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(All Rights Reserved.) "WRITTEN IN FIRE," OR, THE WITNESS IN THE DARK- BY FLORENCE MARRYAT, AUTHOR OF t Love's Conflict," Fighting the Air," Her Father's Name," &c., Ac., Ac. V- :V 4 ✓ CHAPTER VI. WELCOME TO ENGLAND. His negotiations at the cattle sale that day had not been successful, and Farmer Hayes was in a worse temper even than usual. A shorthorn bull, upon which he had set his agricultural heart, was actually sold be- fore he reached the spot, and seven out of the dozen oxen he had sent there had been driven back to the farm again. Luck appeared to have been against him on that occasion, and he had forgotten all about thp honest God-fearing f»lk," more than <jn#ce: during the afternoon, when he felt inclined to drive a good rouna oath at his herdsman s head or to curse his own stuj»ir dity for not being at the sale in better time. And no" he had returned home, cold, out of temper, and having imbibed a considerable amount of liquor, to find a Popish priest sitting at his table, and an addition to his family in the shape of a boy dressed like a girl, and who could hardly string two words of English together. There was insult marked upou every feature of Mr. Hayes's common face, as he strode into the parlour and caught sight of the strangers. Whom have we here ?" he exclaimed loudly, only let it be observed that he prefaced the question with an oath that is too coarse to be transcribed. Mrs. Hayes, trembling in every limb, tried t<i cover his brutality by ignoring it. This is my brother's little boy, Henry," she said, with affected ease, whom you were so good as to offer a home to. And this gentleman has been kind enough to bring him to Mordham. They appear to have had a most uncomfortable journey. Fancy, they travelled from Blakeney here in the wheat cart. It was lucky it went in to-day, wasn't it ? Well, I suppose they have got legs to walk with, if it hadn't gone. Five miles is not such a distance tha4 one need sit down and cry over it. Who is this person ?'j nodding in the direction of Pere Raoul, who had risen from his seat and was waiting for a formal introduction, Oh, Henry, he is the gentleman who wrote to md about poor Charles's death. You remember, don'd you ? We had a letter saying that he would biingFabiaui to England with him next time he came over." Is this the Popish priest that wrote to you ? "Hush! Yes, Henry. He has been good enough; to bring the boy,at great trouble to himself." I wonder at his impudence, shewing his face ini my house at all. Hark'ee, air," continued the faimer.j turning his bloated face to the priest, "do you! know who I am?" Oh, pray, pray. Henry, don't." t I'm an honest,God-fearing Christian, sir, and we don't countenance anything like falling down to stocksj and stones in Mordham. It would have been more' decent on your part if ydu. had sent Mrs. Hayes's; nephew to 118 by himself than intruded a member ofl your idolatrous faith in a respectable household likej mine." I am very sorry I should have so intruded, mon. sieur, but I did it for the child's sake. I cannot, how- ever, remain here another moment after the remarks you have just made. I could have borne an insult to myself, but not one to my Church and my religion," And what is your religion but idolatry, twist and turn it as you will ? Don't you stick up images in all your churches and teach your people to pray to them ? C&C¿'t they commit any sin they choose and pay a shilling to get quit of it? Don't you make a woman the head of Heaven and say that no one can be saved unless they believe iu her ?" Non, non ce n 'est pas vrai cried Fabian, vehemently. His denial, though given in a language Hayes could not w;»s sufficiently evident from his flash- ing eyeslilled with tears, and the energy with which he grasped Pere Raoul's hand. It served to turn the farmer's attention to himself. What do you say, you young cub? Are you daring to cheek me already ? You'd better tiy it, that's all. I'll soon teach you a different story. I see which way the land lies by the manner In:which you cling to that Popish impostor. You've been sucking in all the lies We told you till you're next door to a Papist yourself. And if that's the case, you and I will have a reckoning to settle together, young master, and if I don't larrup your nonsense out of you, my name's not Hayes. We'll have no Jesuits or worshipping of images in Mordham, and that I can tell you." Fabian could not follow the meaning of his uncle's thick and angry utterances, but the prie&L who saw hIs fear at the altercation, and was most desirous to make peace for him if possible, replied to the farmer's words. I pass over your unjust commenta on the Catholic faith mid practice, monsieur, because you speak in igno- rance and of what you know nothing; but for the sake ot this child let me tell you that be has never received the least tuition with regard to the ordinances of the Church. On the contrary, far from being a Jesuit, it was one of his father's dying wishes, expressed to me, that Fabian should be reared in the same faith as himself." Of course. I was sure dear Charles would wish it to be so," maiti'hfrs. Hayes, tearfully. "We have all been Protestants, and naturally—however good your religion may be, monsieur-Mr. Hayes would have an objection to Fabian being anything else." Hold your tongue," interrupted her husband rudely. If your brother, who was the greatest Icamp-" Monsieur," cried the priest, I must implore you --in the presence of his son-" "I should say what I know to be the case, moun- seer, if it wAs in the presence of twenty of his sons. rm not a sneaking, hypocritical, lying Pscpist "Henry, for Heaven's sake," interposed his wifeim- ploringly. I'm an upright, God-fearing Christian, that's what I am, an.1 I shall say what I choose. None of your bob- bing and bowing to stones for me," continued the far- mer, who, betwixt bad temper and good ale, was be coming rather mixed in his ideas. "And what I say is, down with Popery, and if the brat there had been baptised seven times in the river Jordan-no, I don't mean that-I mean by the Popish priests, I'd drag him through our horsepond till he was clean again. Hang yaur brother, madam He Wall as gréat alcoandrel-" I can listen to this no longer, madame, you must permit me to retire,"exclaimed Pere Raoul, angrily. "Oh, mon pèrt, take me with you," cried Fabinn, frightened out of his wits, as he flung himself into the father's arms. It is impossible, Fabian, but lis ten to me. I am always your friend, and should you ever aeed a friend, remember my words. Madame, I thank you for your hospitality. Be good to this poor orphan for his father's sake." Oh, monsieur, you cannot leave us on this in- clement night, and without a house to go to." I could not stay, niadaiia,one moment longer than is necem-ry after the insults monsieur has thought fit to level at the Church and my dead friend. I would sooner sleep in the snow. Aid you should before you got a bed under my roof," interrupted Hayes, coarsely. If ever I let a kneescraping, mumbling, tdulatrous-" H Sileild !)"ërfel\ Pere Raoul authoritatively. He was a little man, hut he rose to his full height as he spoke, and the majesty of his voice was such that the big, half intoxicated bully shrank before it and was dumb. In the interval that succeeded the priest left the room with Fabian still clin-gingto his hand, and Mrs. Hayes accompanying him to open the hall door. She was sobbing so bitterly with shafue -at what had passed that she could scarcely speak to him, but before he passed over the threshold she just managed to whisper— "Forgive woat hAlf happened, monsieur, and don't think the worse of me. I will love Fabian, do not doubt it. And go to the farm on the left, say you come from me-their name is Barnes. I hope they may be able t« give you shelter for the night." "Thank you, madame, and may God bless and com- fort you, replied Pfere Raoul. "Fabian, my son, be good, be patient, and reward your auBt's care," and so saying; he passed out into the bitter night. As the door closed, aftar.him i'ahiaa islt Mn. Hayes'* mens h'rownaround him. Come," she-whispered beneath per breath, as sflo led him past the p ir'our door and into the lights I kitohan, which was at the end of a l<nip; stone passage. Her eyes were red and inflamed with wiping, but she took no heed of that. She had ceased to he ashamed of what was an every day occurrence. As they entered the kitchen Fabian saw his cousin Andy seated at a side table devouring bread and jam. ,j Wasn't there a jolly row ? he called out as his mother appeared. I came in once, but I cut and iun as soon as I saw how the land lay. Anybody killed or wounded ?" IT,iab, dear," said Mrs. Hayes earnestly, "don't speak of it here. Anna," bhe continued to one of the rosy-faced maids, I want you to take this little boy up to Master Andy's room and put him to sleep in the spare bed. Be very kind to him, Anna," she added with a trembling lip, "for he has no mother, and the master has been frightening him terribly. Butyoumusttry and forget it, Fabian," she said, holding the child tight to her breast. "It will not always be so bad, you know. Your uncle has been put out to-day. Things will look brighter to-morrow." "Oh, will they!" interposed Master Andy, "nothing will ever be brighter as far as I can see, till lie's dead and underground. Jolly for us when he is." Hush, Andy, that's wrong. You've had no supper Fabian. Anna shall take something to your bedvoom. Only be careful the master don't see you,my good girl." "Don't you fear, missus," replied Anna determina- tely. She knew a trick worth two of the master catching her disobeying hisorders. I am not hungry," said poor Fabian In a mournful tone. "You are tired, dear; you will feel better after a good night's rest. But I dare not stay longer. I have left poor little Milly all alone in the parlour," aud hastily kissing both the boys, she hurried back, with the spirit of a martyr, to receive the shower of abuse that she knew awaited her for bar temporary ab. sence. Where has that rascal of a priest hidden himself ?" was the first inquiry that greeted her ears. "He is gone, Henry. I let him out at the front door." How am I to be sure of that? You're as capable p of telling a lie as he. I shouldn't wonder if he's skulk- ing in cupboard, or shut up with the women in the kitchen, or up to some ether of his knavish, Jesuitical tricks. What have you been doing all this time?" Telling Anua to put Fabian to bed. The poor boy is worn out with fright and fatigue." "I'll frighten him before I've done with him, the young hound I'll teach him to blubber every time I open my mouth What's his age ?" "Eleven." Eleven Puny little animal He looks more like a girl than a boy with those absurd curls dangling down his back. Don't let me see him with them again, that's 9li, or I'll pull him all round the room by them. Have them off by to-morrow morning, and if he can't earn his salt any other way,he'll do for a scarecrow to keep the birds off the turnips." "Oh, Henry! remember! we shall be paid for keeping Fabian we can't treat him as if he were thrown upon our charity." I shall treat him just I choose, madam, and you too—and your boy and girl and every bleB sed member of the family. H ang it all 1 am 1 the master of this house, or am I not ?" Mrs. Hayes only took up her work again,and listened to his brutal speeches in silence. Meanwhile the two boys, left together, were.,IItaring at one another in the kitchen. "What are you in such a funk for ?" demanded Andrew. Ajoonk ?" repeated Fabian, How do you then call that?" He spoke so funnily that all the maids laughed, and Andy roal ed outright. Hush hush Master Andy," cried Anna, "or you'll have the master down upon us." "Lethhn come," replied the boy defiantly. II He'll so drunk he couldn't see a hole through a ladder. I shouldn't find much trouble in dodging him to-night. Come on, Fabian, have ome bread and jam," proffer- ing the dainty as he spoke. Poor Fabian, who had ha.d no s iptier, and was half-sick with the emotion and fright he had gone through,drew nearer the tablfl and accepted the portion held out to him timidly. Don't be afraid of robbing me, "said Andy."There's lots more where that came from." "From where did it come then, mon cousin?" demanded Fabian. "The store-room, of course, you gaby. I stole three pots last week. I always steal the jam when mother leaves her keys about. Father's so stingy, Milly and I should never taste any if I didn't." The bread and jam fell from Fabian's hand."What!" he exclaimed, Ycu steal ? You a thief ?" The idea was tsrrible to him. He had been listening to Andrew's bold and independent tone of voice with admiration—the admiration which the timid feel for the brave. But us the fact that his cousin had stooped to take what was not his own dawned upon Fabian's comprehension, the boys changed places— and his waa the strong mind that refused to be led captive by the weaker. I cannot eat your bread and jam, Andy," he said in a sorrowful voice, as he pushed it back again. Andrew coloured, but he was not going to give in. All right, you fool," he exclaimed politely, an he stutfed the forbidden sweets down his own throat and drummed with his feet against the legs of the Wooden chair. Why won't you eat it, rnister ? "demanded Anna. I cannot-not if it is stolen." Why You young prig do you mean to preach to us? Because if so, the sooner you go back to wherever you cania from, the better." Pieach 0 no! I cannot preach, and I know nothing —no more than you—but gentlemen, they never steal 1 And you're quite right, young master, as I've told Audy many and many a time. He'll get caught some day, and then there'll be a business and no mistake. But come now, I must take you up to your room, as the mistress told me, and by-and-bye, you shall have some supper as good as Andy's maybe, though it isn't stolen." "You shut up!" oried Andy, indignant at her sarcaim. Fabian lifted the violin-case, which he had never parted company with, in his arms, preparatory to carrying it upstairs. What's that? demanded his cousin curiously. I It is my violin—what make music," said Fabian. "Your violin -do you mean a fiddle? What a lark I Can you make music on it ? Ah not like the lark, no; but my dear father used to say a little, moderately well." Take it out, and make us a little, moderately well, then" said Andy, mimicking Fabian's broken accent. The child coloured sensitively. f; I speak so baù," he said in alow voice, but the v,:o!iu—she will speak for me." Law he can't never do it—that boy," exclaimed the cook admiringly. "Shut the par lour door, Sarah, for mercy's sake, lesC they hear it in the parlour." "Fiddle away, Fabian ciied Andy, who was wickedly anticipating in every sense what he would have termed "no end of a row But with the first touch of the rosined bow upon the strings all ridicule ceased, and nothing but astonish. meat prevailed amongst the rustics. The boy stood tvmongst them looking like a young Mozart, with his mnurningcloak.and his ruddy falling locks and earnest violet eyes. He did not play anything intricate, but the simple air was so tenderly rendered that it went to the hearts of all present, and when he had finished, with a long (lrawn-out chonl that sounded like 80 s'gh, there was silence for the space of several seconds, until Anna burst out crying, and said it brought her p <or dead mother to her mind "so plain," Well, you n' c a swell at fiddling," were the first words in which Andy complimented his cousin's per- foriiiancc, but, I say, can't you play a jig?" "A jeej <! How do you call a jeej ? "demanded Fal,ialJ. "A dance Cutting capers—you know Like this,' said Andy, leaping into the air like a kangaroo. Mais, otti-out-sans dovte," cried Fabian,catching fdsenthuiiiastn as he dashed into a medley of some of those merry Scutch airs that have found their way into the liearta«of all nations. Andy was delighted; s-> ere t'ie maids, and before long a. couple of them \'{.>r.' jibing away in a corner of the kitchen as if thi'y*h id Rotldng worse than fatigue to fear. nllt, in the milht of their mirth, a voice and a stepf b it to,. well known to all, were heard approaching the scone passage,aud in the twinkling of an eye Faoian and his violin were whipped away, he scarcely knew how or by whom,until he found himself in com- pany with Asma and Andrew, crouched in a paa., w.hich was next the kitchen and opened into it by means or a willdow high up in the wall. "Hush! don't speak t% word," whispered Anna, for the window is open." They all three huddled together, Fabian not half understanding the necessity of the move, until ho heard his uncle's voice in the kitchen. Who was playing the fiddle here just now?" It ask ni angrily. No one, sir," replied the cook. "It's a lie. Some man has be«>n supping here to nigli t. Xow, who was it ? Did he come from the stable or the farm ?" There haven't been no man here, I tell you," re- peated the servant. Do you mean to tell me no one played the fiddle here?" No, we hain't got no men nor fiddles neither,and If you don't believe me, you'd better look for yourself, master," she replied sulkily. The suggestion made Hayes glance around, wh.m his eye fell on the violin case, which Fabian in hii hurried and unexpected flight had left Mnder a side table. Why, what do you call that, you hussy?'' he ex- claimed pouncing upon it. "I don't know nothing about it, nor how it came here." •" 1 Oh you don't,don't you ? Well! I shall jast take L it away with me then, until the owner comes to claim it, And when he do.es he'll get more than he bargained for, I can tell you. Be off to bed, the whole lot of you, and don't let me hear your voices again to-night. I shall look in again in ten minutes and if the place isn't clear I'll turn you all out to-morrow, without any wagesi' Do you hear?" "Well, I ain't deaf! of course I hear," returned the servant insolently but Farmer Hayes was used to receive insolence at the hands of his dependants. They were free to come and go as they chose. It was only the poor wretches who bad no meana of escape who were forced to put up with his ill-treatm«nt. He stumbled back the way he came, with the violin case in his hands, and as soon as he was fairly gone, Anna darted from her covert, dragging the boys after her, and prepared to take them up to bed by the back Staircase. "Come on, children," she cried, "there's not a mo- ment to lose. 11e'll be back before we know where we are." But my case—the case for my poor violin! Shall I not have it again ?" demanded Fabian anxious'y. Oh, yes, my pretty That will be all right. I will fetch it out of his room when he leaves the house to morrow. Only make haste now, -and get out of his way." She took Fabian and Andy upstairs to a room where they were to sleep together, and helped them to undress. The chamber, though poorly furnished, was comfortable enough the beds were sweet and clean and well-provided with covering. Only Fabian could not drive from his memory -the conversation he had overheard take place from the pantry wiudow, and as he laid, his head upon his pillow he said earnestly to Anna, Why did thecpoktelimy uncle that no one had played the violin in the kitchen this evening, Anna?'' Lor' bless me What else would you have had her say ? If the had told the mute; it was you, there wouldn't have been a whole boue left in your body by this time, I warrant." "I shonl,1 thin knot! Wouldn't he have kicked you?" said Andy. But there is no wrong in it!" "Master don't wait foi wrong. It's the wrong in himself he punishes others for." Still it was a lie, and I wish she had not told It for me." You must loam to tell 'em for yourself, young- stpr," øaid Andy, or you won't be alive to tell any- thing at all this day month." True for you added Anna, as she took away the candle. Poor Fabian, bereft, puzzled, and supperless, lay in the dark for some time after Andl ew was fast asleep, wondering how he should live in a country where people stole and told lies, and excused themselves upon the score of necessity. f ',I (To be contin ued.) While a regiment was marching over a dusty road, in changing position on the field, a soldier noticed a cake of soap at a little distance, and sprang for. ward to get it, saying, "I shall need it after the fight." The shells of the enemy were falling thickly and just as the soldier seized the soap, one dropped close behind him and exploded, tearing open the earth, and nearly burying the poor fellow. Everyone supposed he wa.s blown to pieces, but he struggled out, begrimed with dirt from head to foot, but holding on to the soap, and exclaiming, There, I told you I should need it! A TRAGEDY IN TWO ACTS. ACT I. Boy, Gun; Joy! Fun ACT II. Gun, Bust; Boy, Dust. —American Paper. Americanadvertlsingagerlts have long been renowned for the ingenuity with which they turn celebrated personages or sensational topics -of the day to ac- count and the following paragraph published some time ago in a leading New York journal, may be taken as signal proof that they are still worthy of their old established reputation in this regard La Dame aux Camelias. Yesterday evening we all contemplated with horror the awful death of luck- lesa Marguerite Gauthier. That lovely sinner, re- presented in so masterly a manner by Mademoiselle Sarah Bernhardt, need not, however, have deceased so early in life if she had only made timely use of the celebrated 's Homoeopathic Specifics. Address, -—street, New York. Lose no time in applying. A perfect cure guaranteed in every case." This reminds one of the famous advertisement suggested by a Transatlantic performance of Macready in the cha- racter of the Prince of Denmark. "Hamlet and Laertes! No more deaths from poisoned sword. wounds. Try our infallible sub-cutaneous Wourali injections. Longfellow's Reaper checkmated at last As one of the most prominent young burglars of San Francisco was walking out of court the other day, just after having secured an acquittal regard- ing his latest job by a prompt and business-like "divvy" with the powers that be at the usual rates, a well-to-do but anxious-looking stranger touched his arm and beckoned him into a doorway. You are 'Teddy, the Ferret,' arn'tyou?" asked the gentleman, "the man who was tried to-day for safe-cracking." "Well, wot of it?" replied the housebreaker. Why, just this—you'll excuse me speaking so low—but the fact is I've come all the way from San Joaquin to look up a party in your line of business." "Have, eh?" "Yes, I—well—I've a little proposition to make to you." "Exllctly," said the Ferret, calmly "you're a bank cashier down in the foot-hills." "How did you know that? stammered the gentleman, much amazed. And your cash ^nd accounts are to be gone over by the directors on the 1st, and as you can't realise on your stocks you want me to gag you some time next week, shoot your hat full of holes, find the combination in your breast pocket-book, and go through the safe in the regular way." "Great heavens, man! how did you find all that out?" Why, I guessed it. It's the regular thinir, you know. Got three orders to attend to ahead of yours now. Lemme see. Can't do anything for you next week, but might give you Wednesday and Thurs- day of the week after. How'll that suit you?" The cashier said he thought he could make that do, and in less than five minutes they had struck a bargain and arranged the whole aSair. A sufferer called on a fashionable doctor for advice. "Tiy change of air," was the prescription. The sufferer was a special correspondent who had just completed professional journeys extending over 17,000 miles within eight months A quiet man was travelling a short time ago by rail, and was annoyed by the noise which two or three men in the same carriage were making. One of them had been telling tremendous stories about himself in a loud voice, and had tried once or twice to draw out the quiet man, but in vain. At last he turned to him and said, rather offensively, I fear, sir, that our noise has rather inconvenienced you?" "Not in the least," he replied. "I thought," returned the noisy man, that you did not seem interested by my stories." Quite the reverse, my dear sir," said the quiet one I was very much so—in fact, I am a bit of a liar myself." It has been calculated that the number of lucifer matches consumed in France is almost six per head per day, in England eight, and in Belgium nine. What is your business ?" pompously inquired the counsel. My business is to do what little good I can to my fellow men," modestly replied the doctor. "But that doesn't answer my question," gruffly re- marked the counsel. "How do you sptmd your time?" "Why, squire, it takes about all my time to do what I §aid," remarked the doctor. But I wint something more definite," stoutly demanded the co nisei. How do you go about your business ?" "That depends upon circumstances, according to the nature of the case," explained the doctor. For in. stance, if I were going to begin on you, the first thing I should do would be to advise ypu to sign a tempe- tMMptedee,"
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J THE TRANSVAAL WAR SATURDAY, MARCH 12TH, INTERVIEW WITH JOUBERT. DEFENSIVE WORKS AT FORT AMIEL. The Daily News' correspondent at Mount Prospect had au interview on Thursday with Mr. Joubert outside the Boer camp, and gives the following as the views expressed by the Bo"r commander :— Mr. Joubert blamed Sir T. S heps tone for having consistently misrepresented and falsified the condi- tion of things in the Transvaal before the annexa- tion, and .said that the Colonial Government turned a deaf ear to a'l proofs of the true state of things. Since the annexation the Boers had never been recognised in their own country, they had been trodden dnwn beneath a military despotism. Sir Garnet Wolseley he blamed for disregarding public feeling, and sending false statements of the same i home in spite of the protests of Mr. Joubert, who asked for public meetings in order to be allowed to get at the feeling of the Boers respecting annexation. He was told that no seditious meetings would be allowed. Mr. Joubert was sure that had his advice been followed by Sir Garnet Wolseley,public meetings held, and resolutions passed, the English Government would not have persisted in the annexation. Since the annexation took place the Boers bad made every effort to get a hearing of the true state of matters. They sent deputations to England, but were throughout discredited. The English Government would gi; e credence to nothing bat the false state- ments of the governing officers. After great patience and constitutional agitation, the Boers took up arms and proclaimed their independence, feeling then coi fident that when the British saw how universally this was desired, they would permit it without bloodshed. A body of Boers were sent to Potchefstroom to print a proclamation and in- atructed to be quite peaceful; but to get the proclama- tion printed and return to Mr. Joubert. At Potchef- stoom these men were fired on by the English troops, by order of Sir William Lanyon, although letters had been sent to every town, and to Sir William Lanyon announcing their pacific intentions. The firing on the Boers at Potchefstoom Mr. Joubert considered a declaration of war. Messages to that effect were sent to all the troops on the roads and to all the towns by post-cart, and a party was also sent to meet Colonel Anstruther and the 94th, instructed carefully to be peaceful and deliver his letter, explain- ing to the troops that war had been proclaimed, and that they must return. Mr. Joubert said he could not allow the troops to concentrate in every town against him. His instructions were carried out. The otlicer of the 94th, refusing to return, was given' 10 minutes to consider. Then, after his refusal, 10 more minutes to prepare. Then, on the flag of truce being lowered, firing commenced. Mr. Joubert de- clared that if Bronkers Spruit was a massacre, or an unfair fight, then he alone was responsible. The Lam- bert and Elliot affair he declared a murder, and said he was iiust anxious to bring the delinquents to justice. Mr. Joubert declared that the universal* feeling in th Transvaal at the present was the desire to be free. lie agreed to the English flag being hoisted if required once yearly, and to an English residential political officer being placed with the Transvaal Government; the English otticer to legislate on all native ques- tions all land and frontier questions to be referred to the English Colonial Government. The independent Transvaal people as such would assist the general welfare of the whole of Soufh Africa, and would be ready to meet the English Government in every proposition, except that of being annexed. Should any scheme for a confederation be proposed the Transvaal Republic would be quite ready to join in it, if it were the general desire and agreement of all the other South African colonies. Throughout Mr. Joubert declared that the Boer people had always de-ired an English protectorate and no other. All the statements made by the English representative ofliceis ot the annexation being desired by any section of the community he declared to be false. Those Boers who signed the documents for Sir T. Shepstone in connection with the annexation question did so from a false translation of what they were sign. in\{. Much as all this bloodshed was regretted by the Boer people, they were as ready as he was to come to any arrangement which did not include annexa- tion. The military despotism under which they had been held for the last two years had determined them to fight to the last rather than submit to being annexed. Mr. Joubert reiterated earnestly that every fight they win makes them all sadder, not exultant. He was ready, he said, to make every possible conces- sion for the sake of peace, but he would lay down his life for the independence and freedom of his coun- try, and would consider no terms of peace which included the annexation of the Transvaal. Mr. Joubert thinks that in the peace negotiations a settlement might be arrived at by the annexation of the portion of the Transvaal on this side ot the Vaal river, giving the Boers the Republic on the other side the Vaal, the British Government to be recouped for the war expenses by this additional territory. The Daily Tclcgraplt,!s correspondent at New- castle, telegraphing on Friday, Bays :— The soldiers are busily engaged constructing strong redoubts and other works around Fort Amiel. Last night a messenger brought the intelligence fromUtiecht that on Monday a large force of Boers visited that place. They took the leading residents prisoners, fined one firm of merchants S300, inflicted heavy penalties on several private persons, and insisted on their leaving the district. One man,named Mackay, was tied to a waggon and dragged away on a charge of having communicated with the residents in New- castle. The Durban correspondent of the Times tell- graphed on Saturday Mr. Joubert's report of the Majuba engagement attributes the Boers' wonderful success to Divine as- sistance, and says that his men climbed the hill with courage and energy beyond description, and he adds that Sir G. Colley and his troops fought like true heroes. He gives losses at one killed, one severely wounded, and four slightly wounded. He expresses the astonishment he felt on seeing the troops 0.) thi summit of the hill, and his conviction that all would be lost if the position were not retaken. Reports are current that the Natal police have shot three Free State Boers engaged in cutting the telegraph wires. It is also reported that three Trans- vaal refugees describe the Boer losses as having been heavy, and that the intimidation employed to com- pel men to join the fighting bodies is very great but this statement is doubtful. Visitors from the Free State relate sad stories of Visitors from the Free State relate sad stories of the rancour displayed there towards Englishmen. Lady Colley passed through Ladysmith yesterday.
IMONDAY, MARCH 14TH.
MONDAY, MARCH 14TH. APPEAL OF THE BOEHS TO THE FREE STATE. THE PROSPECT OF PEACE. Telegraphing on Sunday, the Durban repre- sentative of the Times says :—- It is reported privately that the Boers' terms are so dictatorial that peace is impossible. Some fugitive mission Kaffirs have brought in to Newcastle a story told them by a Boer to the effect that 4,000 Free State Boers would invade JNatal to- morrow, but the statement is probably an exaggera- tion of a possible intention to reinforce Laing's Nek. Ohara is said to have reported further overtures from the Boers, who offer him independence. Six hundred and seventy Transvaalers have ad- dressed a passionate appeal to the Free State to come and help their own flesh and blood in a struggle for freedom. The appeal speaks of a united South Africa free from all British authority. This circular is dated Potchefstroom, February 19. Colonel Buller is at Newcastle. A report here to the effect that England means to abandon the Trans- vaal has caused no little consternation. In a later despatch the correspondent adds:- A detachment of the 21st is occupying the posts at Schains Hoogte, relieving the companies of the 97th, who go to Mount Prospect. To-day large num- bers of Fiee State Boers were seen "trekking" towards Laing's Nek. The enemy was also busy for- tifying the hill on the other side of the Buffalo. Sir George Colleyreceived only one wound-the fatal one, and that not from the Boers at close quarters. The Ftaiulord's special correspondent sent the following despatch from Fort Amiel on Saturday :— Since the armi tice was proclaimed large nunbera of Boers have c"me into Newcastle—many, it is btt.c.ed, from their camp at Laing's Nek. They are in high spirits, and openly predict the entire de- struction of Biitish supremacy in South Africa. In the opinion of many, it is a mistake allowing toe enemy thus freely to come into Newcastle and to a-certain the exact strength and ttate of the British force here, while we, on our part, are n< t allowed to cross the Buffalo but, in iaot, no hllnn can arise from their presence, at the n, .ers are already accurately informed by their fellow countrymen ill N atalof everything that takes place here, and of the strength and progress of our rein- forcements on the road. No concealment is possible under the circumstances. If the weather does not arrest the operations, we shall have here by the middle of next week, avsilable for an advance, the 92nd. the 2-60th, 3.60th, the 83rd, and !J7th Infantry—in all 2,300 men the 15tt Hus- sars, the Inniskilling Dragoons, and 250 mounted in- fantry, numbering 1,000 horsemen, with 17 gurs. There are reports that sickness is prevalent ii the Boeni' camp, but no really trustworthy news reaches Us, The abolition of porporal punishment in thi field is now placing the fidlitary authorities in a very grave difficulty. Theie is no prison hera, no mtftus of punishment whatever are available, and terious military crimes are occurring. For example, theotheJ." day a vidette, placed to watch a valley by whitb tho enemy frequently approach onr I!nM, was found drunTc at his post. Many crimes of this and other descrip- tions have taken place,and the military authoritieflaro powerless to punish, and have, indeed, no means whatever, short of shooting, of maintaining discipline. The reconsideration of the question is of urgent necessity and no one who has been through two or three compaigns with British troops can r'oubt that if corporal punishment is abolished, commanding officers will be driven toufe capital death punishment freely, as the only effective method remaining to them by which they can enforce discipline.. On the following day the correspondent tele-' graphed General Wood has gone out to Prospect Hill to- day. It is believed that he will have an interview with Joubert and Kruger to arrange for the extension of the armistice. The waggons sent with provisions to Wakkerstroom have returned. Captain Saunders, who commands there, at first suspected treachery, and refused either to recognise the truce or to receive provisions. He was, however, convinced of the truth of the statement, and the provisions were then carried to the fort on Kaffirs' headsr the Boers having stopped the waggons at a point two miles distant from the town, refusing to allow them to proceed further. The drivers report that the place is apparently in a condition to hold out for some time longer. Should peace be signed, without further fighting, on the ba is of the independence of the Transvaal, the greater portion of the English colonists in Natal will at once endeavour to sell out and leave, as it is certan that English «npremacy in South Africa is doomed, and life under Dutch domination would be intolerable.
AFGHANISTAN. -\
AFGHANISTAN. The Candahar correspondent of the Times telegraphs :— Mahomet Jan Khan. a Dtirani general in Ayub'a aervice, and commanding his troops at Khushk, the Jamshidi capital, has been murdered by his own soldi,r.-it is said, in a drunken quarrol, but not im- probably in a mutiny—which may have serious con- sequences. The troops at Khushk are all Heratis, and would probably welcome the approach of Ishak Khan, the Ameer's lieutenant, who, by the last accounts, was at Andkhui, negotiating with the Wali of Maimena for an advance on that place, which rumour states he has already occupied. Ayub's envoys are still here, and, though under no restraint, do not leave their house. Much rain has fallen during the la."t week and the sick convoy is consequently still detained in Candahar. Politically speaking, the country is quiet, but the roads are much infested by thieves. I see that Candahar is spoken of in England as the richest province of Afghanistan. It was so to Shere Ali, from being the only one he was able to govern at a profit but it is very far from being so intrinsically. Its gross revenue is about 13 lakhs of rupees that of Kelat-i-Ghilzai, ono lakh; that of Zamindawar and the Helrnund districts, four lakhs that of Farah, two and that of Herat, 10— altogether 30 lakhs; while the revenues of the Cabul Crovince are 47 lakhs. This is partly to be explained y the light assessments on the Duranis of Candahar And Herat, but there can be no doubt that Cabul is far the richer half of the kingdom. The situation of Candahar, however, enabled the Ameer to dispense almost entirely with a garrison, and he kept his troops massed at Cabul and Herat; and, the revenues of the latter place being inadequate to pay the large force quartered there, most of the surplus revenue of Candahar was devoted to the pur- pose. The steady drain of specie occasioned in thit way was the main cause of the stagnation of trade observed on our arrival two years ago. Tne normal value of the trade of Candahar I estimate at a million sterling. In a telegram dited the 13th inat. the Cal- cutta correspondentof the same paper says: The Afghan Envoy left Calcutta on Tuesday. The main object of his visit waa, It seems, to ask for small arm ammunition. A considerable quantity of this, chiefly for muzzle-loaders, was given, and has been sent on in advance. Owing to the heavy rain, the evacuation of the Khyber has been postponed till Fridav. The latest Cabul news is that the Sheik Ali Hazaras have been coerced by the Ameer, and that the Kohistanis and Cabul Kizilbashis are being conciliated. Mazulla Khan and other Ghilzais of Hisarak are still intriguing against the Ameer, who is, however, sup- ported by Asmatullah Khan. The Cabul road con- tinues safe. Mazulla Khan has been trying to open communications with the Commissioner at Peshawur. The Ameer is said to have sent levies to settle Badak- shan, and to have appointed one Abdullah Khan governor of that province. The country near Ghuzni refuses to pay revenue. The governor of Jellalabad, aided by the Khan of Lalpura, has made a successful expedition against the Yangu Khel Shinwarris, of Pesh-Bolak, who will probably in future control Mirjan Khel and keep the road safe. It Is reported that all the sons of Ameer Dost Mahomed who were lately brought into Cabul have been put to death by the Ameer's orders.
EXPENSES OF THE AFGHAN WAR.
EXPENSES OF THE AFGHAN WAR. # A memorial from the Bombay branch of its organisa- tion has been forwarded to the Prime Minister by the East India Association, appealing to Mr. Gladstone to avert from the people and revenues of India the threatened imposition of any portion of *he cost of the Afghan War. They urg* that auch imposition is unconstitutional, that it overrides the terms and drift of the Statute of 1856, corroborated as the letter of that statute is by the express declaration of British statesmen of the period on both sides of the House that the infliction of the heavy charges of this trans- frontier war on India will check the industrial progress of the country and tend to deepen the poverty of the people also that the precedent threat- ened to be created of impressing her Majesty's forces in India in furtherance of diplomatic or other political policy arising out of party exigen- cies in England or the complications of European polirics must prove disastrous, if not ruinous, to the interests of her Majesty's Empire in India.—The East India Association has received from Mr. Glad- stone's secretary the following reply Mr. Gladstone has had the honour to receive the memorial trans- mitted by you from the Bcmbay branch of the rEast India Association, urging that the whole ex- penses connected with the war in Afghanistan be charged on Imperial revenues aud in reply I am directed to state that her Majesty's Government have given their best consideration to the important sub- ject of meeting these expenses, and are about to make known to Parliament their proposals forthwith. An estimate has been issued shewing that half a million will be required in the year ending the 31st inst. as an instalment of the grant to the Indian Go- vernment upon the Afghan War.
NEW PARLIAMENTARY PARTY.
NEW PARLIAMENTARY PARTY. Mr. Joseph Cowen, M.P., presided on Saturday over another meeting of the so-called new party, when there was a large attendance, including delegates from various parts. Mr. Cowen opened the proceedings by pointing out what he considered the essential part of their programme, ramely, manhood suffrage, trien- nial Parliaments, payment of members, equal elec- toral districts, and the payment of legal electoral expenses. He referred to the question of Ireland as claiming their immediate attention, and regretted that so much time had been wasted in passing two useless measures, the Coercion Bill and the Arms Bill. He emphatically denounced the policy which continued the war in the Transvaal as dishonest and disgraceful. He considered it would be advisable to issue an address to the public on these two im- portant questions, Ireland and the Transvaal. Professor Beesly, Mr. Lloyd Jones, and Mr. Hyndman joined in the discussion which was raised on the various points. Notably that of devising some means for expediting the business of Parliament formed a subject of great interest. Mr. Cowen was of opinion that a larger number of committees of the House might be entrusted with departmental business, and so afford a great saving of time and debate. It was de- cided to adjourn the meeting for a few days for the purpose of definitely fixing the name and title of the movement, of preparing an address to the public, and making further arrangements to complete their programme.
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The Oldham board of guardians have determined, in the case of a number of persistent anti-vaccinators, not to summon a parent more than twice for each in- fraction of the law. fraction of the law. The death is announced of Martha Gardner, daugh- ter of the late Mr. Thomas Gardner, of Liverpool, at the age of 104. The Wolverhampton stipendiary,after hearing a case in which the use of much bad language was shewn, said it was quite shocking to think of the horrible imprecatiors and curses commonly used by men and women, and, above all, by children. A case came to his knowledge the other day in which a little boy, 11 years of age, whilst undergoing a slight operation at the hospital, cursed and swore at the surgeon attending on him in a manner which horrified all the hospital staff who heard him. Not only so, but the boy actually snatched up a surgical knife, and, with awful imprecations, swore bdore God and everybody living he would stick it into the heart of the surgeon. That was a sample of Wolverhampton boys. (Major-General Sir T. Ross, K.C.B., .who waa General Roberts's second in command in the Cabul Candahar field force, and is now in England, has, it is stated, been offered and has accepted the divisional command in India, which Lieutenant-General Prim- rose has vacated. A woman named Catherine Brooks has been charged at Brentford with abandoning her child, which waa found on the doorstep outside her father-in-law'fl house. The child being over two years of age, the charge was altered to one neglecting to provide it with proper food. Prisoner denied that the child was outside, but said that it was on the mat inside. She added that the father only gave her 4s. a week to keep two children, and that she could not do it, The child being in a very critical state* the caa? «TM adjourned,
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STATISTICS OF OBSTRUCTION. A correspondent forwards the following facts which he thinks will be found of interest in view of the present condition of business in the House of Com- mons Speaking at Cork on October 4 Mr. Parnell is reported to have said Now we ar4 a party occupy- ing an independent position in the House of Com- mons, pledged to remain aloof from every English party who will not concede to Ireland the right to home government, pledged in the words of Mr. Fred Luoas to be a separate element in the Legislature, and if necessary disorderly, disorganising, interfering with every business that may be transacted, as far as it is expedient or feasible.' We can push the policy just as far as we like." Speaking at Clara last Sunday (he Home Rule leader in- formed his hearers that those who accused the Irish party of obstructing the business of the House were "liars." On reference to the debates which have taken place during the present session I find that upon the Address and the Protection Bill alone 35 members of Mr. Parnell's party have spoken 714 times, or an average of 20 times each 15 members have spoken 489 times, or an average of 32; while 10 members have delivered themselves 356 times, or an average of 35 speeches apiece. In this enumeration I do not take into account mere interruptions, though much time is wasted by them; nor do I Jrefer to the questions some hun- dreds of which these gentlemen have thought fit to propound during the last six weeks. I merely wish to* draw attention to the actual speeches which have arisen, or have been supposed to arise, out of the consideration of a bill of three clauses, and out of the question whether it should be introduced orJ not. I think, with these facts before them, I may fairly leave the public to judge whether the more correct description of the situation is to be found in Mr. Parnell's Cork manifesto or in his tasteful disclaimer at Clara.
REPORT OF LORD AIREY'S COMMITTEE.
REPORT OF LORD AIREY'S COMMITTEE. The following are the principal recommendations made by Lord Airey's Committee: In tin? first plaoe the committee recommend that the entire recruiting of the army and militia should be reorganised and placed under one head, and that a clear statement should be drawnup setting forth the advantages of enlisting in the army, including a summary of the number and liature of the api>ointments for which soldiers are eligible, and the emoluments and pensions attached thereto, every man having the option of enlisting in the regular army or militia, or for any regiment, corps, or branch of the service but in the absence of such declared wish each man is to be con- sidered as having enlisted for general ser- vice in the army. Secondly, the committee con- sider that stricter rules should be framed as to the medical examination of recruits on their first enlist- ment, and that the preference should be given to recruits of 20 years of age. Next, the committee recommend that all recruits with less than six months' f service should be exoluded from the strength of bat- talions, and be trained at training depAts to be especi- ally formed for the purpose. All who hold ranks giving authority over the private soldier and carrying increased pay should be classified as noit-oomadssioned officers, and every non-commissioned officer, at the •nd of one year's probationary service as such, should ] acquire the right of serving on for a 21 vears' pension, | retaining the option of passing to the reserve or i being discharged, according to the terms of his [ original enlistment. At the same time the i committee hold that the pay, position, and pension of non-commissioned officers should be im- proved, and that the cadres of all battalions should be kept complete in officers and' non-commissioned officers at their full war strength, ready for service in the field. The length of service io fixed by the com- mittee at fourteen years and a-half. Of these six I months are to be passed by the soldiers aa | recruits before they are finaliy posted to | -corps, eight years will be under the colours, and | eix years in the reserve. Soldiers serving abroad, I and who are physically fit when within one vear of I the completfon of their colour service, should be in- 1 vited by such inducements as may from time to time i seem most acceptable to prolong their colour ¡. service in their respective regiments until their battalions return home, provided that their total colour service does not exceed 12 years and their service abroad eight yeltr". In order to prosure a proportioh of old soldiers in ■each battalion, such privates as may be recom- | mended by commanding officers should be allowed to extend their service and proceed to pension, pro- vided that the total number of men of all ranks so allowed to extend their service should not exceed 25 per cent. of each battalion. The turn of foreign service, ehould if practicable, be for eight years. With regard to the reserve, the committee are of opinion that instead of limiting the per'od for which reserve men may be called up for training to 12 days in each year, they should be called up for a month at a time, at such periods as might be thought expedient, provided that the whole amount of training does not exceed in the aggregate 12 days of each year of reserve service. In the event of a great war, when "immi- nent national danger or great emergency can be declared," the home battalions on reduced strength should be completed from the reserves, and would then be the first for service in the field. In the event of a small war the battalions first on the roster for foreign service should be first used. With a view to maintaining these battalions in a state of efficiency, and providing additional battalions, if necessary, for such wars, recourse should be had to the army reserve, for which purpose the Army Discipline and Regulation Act should be modified, to empower the Crown at any time to call out such a number of reserve men as might be neces* lary, without proclamation or formal communication to Parliament. The passing of soldiers from the colours to the reserve service should be sus- pended in every case when the corps to which the men belong are on, or under orders for, active service. With a view to prevent the frequent drafting of men from one regiment for service in another, to bring to an end the system by which one regiment serves as a depAt for another, to re-estab- lish esprit de corps in regiments, and to promote their efficiency, the committee recommend that the present system of linking should be done away with. But the present organisation of the service battalion in eight companies should be continued, as being on the whole the best for the purposes required for thp British army both at home and abroad.
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The Earl of Fife has received from the Queen the Order of the Thistle vacant by the death of the Earl of Seafield. The Rev. T. Pelham Dale, of St. Volt's, Foster- lane, Lonjon, notorious for the Ritualistic character of its services, has been offered a living in the country. Intelligence has been received at the Foreign Office from Sydney that immediately on the news of the murder of Lieutenant Bower reaching the com- modore on the Australian station, he despatched one of her Majesty's ships to the Florida Islands, accom- panied by an interpreter, to demand the handing over of the murderers of Lieutenant Bower. Sentence of 15 months' hard labour has been passed at Edinburgh on Barbara Gray, alias M'Intosh, oi Portobello, for wilfully neglecting four children placed in her charge, whereby they were injured in their health. It is stated on good authority that Martini- Henry rifles will shortly be issued as an experiment to the cavalry regiments of the line, and that greater inducements than those now provided by the regula- tions will be offered with a view to perfection in marks- manship. It is not improbable also that the present heavy cavalry sword served out to the heavies" and light cavalry alike will be replaced, as far as the light cavalry are concerned, by alighter but equally effective weapon. All cavalry regiments are tc b, exercised as much as possible in the duties of mounted infantry.
THE KOLAPORE CONSPIRACY.
THE KOLAPORE CONSPIRACY. From Bombay the representative of the Standard telegraphs that the judgment of the court in the Kolapore trial has been given, and the severity of the sentences fully bears out public opinion as to the reality and dangerous nature of the conspiracy. Eight men are sentenced to transportation for life, three to transportation for seven years, four for five years, and two for three years. One is sentenced to two years' imprisonment. The sentences cannot be considered as final, as all of them over three years require the confirmation of the Resident Political Agent.
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A lad named Robert Shone, employed at the Man. cott colliery, Hawarden, fell down the shaft into the mine, and was killed on the spot. The accident was witnessed by his father. A shocking case of death from starvation has been Investigated at South Norwood. It seems that a woman named Mary Ann Clare tookahouse and nioely furnished it with a view of letting apartments, but was unsuccessful. She then took in plain needlework and struggled on to get a living, but was utterly unable to keep the wolf from the. door, being reduced to a wretched state of poverty. The woman was too proud or too independent to make known her pitiable condition, and gradually sank from want of food, being eventually found dead in her room The coroner's jury returned a verdict of death from starvation. THACKERAT AND "COLONEL NEWCOMB." -114 The thought of grief for the death of an imaiin. ary person is not quite 80 absurd as it might appear. One day, while the great novel of "The Newcomes" was in course of publication, Lowell, who was then In London, met Thackeray in the street. The novelist was serious in his manner, and his loeks and voice told II1 T <1 S3*, bo they walked in and took a tawe jn ft _„rnrix. of MS5 thh? T £ acker*y> <frawhig the fresh sheets of M £ J, from his breast pocket, read through that exquisitely touching chapter which records the death of (,'olonel Newcome. When he came to the final had, ^e.n swelling his lids for some time, trickled down his face and the last word was almost ao inarticulate sob.—tfarjper'* Monthly
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