CHIEL.] A Chiel's amang ye takm' notea, And faith he'll prent it. COMBINATION RESULTS TO DATE. Goals Played. Won. Lost. Dr'n. For Agst. Pts Chirk 11 8 1 2 ..25 6 ..18, Wrexham 8 6 1 1 ..33 ..12 ..13 Druids 9 6 2 1 ..19 ..12 ..13 Newtowu 9 4 5 0 ..20 ..26 8 Aberystwyth 6 2 3 1 ..12 ..17 5 Oswestry Un. 7 2 4 1 ..14 ..15 Birkenhead. 3 2 1 0 2 3 4 Bangor 5..2.. 3 0 7 9 4 Rhyl 5 0 4 1 7 ...

... i TRAINS IN COLLISION. SERIOUS CATASTROPHE. A serious accident occurred on the Midland Railway near Leeds on Monday night, resulting | in at least one death and a number of cases of injury. I A goods train from Armley was passing New Wortley Junction when several of the wagons became derailed at the points, and before the signalman in the box close at hand was aware of what had happened, the 5 ...

... Somerset House was on Monday afternoon the scene of an outbreak of fire, and in the neighbourhood of the Strand and Fleet Street the greatest excitement prevailed for nearly an hour. Shortly after half-past two some of the attendants in the new wing at the Charing Cross side of the building noticed smoke issuing in dense volumes from the basement. An alarm was instantly raised, and within a ...

... IN A FLOODED MINE. THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF A MINER. The men employed at GJanmerrwg Colliery, near Llanelly, had a narrow escape from being drowned on Saturday morning, when as a result of one of the colliers tapping an old working a volume of water rushed into the pit. David Thomas, who dealt the unfortunate blow, at once gave alarm, and all the men within hear- ing immediately escaped. Thomas ...

... Five of the crew of the sailing-ship Duntrune, of Barry, which is believed to have foundered with sixteen hands, arrived in Liverpool on Monday evening by the Pacific mail steamer Oropesa. The Duntrune left Barry with coal in October for the west coast of South America, with twenty-six hands, and the captain's wife and child. The vessel met a series of terrible gales. Her masts were carried ...

... The monthly meeting of the above Council was held on Friday at St. Asaph, Mr T. Howes Roberts J.P., presiding PANDY HILL. A letter was read from the Clerk to the Dyserth Parish Council relative to the proposed widening of the road at Pandy Hill, Dyserth. With regard to the request that the Parish Council should purchase land for the purpose, it was stated that that body had come to the ...

... The first three battalions forming part of the Sixth division, which has just been mobilised, will embark on Saturday. Manager: You do not inject enougn con. tempt, spite, and venom into that word. Actress I can do no better. Manager Nonsense Speak it just as you say plusL ■* when you meet a rival m an imitation st 1 > skin. Bribers I hear that while you were at Miss Redbud's the other night ...

... STEAMER AND CROSS-CHANNEL BOAT IN COLLISION. A collision of a serious character occurred in the English Channel, about five miles off Folkestone, on Sunday night, between the Mabel Grace, mail packet, the latest addition to the South Eastern and Chatham Company's fleet running between Folkestone and Boulogne (Captain Davies), and the Lisa, a screw steamer, about 1,200 tons, belong to Helsing- ...

... The London Mail of Monday morning says: There is now lying at the Hotel Metropole, London, in fearful agony, and in imminent peril of her life, the victim of one of the most dastardly outrages ever committed in London. The injured woman is a Mrs. Len Davis, and the frightful wounds which have brought her within an inch of death were inflicted by vitriol. Mrs. Davis was staying at the Hotel ...

... DEATH OF LORD PENZANCE. Lord Penzance, who was judge of the Court of Arches until March last, died at Godalming on Saturday, but the fact of his lordship's death did not become known until Monday. He was the first and last Baron Penzance (he leaves no heir); he was a judge both spiritual and temporal; and he sat on more commissions than any other man of his time. His commissions ranged from ...