The Transvaal WAR.

Evening Star, Issue 11167, 16 February 1900, Page 4

The Transvaal WAR.

SOUTH-WEST FRONTIER.

DOINGS AROUND COLESBERG,

A HANDFUL OF EMBATTLED FARMERS.

COLONIALS IN ACTION.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright,

LONDON, February 14. The newspapers regret that the operations of General French in the Colesberg district have been fruitless.

The enemy have placed heavy guns on Co's's Kop, in the vicinity of Colosberg, aod outnumber the British at Colesberg by five to one. They have mounted r 40-poimder on Bastard's Nek, commanding the country for a distance of 9,000 yards, and compelling all Majorgei.'Orai Clement's outposts to retire to Rem'nburg. A detachment of Victorian Mounted Rifles for some time gallantly defended a position at Haider's Farm, inflicting heavy loss on the Boers. The Westraliiuis, with detachmeuts of the Wi?/s>hire and Berkshire Regiments, were also hotly engaged. A shell from a howitzer struck and silenced one of the enemy's Craesot guns. The transfer of General French's cavalry to the Modder River has encouraged the Boers to attack.

CAPE TOWN, February 14. The Australian foms at tho front are being hard worked, but tho hot fighting is thoroughly appreciated. Major Reay, correspondent of the Melbourne 'Herald,' Captaiu Cameron, and a Westralian correspondent, with the assistance of a white flag, visited the Boer camp blindfolded, and were subsequently shown Mr Lambie's grave by General De la Key. They received Mr Lambie's wife's portrait and other effects. The visitors were incidentally told that the Boer combatants numbered 120,000.

[There is little doubt that the number of Boer combatants was "incidentally" toH with a )>ur-p-js-.-, a'l.'l its accuracy is op-a to question ; but, in any event, we recret that such niiivs should be revived immediately after our having been inf.Tinrtd on excellent authority that the ereat Uritish Empire wa« only lighting "a haudftil of embattled farmers."!

LONDON, February 14. 'The Times' says that the distinction the Australians have won at Reudsburg is proof of the great value of colonial troop*. The paper especially instances the pluck and readiness shown by Captain Madock, of the New Zealand Contingent, at Slingersfontein. CAPE TOWN. Fobruary 14. Mr Lambis, the 'Ago' war correspondent, was shot in the head. He died in a quarter of an hour, and was buried on the held. Commandant De la Rev expressed regret at the death of a non-combatant. Mr Hales, the other correspondent missing, merely fell off his horse, and is likely to be released.

WESTERN_FRONTIER, MAFEKING ALL WELL.

CAPE TOWN, February 14. Mafeking reports that there is a food supply sufficient to last until June."

OPINIONS.

CAPE TOWN, February 14. It is believed that Lord Roberts commands the army corps cavalry division at tho Modder; Major-general Sir H. E. Colvillo the 9th division at the Modder ; and Colonel Pole-Carew the Guards' Brigade.

EASTERN FRONTIER.

BULLER'S CASUALTIES. BOER RAIDS AND PRISONERS. DURBAN, February 14. General Bailer's casualties from the sth to the 7th inst. totalled 24 killed, 335 wounded, and 5 missing, chiefly belonging to the first battalion of the Durban Light Infantry and Rifle Brigade. The Boer force which recently raided Ngutu, Zululand, have nine guns. There are 438 Boer prisoners at Cape Town. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.. CAPE TOWN, February 15. The second Victorian Contingent, who arrived by the Euralyus, were enthusiastically welcomed at Cape Town. Thoy have started for the front. LONDON, February 15. In the House of Commons Mr Wyndham, Secretary of War, doprecated" the fuss being made over the terms of colonial offers. It was inadvisable to discuss the rates of pay of troops from different parts of tho Empire. Colonial troops had a right to claim in future a share of the work of the British army. A tableau produced by an amateur society of the aristocracy at Her Majesty's Theatre realised £6,500 for the Household Brigade's Widows and Orphans' Fund. ' HOW BULLER CROSSED THE TUGELA. MELBOURNE, February 15. On the 10th January General Buller's column commenced to advance, with Colonel Lord Dundonald in charge. He reconnoitred Springfield, and, finding it unoccupied, pushed on to the Tugela River, and occupied a position commanding the river. The move was a daring one, the ground being on the same day infested with the enemy. Colonel Dundonald's small force, however, held the position for two days, pending the arrival of General Lyttelton's brigade, the enemy's sniping parties keeping up an ineffective fire. General Lyttelton's force waded the river, and occupied the kopjes on the northern bank, the howitzer batteries shelling the enemy, and the naval guns on the south bank following suit. The enemy did not reply. Six miles higher up General Warren's forco got across, but only a handful of Boers were seen. These sent a volley at the engineers erecting a pontoon bridge, but were quickly dispersed. Tho advance was conducted in a masterly manner. The engineers erected bridges and telegraphs. It was an inspiriting sight to see the troops moving across the river.

THE THIRD CONTINGENT.

Replying to the toast of his health at the luncheon given by the Mayor of Christchuvch to the officers and men yesterday evening, Lord Ranfurly said that' New Zealand was loyal from oho end to the other, and, from what he had seen in the far north and in other parts of the colony, he was satisfied that should another call be made there would he no difficulty in getting men, but the difficulty would be in making a selection. ' Now Zealand had done a.great thing in sending mounted* men, who were greatly wanted aoid very valuable, and it was a pity the colony labored under the disiidvantage of being only able to send away - small contingents at a time of want. He had be-en pleased and agreeably surprised

at the work done at the review that morning. He had not expected to see raw material which so' lately camo into training brought to the state of efficiency which he had seen that day. He did not wish to draw comparisons with previous Contingents, but he was sure that the riding of the present Continent was better than their predecessors, while the horses he believed would be the best in South Africa. Ihe First Contingent had done their dutv and made their mark.. It was not every regiment that was mentioned in despatches, but in a, despatch which he had received only the previous day the New Zealand Contingent were mentioned. It was as follofws:—"I am directed by the Marquis of Lansdowno to acquaint you, for the information of Mr .Secretary Chamberlain, tba* in (he telegraphed 'reports bv the general commanding of an engagement between the Imperial troops and the enemy at Jasfontein on December 15 the following passage ocearred : ■ New Zealanders occupied the van ; attacked hill.' And further on, later in the engagement: 'New Zeahinders most steady under hot fire at short range.' " Tremendous applause greeted the reading of the despatch, and si.fr its. conelusion His Excellency said he trusted that he would have many more despatches of tt similar nature. In proposing " The Army, Navy, and Volunteers," the Premier said that not even Canada could say that without expense to the colony or the Imperial authorities they had been able to send to South Africa a. body of men equal to any there. He intimated that the Government had decided to equip 200 more men, and to increase the volunteer forces ol the colony. More mounted troops would lie formed, and greater encouragement would lie given to rifle clubs. There would be four Maxim guns for Canterbury.

The Lascars on the Knight Temnjar have resumed work. It is understood that the trouble among them was caused by a groundless rumor that the steamer was going to return to New Zealand before taking them back to India.. The vessel has now" got all her cargo on board, and the horses of the Contingent were being embarked tn-day. The Premier yesterday decided that Lieutenant M. Lcwi'n, of the E Battery, should go with the Canterbury Contingent as one of the four officers allowed by the Imperial Government. Lieutenant Lewin will retain the same rank that he held in the volunteers.

The Lyttclton Committee will entertain the Contingent at lunch, at which the Governor will be present, and there will be an extensive marine demonstration.

THE FOURTH CONTINGENT,

THE TRANSPORT DIFFICULTY.

The Premier is now making arrangements for a steamer to take the Fourth Contingent from New Zealand to the Cape. The details require confirmation bv the owners of the vessel in 'London. No difficulty is anticipated, and it is expected, that tlic vessel will be in the colony by ?»laich 15. The steamer is classed Al at Lloyd's, is of 4.4C0 tons, having accommodation for 300 men and 500 horses, and she can easily steam ten knots per hour. There is great, dissatisfaction among the men of tho Auckland Rough Riders Contingent re the. Government's telegram that the men's own horses are to become the property of the military authorities.

At a. meeting of the Mosgiul Committee, held bust night, the collectors reported on the result of their canvass of the district for funds to equip men for the Otago Contingent. The total amount subscribed is not yet available, but funds will be in hand to fully equip four men from the district. A* this number (Robert Smeaton, John vSi'thei'land, George Williams, and David Gibson) have passed the medical examination, and as they are all qualified in other respects, they are almost sure to be the recipients of the Mosgicl collection. co-a

NEWS AND NOTES.

[Compiled by Our London Correspondent.] LONDON, January 5, 1900. THE NATION'S FAULT. The blunders in South Africa have naturally set the nation on the search for a scapegoat upon which to visit its wrath when the time for punishment comes. Already there is quile a large gallery of newspaper and man-in-the-streefc judged convicts, including Lord Wolselcy, Sir Jacobus De Wet, Mr Cmynghamj Greene, Sir William Butler, Lord Lansdowne, Joseph of Birmingham, Lird Salisbury, Sir Alfred Milner—well, in fact, almost every man who has had a finger in the South African pie for the past ten years. By the time the war is over the nation as a whole will probably have come to the conclusion that adequate punishment for the sins of omission and commission which have led up to the useless sacrifice of men, munitions, and money in the course of the campaign can only be meted out if the nation can perform tho impossible feat of taking a running kick at itself for having tolerated a »vstem which It is plain must die if the E npire is to live. The amazement of the public at the ignorance of the Cabinet respecting the numbers, the armaments, and the intentions cf the Dutch in South Africa would be deepened if they were fully acquainted with the sources of information open to the Government but neglected by them. Lord Woleeley recently confessed the nescience of the War Office on points which it was Ms business to know, but this admitted, neglect doe 3 not square with the facta. The fact iB the Ws,r Office w*s informed on these matters, but ignored the information. It received this knowledge both from public and private authority. General Goodenough, when in command at the Cape, made a report in which was given an adequate estimate of the forces of the Boers at that time. That we know for absolute faot. This report was rendered at the end of the year 189 G. Since then the War Office has been regularly supplied from authoritative sources with information respecting the progress of the Boer armaments, and that large numbers of trained foreign soldiers were being imported into the Transvaal. When Parliament reassembles questions will no doubt be asked (and the Empire will expect definite answers) as to why these reports were ignored, and why Lord Wolseley was oblivious of them until quite recently. Lord Wolseley, tbe soldier, is, however, the subordinate of Lord Lansdowne, the civilian, in whom is vested not merely the power but the duty of deciding what advice tendered by various professional advisers shall be acted on and what shall be ignored. By consequence the conduct of this war haß devolved on an amateur, with very natural, if sadly unsatisfactory, results. Much has been written in depreciation of amateur critics, but it has been overlooked that the head of the War Office—the man who has beyond doubt ten times more power than has Lord Wolseley over the British army, over military measures, over this war—is himself absolutely an amateur, subject to no authority save the collective wisdom of a body of amateur colleagues. The question which the people of the United Kingdom have to decide is which of two things they prefer—the system that has made this tragic farce possible, or the British Empire itself. It is plain one must perish.

AUSTRALIA'S CHKERS AND CURSES. The 'Daily News' haß secured an Australian correspondent, the first, so far aB I know, representing a London journal in South Africa. He is with the Australian contingent, and uses fresh, breezy language that smacks of the ' Bulletin.' When the news of Graspan reached the contingent they gave a cheer " that would have warmed the heart of a marble monument," and their curses when they reached Belmont and found "brother Boer" had fled were '* weird, quaint, picturesque, and prolific." Spaaking of the Boers' boast that despite Methuen they would hold and own the African plain, the correspondent remarks : " Before they do there will be a few hundred dead Australians rotting between the Orange and Modder Rivers. He notices a fact which is seldom pointed out to us : that a large percentage of the Boer prisoners have a stroDg dash of nigger blood in lliem, and paints a graphic picture of the old Brother Boer, with whom ho says : " It is useless to argue. One might as well try and expound Euclid to a cross-eyed camel. Both would listen to you, but neither would profit by your labor. The camel would chew the cud and the Boer would chew tobacco, and both

would expectorate freely as soon as you left, and nothing further would come of it. I know the class. We have, something very similar amongst the old German settlers in the back blocks of Australia. An emu is more amenable to reason than they are, and no man ever lived who could knock sense into an emu." SPIES IN THE YEOMANRY. We are rather apt to laugh at Dr Leyds and his efforts to move foreign Powers to intervene on behalf of the Boers ; but if we may believe the authorities who are enlisting recruits for the Imperial l'eoraanry, his efforts to place a few spies among that patriotic force were very nearly crowned with .success. On one day twenty-five foreigners- presented themselves as candidates for enrolment, protesting that they were naturalised Englishmen. Some spoke with a decided Scandinavian accent, the speech of others savored of Holland, but they all found the same difficulty in putting thoir bands on their naturalisation pupers, and they were all told by the polite official who received them to go to Pretoria if they wanted to enlist. Two more plausible than the rest were actually enrolled. They said they could ride and shoot, and gave verisimilitude to a bald and unconvincing narrative by assorting that they had spent moit of their liveß in Australia. Unfortunately their knowledge of Ejglish was indifferent, while they apokc. Hucutly a Dutch which is not to be picked up in the back blocks of Australia. Before they were sworn in Sir Goorge Arthur exposed one ; and the second, so it is said, wis discovered at a London hotel attempting to abstract an officer's attestation pjpers from his bac The authorities affirm that they have confir mation of the fast ihat the pair were emissaries of Dr Layds. If it be possible for spies to get so near enrolment in British forces in London, it can be easily understood iu South Africa, honeycombed with disloyalty, how extremely'difficult it must be for British generals to ketp their movements a secret to the enemy. THAT "MOST DAMNABLE CUN.»

One of the moat striking features of the discussion raging about the British artillery in the war is the conservatism of the artillery officers, who avow themselves experts in the letters they contribute to 'Toe Times' and other journals. They meet the statement that is mide by all the correspondents in South Africa, that the Boer guns are in every way superior to our own, by the lame excuse that our weapons are field guns and the Boers' guns of position, declining to recognise the obvious fact that if the Boera can manoeuvre and carry off their heavy guns with the tame rabidity as we can handle our field guns, and yet get longer range and double the rate of "fire, our field guns are not up to the mark. It is amusing to read the letter of " Unique " in ' The Times ' when writing of the ;!7 m.m. Maxim gun. He eaya :"1c is a weapon which I have known !rom its birth. It is, in my opinion, absolutely unsuited to the requirements of a field army, and I know of no instructed field army which has adopted it"; and then to note the unanimity of the correspondents ou its elliciey at the Modder, and of the holy horror with which it inspired our men.

A captain of „he Guards says: " My ammunition bearer had his head blown to bits by a lib shell from a .'57-millimetre Maxim—a most damnable gun. I happened to be in the line of it just before dark, and they pumped six rounds at me. The first four pitched in a line about, twenty, ten, and fifteen, and the fourth four" yards in front of me and threw dirt all over me, and the next two just pitched behind me. I didn't like it a bit." This is the weapon nicknamed "Boog-BoDgßong/' and of it 'The Times'' correspondent says: "The lib Maxim gun was the most effective used by the Boers. Tho five or six shots fired in one second while the gun was 1 traversed had more moral effect than the steady discharge of shrapnel from the ordinary 15 pounder at half-minute intervals. Oao m«n not lar from me had both thighs blown off by one of these little shells landing on tho ground between them ; but there is no question that the moral effect wa?, as a rule, greater than the practical results/'

Again, the "Bong-Bong" hj wholesomely respected by everyone, and it has been a matter for the most serious regret that this interesting weapon has not been put out of action. The actual damage caused by it, though it is responsible for several losses, is probacy not so great as that caused by an ordinary Maxim; but the moral effect has been undoubtedly greater, especially as its mobility succeeded throughout the day in defying the aim of our gunners. The correspondent ot Keuter'a Agency remarks :—" Thtir famous Maxim was alto well supplied, and, further, it was well served. A good deal of interest was centred in finding out what the exact make was. The only thing to which I can compare the discharge would be tho constant rapping at a door by a large iron knocker. The noise resounding from the hills filled the whole plaiu, ana when the duchar"e came every man on the field instinctively availed himself of what cover the small bushes afforded. As the day wore on a dread of the machine grew on one, and despite the iirge amount of attention it received from ua it was used to the last. I found the gun pit where it was placed, and an artillery officer who was on the spot told me the machine was a Vickers-Maxim." Mr Julian Ralph reems, in his account of the .battle, to b3 referring to the same o UD but calls it a Maxim-Nordecfclt. This"is, at all events, how he describes its efl'oct3 • " Earlier in the day I had throe timed seen the terrible new Msxim-Nordenielb onepound quick-firer trained on our ambulances as they wete sent forward to bo nearer the wounded and to gather them in. That awful new gun ! Mauser fire starts with a crack, goes on with the buzz of a bte, and ends with a ' ping' in the earth or one's body. One gets used to it, familiar with it, a little iuclintd to be indifferent to it. But the new one-pounder quitk-tirer is a tool no one will ever cease to respect. It goes off with a 'putt-putt-putt-putt,' like the Un-btllion-.timea-exaggerated noise of wattr gurgling in a bottle. The forco and violence una intensity of the noise make it seem that whatever ih coming will perforate chilled steel. And then come the bullets, like oo many jets of steam released from the highest, and singiDg like little steam whißtles." Whether these gunß be identical or not, one thing i s certain: that the VickersMaxim, Hotckiss, and other guns rejected by the Wat Office are being ÜBed by the Boers with terrible effect. We make bo much of the effect of our fire upon the Boers' morale that it does not lie in the mouths of our artillery apologists to say that " the damnable gun" is of little use, because it only injuiej our morale. A SANGUINARY INCIDENT. The bloody side of war is only conveyed to us by an occasional phrase in the letters of the correspondents. We read ao much about the rapidity with which the wounds caused by Mauser bullets heal that we are rather apt to think with Sir Lucius O'Trigger that, in spite of the appalling fusillades of which we read, " you may get a ball or two clean through you and never hurt you." It is just as well, therefore, to be reminded by Mr Churchill's letter to the ' Mornin« Post 1 of the effect of a Boer shell at Est" court upon the arm of a private in the Dublin Fusileers. The whole arm was smashed to a horrid pulp—bones, muscles blood, and uniform all mixed tog. ther. At the bottom huog the hand, unnurt, but twelled instantly to three times its ordinarv size. WHO IB KILBY ? Who is Kilby, and what is he, that Pall Mall clubs ignore him ? This ia what we were asking ourselves at the beginning of the week when a mysterious cable came along that General Kilby was a prisoner in Pretoria, but safe. No one knew of any such general, and the War Office solemnly searched their lists without avail. But a Plymouth correspondent spread the glad tidings that tho general is the commander of the Salvation Army in South Africa. " Not lost, but gono before," both his own and the other army, let us hope. HELIOGRAPHIC HUMOR. . The Boers often try to intercept the heliographic despatches from Bullcr to White. On one occasion it became evident to the young officer who was signalling that it was brother Boer and not brother Briton at the other end of tho little ray of sunshine, whereupon the following ensp dialogue ensued : N. : Who are you ? lioers: The Royal Irish Fusileers.

N.: What is the number of your regiment? B.: 1 m Corporal Stevens. 18th Hussars. X.: What are you doing V 15.: Ladysmith was taken last nieht: I eS' capcd.

N.: You are Boers, aren't you ! IS.: Yes. and you're English. Where is Buller' ft. : l don't know. Where is Joubert? i.7,'- : He ba . s s " De t0 Pretoria with General White as prisoner. N'.: How is old Kniger? K.: All right, thank you. N. : Why won't you wait for us? We have plenty oj cold steel for you, and our ltlO rounds are (jetting rather heavy. God help vou if-you do. ' B.: Yes; he is sure to. "STILL KICKING."

A graphic letter from a Gordon Highlander ahowß the typical determination of our men to fight to the last gasp, and the narrow ahavea some of the lueky ones had. At Elandslaagte, he says, " I got through the rifl-j fire down to the bayonet charge on the hillside, when I felt a sting in the left arm, and looking down found I was shot in the wrist. In changing my. position I got shot in the centre of the forehead. The bullet did not go straight through. It glanced off my nose-bone, and came out above my right temple. . . . Oa looking round I was just.in time to seb the blood squirt from the first wound. I shifted my position in quick time, for I did not want another from the same rifla. I lay still after doing this for a while, when the thought came to me to get my wrist bandaged, and try to shoot again. Ou changing my position I got a bullet right in the ' napper.' 1 was out of action then, for all was dark 1 heard the officer I was going to get the bandages from say ' Poor chap : he's gone ' but no, I am still kicking." "THE LUCKIEST BEGGAR." A sergeant in the Coldstreams at Modder Kiver also had some luck. Ho writes"During the afternoon someone seemed to have spotted me from the trenches. First a shot struck the side of mv boot and struck my nhV, just in front of my face, filling mv eyes with dirt and splinters. I rose up a jittle, when another shot struck the middle huger of my left hand. I had got on my knees, when a ballet struck me fair in the chest on the buckle of my haversack, breaking it through the centre and causing a slight puncture of the skin and bruising my chest. 1 have been congratulated as being the luckiest beggar in mv battalion.''

A DUTCH BOY'S VIEW. The Dutch schoolboy seems as impregnated with the maxim "Trust in God, and beep your powder dry" as his elders, if one may judge from a sample letter in ' The limes, lhua writes the lad to his parents : - Ihe rooineks say Ballet will take the Trangvaa, but I hope God will make this wicked plan of the rooineks fruitless The injusttce done U3 by the God-forsaken men is great; but God will strike. I Bee iu the newspaper that the severe fever is among the troop? Now, we read in the Bible that God defended nis people from the fiends in the time of pestilence, so it is another punishment amongst them." THE COLONIES AND THEIR CONTINGENTS.

In the Speaker * the Hon. W. P. Reeves treats of 'The Colonies and their Gift' The main value of the offer of the concomes from its fpontaneity. The colonials are by no means a warlike people None of the younger men have seen a shot tared in anger The emotions which have aroused the colonies to despatch the pick of heir manhood to face the Boer Mausers are love for the "Old Country," pride in the F-E'm? & ,' Vely B y m P a % their fcneliGh fellow-colonists in South Africa Mr Rcevrs does not think that the action of the colonies in despatching contingents is necessarily an expression of their approval of tne war. He points out that "there are colonists, and nob a few of them who endorse the sending of the con! nngents whilst expressly refraining from endorsing the war." But when Britain is at war the colonies are at war, " and when they believe that the moral effect of their sympathy and aid will be a help to her thev will be prompt to give that aid. :j The enthusiasm in the colonies has overleaped party divisions, and warmed men verv widely apart in opinions. y With reference to the suggestions that advantage should be taken of the cordia temper of the colonies to make a beginning o military federation, Mr Reeves utters a note of warning. If t ,he reform of Imperial defence is to be confined to rendering the forces maintained by the colonies more efficient, lay.ng out to the best advantage the hundreds or thousands of pounds which the colonial Governments spend every yeS on defence, and to strengthen the movement in the colonies for more systematic defence, org.«wution, and training, that will be a result of very practical value. Lut, says Mr Reeves, ««to urge upon the colonies th,s year or next to bind themselves legally tojurnish money payments or aqucti of men to the Imperial Army might result in coolness and disappointment. The war will probably cost them £3,000 or £4 000 in cash, as well as an amount of blood, which, though reckoned here as a very few drop, will seem much more to them. This and more they will not grudge, but the value of their gift is that it is not the result of anv constitutional obligation - ifc j 3 a free J will offering. It WI H be wise co leave them «i m n 6 f S f ly any ad ™°ees they n»y feel able to make ,n the future towards a chance m the nature of their contributions to the Empire's defence.'» "

"CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES." We. have heard a good deal lately coaearning the doings of French officers who are assisting the Boers in the present war. Among them are Colonel Do Villeboia Mureuil and Count De Segonzae. It is a little singular, perhaps, to find devout Koman Catholics helping the Protestant farmers, but religion does not weigh much >vnh the Frenchmen who, out of hatred for the bntish, have thus resigned their citizenship, lossibly they may be allowed to retain their rights as subjects of France, for, as the Daily JSewa' points out, it is a Ie«al custom in cases of French citizens serving foreign Governments illegally, not todeprivt them of their citizen rights without serving upon them a summons to discontinue such service. This might be pointed out to the i'rench Government, who would probablv direct their Consul - General at Johannesburg to summon Colonel De Villeboia Mareuil and Lieutenant De Segonzic, who is engaged, with the rank of colonel, to resign at once their commissions. During the Madagascar expedition much bitterness was aroused in France by the report (unfounded) that British officers were serving with the Hovas. The French papers, even the more moderate ones, urged at any time that British prisoners should be brought up before a drumhead court-martial and, after conviction, shot. Circumstances, however, they think, alter cases, and the v-ii I - B " eceat, y declared that " Comte De Villeboia Mareuil's fine example is worthy of all piaise.—' Canterbury Times.'