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berley cheerful and well." ave good reason to behave the `fontein trenches have {been mad and that the Boers are en-r rmg `Lo escape. T 4 . erat rrench ls scourmg the V; y north or Kimberley. Une_o' :1 Kenny's brigades ot-1nfantry IS uit or a large Boer convoy. mov`- 1 wards Bloexnfontein." _ zpatch from Jacobsdal, Feb. . p. m., says:-Much gratied I ival here L0 find admiraule hos- rmngements made by the Ger- -ambulance corps under Drs. I er and Hildebrand, who, with 1 staffs, have shown the greatest ,1 53 to our wounded, as they. 0 `the Boer wounded. Some of} unded have been here since De- i-` _-__.A._.. I = J 1 uuugiuu. ` A dozen milk cows Game in and sold at thy: usual range. A few choice cows will sell. ` ` ,1 _,I_____ -__ L..!..... _.-ulpnjl wnu sun. A Good vea-1 calves are being asked for, and will sell up to ten or twelve. I dollars. ` _ __ __ .1 v-_--1._`__-_..- - ....I-... nnln I-4`, ' Iulkllldlo ' `Sheep and lambs` were a `slow sale to- day, and as a. result prices were eas- ier,` while .quc_t.ably unchanged. Be- tween three and four. hundred were here, and they.d`.d not all sell. ! mm . 4 krxluuan an pl `Hanna nun-a `I`Dl'|'D;I1Dl` -"price is` 5c.; light and fat hogs are; bringing 41-2c per lb. .|.l!."C, uuu LUV] `Btu [JUL all 3611.. One thousand "hogs were received? here this morning. T For` prime hogs,| scalingirom 16) to 20.) lbs., the top` Ii`.-.|I.-nuinm in Han rnnrrn -of nnnfa- Shippers, per cwt. . bmcner, `choice - do. . Lucner, men. to good. . Butcher, inferior. . ,. Stockers, per qwt. . 1 `I ` U1 Iuglug 2 .L-.;.\; yum Juo l- Following is the range -of quota- tions:- ` - Sheep, pei V> ;. Lambs, per c_wt. '. bucks, per owt. . . ,,.`I Cows, Vacrzh." Calves, each. Cchoice hogs, per lcwt. .. 450 500?, Light hogs,`per cwt. 2. . 46.0 450'; heavy hogs, per cwt. . ,. 400 450; SOVV8. ` o I c `u o I I 3 Stags.. -. . . . . . 21,0 20.)- `Toronto. Feb. 20.-Whoeaat-Outside markets were rmer to-day, and local prices had a better to-ne, especially .Lhose of ;Manitoba. .Quotations are * as follows-:74-Ontario red and white, 65 to 66 1-20, according to nealrn-ass to the mill, \Vestern Ontario points; and 67 to '67 1-2'c. ealst; goose: wheat, 71c, low. freights to New York; spring, east, 67c; Mamitoba No. 1 hard, sold at 79 1-49, North Bay; and at 79' 3-40, g.i.t. - . T - 7 ' I-`l=our-SLea-dy to firm. Outside mill- ers ofler - sLra.i.ght. roller. in buyers bggs, nV1-iddla 1re.gh-s, at 3.30 per bbl.; 9 and export agents -bid $2.60. A Special brands, in wpod, for local account, sell ground'$8 ' ` 1\lI'Illa'n'n}_`L.Qb.nrn.z RI`n is: tintad sf `l`\ L[`Jl?e'<:c"1-"-S<>arc-a. Bran is quoted at 315.50 to $16; _and `shorts at 317 to $18, at the mill door through Western 0n- n.._._ ax...-..:...' 11." 0 A.........:...... ....I - vaav navy. nu uvvv vwuguqnnuyv A COSTLV DELAY.` " now amply confirmed that Gen; e `escaped, Every` detail `received, er. prove'$ `how `ardmiriiisw Lord Us plans swore conceived ggnd c-.1rr'Led out, But,_or d nlnv 9+ n..v..sI!.s ;1..:n ..'.1.:..-' -|'A(l3`;x:n-7Stea;dyLA N6. 2, American, yel- l_ow,: quoted ~at'41c, track, Toronto, and "mixed,`atr 40"1-2c; Canadian corn, 8) lv-__2c.~track, Toronto. 0i`Lerings_ of Can- ajdian. 00l`.nir1ig'h`t.: = = - 'I3nnn,iTa`:`~nn and Inoni-no`. f`or'lnfn R1 bwantedv. Car `lot 3, . $1 to 61. 1-20.-north and west, and 62 to `. `u....n.-.. *-~m-..;.; ..+.a.-;..`.-a'..`*` :.`..,1' ".1;'.`....,..:.,1 1 `D _l`].11. lull. ucsuovuu. ` V. ' `"~Minneapoli`, Feb. `2Q.--Close;--- Whgat .,.(,In,Msto1_'e,, No. 1Ndr.t'hern, Feb1_`u,_ary,_ ,x66c;'3May.".` 66`1-4 July, 671- 2_:._?to.:9i7V5-8c; -`on, ?`.r'ck,` N9.-1ha'rd, 671-20;; No. 14 Northern, 66c; No. 2 N`01`th,6ln, Mo; 3 _'I IIEIFI {_3-,I!~,('IIuuVr .`JIll- luv: nu ndo" three-mgst-~" % ,,_ _; xvmcuxmnaaerea Feb} 1 14 ' *-mat-_ 1.,`.i`h4i.*:.`Q`.r,,I_,i"1d`~,.hcluri.~.1g a se_vqro.__ -;`;u1q;*13I,xd be6i1=*ig:1kg;_gt, ied as the `gym; steamp1;;.j Vss1"ii*i"se._,,,.Vbound from H; e `a;~`~? e :%a:e ` : ' 3 V. ; >""k-.'._'f.`:?`.-' '.`\ a. ' 9 .` "era 2 '.7~'I ism , M; ` `-in -'.T*-.:; ,;;':`: A5. 43% 04-_ .1-Au, cum" ` ` H Bar"I`y:-Tone str't_mg" and` "diamaml goqd, `C-ar_ lpts pf No.~..2, middle frei53ht's. 42c; nd~'~'eat,"ja't 43c. N-o. is;quoted at 44c, outside. - .-D-.'..` `aw `f\"I3 Kn.-. Ixvns `~ 1, . l_ -uu 11$! Uuuunuuo _ .- ;I_%ye.-Fu`m.%Car lots, 50c, west, and 510, east.- . ~ ~ - ` ' oats;-=mrin= .:..;a .acti\fe.. White bais; north and west, 27c; ziddle vfreightsf. 27; 1'~2c;r and east, 28c.-~ -These '_p rice_es `Would be`pa`id_ freely","zmd rather .fof round lots; . - 11___l_`___L_-l. "n.'.:.-.; nn....:......`. 1:...1..; [_i[1I_'.'.IL}L__5j UU,LLLl \1|lIJ|-DLI. at '13 LU QUE. : Chicago, "Feb". Vuo.-Flaxse.ed--Closed: _j-_'-'Ndrth~\V~est andj South-West, cash, .-'$1.60; ' `_May._$1.60; * September, $1.16; October, $1.`14. .. I314 IA ll __.Qf\I`I..i1lb II!`-`nil L , l.8.I!'-" uelnuuug nu. ..I..'IJ..i1-I-"ls" rlln'OU no. 1 Northern, carloads, ,7 ? 3-8c; round I lots, 76 5-8c. Winter wheat--N_o; sales. Cor-n-Q,u1'et; No. Zyellow, 38'1s-4d; No. 4 '..Vl10W; 37~1-2c; No. 2 corn, 37 3-54; No. .84'3rn; 87.1-2c. Oat~s--Eas1'er;'- No. 2 fvv,h'ite, "290; No.. .3.-w!1ite~,.__28 1-2c; No. 4 .-ywhig'eL,`;28c';jNo. ` 2m1xed..~26 1-2c; No. 3 :m1`x`ad , = 2663. ' R-ye_-_-No1_r.u`nal. `_ Flour _- ~F1rm: falr dema-nd. ' '_ .~.'lI.'I|lIY`\l\"I.`&` Woh -70_l`.lnsm-;_.\4Vl-mat `+i5'`$k}'1:at4Quit. % Offerings ligvht. Carf [l-otg; outside, ` quoted at -49' to 50. n`n:innInr\ on _wlnvcnnAAn]nnnJo . UU LIJUUI-'g fl--I-'10 .\.,B_uf,1alo, Eeh. 20.-Spring wheat- *'"Fai`r-` demand; No. .1_-h.ard.- .775-8c; No. c \1'__.LL-..... .....-I.\`n.ln 1'7 ! 0 O... _.\.-...I v.\:aaOu uL- uuu,a.u1` ulp, ' u_ . , ,. . , ~.v 1 d delay at Dekiel-'s_'_,drjft,:7_gvyhjl a almost impassable! {for .wTaggo;,1., -,; hale Boer force \Vbillds-h`(.i!6`,bQf3n T116. (1618? -Of`... ... ?}.="l*.*#3'=. give them. their fc11.*.1_!'1'ce,,;_.t}gr'..M.,{.t,;;. retreat. , 1;: . the other movements ._of.`._ ts were executed exactly? fa" A_I iieL em ly ` Gen. `Cro:i]"iii;"rti-hating. the main army, ..and...evVeIy.:,if1~a.i!0r` s a.ltoget.he,;~"ho,;b,}yi5_l1 ' .11 his ba3.3'9.3>!.-'~u ' fl; `M V uu yuqca wcanct. > V Feeders and bulls were about un- L ._._____I - Q` i`~ A J-" r A 1.. . ,]';$.,}g`{YI'I;1l'1()l(liI r -__.I - y-4'I'.I'J`. n ,7'I'TInn 4-I-run4\_1vr uouawvtr Io-vb --_y-__.. - rer` cwt. . . V300 per '. . . 5L0 per . V. 225 Milvkers and Calves. A. n` I 15" '-' - Sheep arid I'_am'bs.v . Acfo ' .4: Cattle. riogs; >L1z11E;s,-"a1l`)T(;1;i; 20 at "an 'rar_nkl sco zco 05-1} 275 li 5000 V 10 00'. }0uu;I.uI:a Luna: ua. L110 xuzuc. 4-25! Mr. Marcotte" wasinformed by Mr. 3-5) Filiing that the amount paid out of 3L0. the superanuation fund last year was 35.0 $325,560.21, and for the previous year ' }i3.0,185.41, showing a decrease ofA$;4,- 350 `g62zo. ,_ I'1 3I.|-_ -.... 7I'l__ -__-. _____ . ..,.-._.....J L- What is Going on` in our Legislative ~ Halls Down at Ottawa. Mr. McCarthy introduced a bill, to `almond the Criminal Code of 1892. He explained that the object was to P115 in infringement of copyright upon the same footing as the infringement of: trade-mark, and to make both equalli subject to the criminal law. 0 ,, J __'L-I-`:45 Siege Raiga, aI.1d%l6.]`:jI1Tie[f1y{:S1iT1 O11I1 #- ing the Town Disfp1er%sed, A % UUUJUUL H) but: usxuunu-an law- Dr. Montague enquired whether it was the intention of the Government to introduce legislation this session to regulate friendly society insur- --r-rod Fielding it was not the in: tention ot the Government to P'l`0d with that measure. vv Alan ogluh LI-IEIIDIABVIO Mr. Flint gives notice or the to}-T lowing resolution `:4-H-"'.1`hat this .390 is now of opinion that it is desirable and expeuiant that Parliament should without delay, enact such measures as will secure the prohibition of the li- qulortraffio for beverage p1irP0S3 in at least those provinces and Terri- tories . which have voted i"n faV01"01 such prohibition. ` u v -11 I ,4 _ _,__ Reid introduced a bill to regu- late freight rates `on railways. He exo plained that hisobject was to have a commission appointed to fix "passen- gerand freight rates, and to decide cases of diiterences between railway 'compan_1es'and_ their customers. By way of illustration`, he referred to the . Standard Oil Company, which is said -to get an unfair advantage over its D,com..etitors by securing rebates on fre.ght charges. -Th.-, etfect of his bill will be to stop all such practices. Mm f`cn-Jim.-\ :r\f'iOI\l'lI`l't\Al| n +0 VV>I|.I IJU LU 5lUP I111 auuu yl dnU|IUC- . Mr. Charlton introduced a bill to launend the Criminal Code. The ob- ,ject is to raise the age of consent: to eighteen years. - ` Mr. Simon introduced a bill to amend the Dominion Lands Act. The mieaiaure relates to the homestead lawn` of the North-West. 1ur_ 1-\. 2.- :__.___n___-.n _. Lu! L- ............l IGWQ UI. LIJJU LVUL Lu` VVUL-, Mr. Da`.-.-in imroduwd _a bill to amend the Mounted Police Act.- This is a mea.,;ure `dealing with promotion from 3th.: ranks of the torce. 7ul'__ `.__.-.LL -' -,_n____--_1 I... I5 . 0M|N|0N PARIMMENI. |UlUnLVn Sir Hibbert Tupper was informed by Mr. Sifton that in the case of Yukon m1n1ng- claims, parties who- had been depnved of.the1r claims through er- rors of the clerks. or through other `mistakes, were being gwen opportun- ity to take up other claims as com- ; pensatxon._,_ III IV......-- a.-III .-...o-A I-Inni 13a-n-lio-vunn tI$4LLKLIglIJII.: 2 Mr. Ca;-y will move that Parliament `should meet on afixed day annually, ; or on aday between certain fixed iimits ;xn. December or January. I l`I\'t\r\l\| I)-on`.-.-n unp:lI I\w\lI`I.I0ll nr`\n+`|nF V ALI JJCUULJJIJUI UL uuuuang , Colonel Prior will enqlme whether an order-in-Council was passed dis-, mlssmg General Hutton or calling up- on mm to resign. ! MI`:-lnn4_. uIvI'lI ;v\fIv4-st}:-nnn u fl`! ..~-----..~.-~7-.- 92.. ' #'#-" ' - - V - ml % Bu'l'.le1` *;x*.'Vtt11,_1- ` 1%, : -` . ing `at 'rg`!%* % Ftex ` the ca] i:_\;_1fe' 1` lvu uuu. |.\)_ Lc.~_15u. I Mi`.-Mclnnes will introduce a bill to `prevent Chinese or Japanese. from be- mg employed in mines. Q:.. n1....'..1.... m .......... .:.....a ..,L...+h`. Ills ILI .I.l..lll-I30 Sir Charles Tupper enquired wheth- er the ordex--in-Cnuncil for the suspen- sion of the coasting laws had been re- scinded. ' `Ir-up 'I 1- - , :0 1 4I_-L AL- Bl;-|l.l\.I`U\1o . Sir Wilfrid Laurier replied that the suspension applied only to the past season of navigation. . "vi l.`nw'D\v\"u:nl| :2-.4:-txrininnl` 0 . I$ ICSGQLQU LLIU Ll.I.ll\Il.I Iullvlo - Mr. Davin introduced a bill to amend the Land.'.1`itles Act and `to get rid of an anomaly existing in the North-`West regarding the proving of |_wills mde in England. In DII+"IlII III:l` nu`, IIr'hn"`1nI` (Inn. VVIIJQ LIJGLIU ILI .IJllB.l(lI.I\.|a Mr__. Puttee will ask wyether tha Gov- ernment in awarding the contracts for -the work`at' St. Andrew's rapids Red '1-Iver, will provide '_for the protectlon of u`m'on `labour. n;4_. -_-_-II _..L :5 :A.. -- LI_..`_ :...L..... ` Dilllll. UL l.l(l.VI.8lI.LIUl.lo Mr. Campbell introduced :1 bill to legalize the union label. L In nrv:v\ :ruf'1-rurlninnt` 0 "(I ULIIUU nzuuux. Mfr. Pew; will ask if it` is the inten- tion of the Government to introduce any leg1'sl a.ti'on this session for `the in- spgction of apples or protection of; the apple `grade, and if so, what` scheme 13 pr`opo 0:1`. I`:I-`A-nn :y\4-u-nrluunnl-I nmi All} `l\ ,,'.`-..-Q; GUE AT ~n4;r{|` "A; .-1;-._-.\- 4:0 ~ - pl. uyu v.1. , *l\Ir.- Gilmore introduced an Actjto amend theVCompanies Clauses Act. He vexplai-hed that his bill had references `to mercantile and manufacturing com- panies Incorporated by special Act, and subject "to tnelprovisions of that Act. It, had no reference to manufacturing- and mercantile companies incorporated by` letters patent. The object was to enable companies of the kind indicated >to`f change` the place in which their =head`quart`ers werelocated without arr plying to Parliament for a special Act for.- -that purpose. ` - ' `ll ... .sJ.""IJ'..I`.II...l-....... AIR `IT `X7n}-uaOor I-U15 tun-I. lI.IIIl\Js`)'_Oo Ma) or" Middleboro, Ald. K. Webster, R. B. Miller, W. J. Hattbn, and J. M. Kil`bour.n', Oyvein Sound, `waited on the ioGovei`nment, `asking for harbour im- provements, and that Owen Sound's i.n_t;erests be protected in the proposed scheme for improving the transporta- tion facilities: on_ the upper lakes. ~r..~.: ._ 1'3, A `D:...|.......l.. .3 1XT:nn%n...-. Esau my :22, LLUII l.i1Ullll.lt1i`1 Uu_ L "y Cl Innuu. h `Judge A. R~ich::7d:, yof..Winnipeg, has teen appointed`chairm.an of the >El-evah-tovrh Commission in the place of `irixdg-e Senkler, of'.St.__,(:athm`ine,s, who died recently `atwinmpeg. ' . -.-`L n`nnnI`n`-:t`\h\ fr-nun nil`- ulu IQ:UUuLl._y_ tu, vv Iuunyv. "A deputation from t 0 city! of But- ~.alo, consiatingof DrA..H. Yf,Grant, s6!`1,o.f1Sir`Ja;mes _Gra'nt, of 0ttwwa,`J. N. Adam, and John B.,VW,ebbe1f,.'rvva.s in town. to` lggerview th,`Ministe_rot A;g`:`,ii3`,:;`I`t:ure_';-axyi urge thcjeregtionof 'a'1Ieciil Oahaiaian btiiltfing at the ' . ` .`w `. . oto o _ | . [Av4_f;13c!:r1`m<:.stnV 1on_ nn;'_Bq,fflo :. i . ("'1 #3.!` V . nil A II` .1.-. .. -gS j;`v..-{::f:`:3;`' qv I`-`enI|In"e (hunch - lblscovcred. AAJuuu 10.10 IJUUIJ `JULIE DI-a.nv\l -UV some were. brought in yester-3 FURTHER DETAILS. vuouul, Dusubly VVUHIJUULU . 4: cavalry division is nmoving in h-erly line,` and has apparently y reduced the pressure on Kim-T , as Kekewtiach signals the one- -3 uhzmdoned Alexandaelrsf-ontevin at he has occupied it. _ on-uh has advaned. as far as dmxtn, with slightloss, and `is g on the posts, his re'a;r being >_v Mounted Intantxry. `War Office points out thratithe " here in the above despvatch sonm point on the Mod~der'riv- the Orange Freestvate, and not 1' river station. urxny 1s.engp.goo. In we opeuumuu. V, I It. -is announced that the Oh_annel; squadron, instead of going to G1.brAa;l-i tar, has been ordered to. rernann 1n_ `British waters -until March. 5 mu- 'n-:1_ ~u-_-_-s --............-....A.u-.+ al- 'hill',_ therefore, gives great satisfao tion. Bu`.ler s losses so tar..haVe M3011 i about 20 in .wo_unde -Hts .0!l.t..|l`0 a.rmy_ is engaged in the operations: ' I I! .In annnaunnarl I-Mal` than Bhnnnelk U1 GUDLUIBDLUH oi , I "Very s vere `fighting occurred on both our ankl near Rensberg, The enemy greatly outnumbered our! troops, being about 4,000 in_ number. They attacked the, Worcestershire Re- `gimenti on their `hill, and with deeper- , ate determination, charged home. only to experience such a hearty -Maxim and rifle lire from our man that the death roll of the assailants must have been considerable. , . . A HA ....4t....-.1` ..4-' I-Inn 1......:..l.-:n:nn- Dru.` I I" I ..........a......:.:.=..........e me . ~.; hills north or Ghlevele.y- . the Enemy Surround- ' h * _ . , beenki ti " the high refuse of n- D -A ~. hills Atu8i:1i!:ggn`:rth and. south about `hill . therefore glvesh great eatlsfaoa ` . _ A . lion. far have been : 11` .'1.0'l`.thernmoat hall '0! thus ta-nae _2o -His _entire`.is kmonvn as MontIej0risto.,a!1d' U30 army 18. sommmmmt in; uingo.o Between 1!. an oed th I; Channel" . . - . _ I;:1nsl`?ead going Gibral-3% '3 3' nks`.' '5`f`h m`..`fa remain in _ mm! level land, wunle at right. N18_5 `British March. !M`,onue, (,.-ism 33 a, law ' green 111119 !M':elPi.]Y N. 5 ;`,'1{'11P"B`:g`:_pO;"it which appaawantly is unnalmocd. M: was nver ea s:-" e - . -_ tion at Koffyfo}r 1tein is said to be unwrtanc etnat these posmon b` very strong. They entertain a whole-gen" l.etome_H-langwani hill waa 0'W`1" `some dread of 10.800 cavalr mtilvina` pied. ` 4 ;more quickly than they 011 8111- . -t- h under` selves. We hope t( be In B1oemfon- D3fdoE:` ?:` ahe;fL:fm called tein shortl . - - 5 'l`|n4 Q.fnry\r'nIOI Q ..--n-rnnnnnnnf at hussdr `'l` Uh lprtk ne`d 1W1-`E; ten Jniles noI_rt.h-east of Chieveley- _ Lulu unoruy." The Standard ; correspondent at '.Jacob'sdal, telegrapthing - Thursday. `Feb. 15, says :-_- 0' A in avian], uyuu vnon van!-sh-dnv .L'UU- Lil, , ' i "An attack was made.yeste'_rday upon the rear guard of our main body ` by a force of 1,400 Boers-, who were `hurried up from Colesberg. They suc-I ` ;ceeded in capturing someof our wag-4` ; gone, but Lord Roberts-did not delay! his march to retake these. There were 1 few casualties-on our side. The last '1 of our supply columns arrived from - vHoney Nest kloof yesterday, having I lmet with no: opposition on the way. " 1 i- . - - I g A correspondent of the Lon %Mail- at Naaunwpoort, tvelegraphmg Wednesday, and describing the eyacu-. tion of Rensbe.rg, `says:-- ' . " W`-curt` nnrnnnn vs`.-on 9-ha L`1*Ul.l UL I\Ul.|'8l..'U-Kg, 'dJ."- . . | "Two compvani-es b! the Wnltshzre Regiment, in withdm-wing from_ K_-0.01 camp lost their \.vay,`andy are m1ss1n.g_. 1 Their whereabouts, however, is pretty ! well known, and they will probably: be relievedyto-night.` The Boer losses ` around Codesburg on Monday are re! ,ported extremely heavy. a rm... m:........ `rmna +1.... F4-\.V'Innu;`n-a' Ann- ! yurucu exu`e.I.uuL_y uuavy- 1 '.1`he_T.imes has the follomfin-g des-! patch from Arund-al, dated Wednes- sdny =- 1 - - " I " F.uupn 1|:-\.vv\V\|nv|v:.r|.u A` I-Mn yuIu_y;- . . _ i "T.-wo companies of the Wiltshires [that were on outpost duty, failed to `join the force before the retirement` from Rensberg, and their absence not be-.ing'.noticed on the parade, they were. eventually {cut off." A Jngnml-nln 4-n 4-Mn T.r\f|I`nVI T195111 e\<.l,aLch from London, Monday Further details of General Lord 15' well-p-lam-ned "and well-ex- operationss amply prove that - really attained alarge measu-re -.ce..ss, but the points that were luvl. Saturday -`remain almost y so to-day. The general..evi- however, is taken to ind1eate_._ om.ma.ndant Cronje has h1sma1_n mm mm, `going ewsb bn north- This trees the greater portton troop.-`. at Moglder river and K.m- . where a couple of brigades will . Ofcourse the great thing 1s_ xfliction of acrusshing blow 'to uudant Cronje; The deepatches? L0 do not show that-this has done, and the rarity` of: such `a 0-11 retreaterts, u-nlhess they are re- ng after being dispersed inghat ' pointed" out'he/r_9. V . " ex-patch from the ail;v,Ne.ws',cor- '1deu1 at Modder` river proves` Lord Robertsf move was acom-" .s`u1'pri.se to the `Boers, as `it was mil ls`:-iday morning` that Gen`: nnvnnlnnnnsl Iniu Innlrl An VV"6'.l"dv BVUUl.I.1' VIJUL .ULl.. . . | A despatch to the London Dan1yVMa1l E from Naamwpoort, dated Thursd_ay. says nothing of the return of the Wilf- shirles. ' _ l'\_!1_ rn_1-..__...'|_-L...-. I-`Inn F:J_., BLU UB8. The Daily Telegraphhas the fol-- lowing despatch-V from Naauwpoort, dated February 18, and delayed in; t-ranbsmission:-'- . g \"r`....-- -__-___ -.c2..LJ.:..... .....'....u-mil nn UUlllU"5l'l1UlUo .0 . . "A patrol` of the Inmsklll-mg Dram` goons was surrounded by some 506` Boers, and gallantly cut_ . .1ts _way [through with-oy`-t losing a man. but 3 I company of New South Wales Moupted " Infantry was unfortunately ann1h1lat- ed, most of the men s bayonets. h0_W- ever, bearing the impress of aangu1n- ary cdrnfliot with their toes. ' ' `.r`I\.`(\i\l\' (`nn1ynmh,ovn tlln Hh* ary UUIIIIIUL WIL-Ll L|1Ull"LU;Zo . ' Colonel Conyngham W88 3110t through the hen-rt_at the outset of the engagement. The enemy chose the time of the moon's setting for.the1r onslaught. Out of fiveucolonial offi- cers only one returned to camp. at A ...+....+.....:,. .....1'.-umnnnfrnfivn mrivn UU1' Ullly ULIU IULHLIIUU LU Uauayo "A strategic and concentrative move back to Arundel has been decided upon. Our guns {room Goles 'kop have been safely removed, one Maxim being de-. stroyed to prevent its falling into the hands of the `enemy. .. BRITISH `TAKE JACOBSDAL. A_ desputch Ire-tn ouLs.de Jacobsdal, Orange `Free State`, Thiursday, `says :-'- Jacobejdajl is now` iniposseseion or the British. Yesterday t - a smell` cavalry patrol entered the place and found it lull of .wounded._ including several British from __Reneberg. _The.. `place. was occupied. by in srnell `force, wh-ich _fe_l1_i back before the patrol. `an-.nIl nlzirminhnn A :23... - ......:.... -.-c:--w-.-.. .. .___ Th-e.-British Inte11i}'en;e` dTepa ru_pei1t`_ est-im-ates the number ? of` Boers ha ble__ to servibeqin the Transvaal at 81,314; in the O_rang~e.F_1"e`e '-St.a.te. 22,314; dis-T loyal Cape Dutch, 4,000, and t9:e&gner`s_ enlisted, 4,000,-'m.aking_ a total` of 61.- for the police. 8%. tram" which ,1.893im.en. age dadtictd. Trm... n..4....,- :4. :. ...:.a - :...'..'.. .`.`: .-m..'.n' nucx_ uezure Luv ,yu,_:.uu. _ v. -After a Bones. ofsmall skirmishes a battery of artillery shelled the en- virons and drove dut the East: of. the Boers. 4 1-rrI_,_-' LL- 11..-....;. --A.`-unirnpl Tnnt\"\a._ [U1 ll-I'U PUNK! , .. . _ ` j.Th:e Boers. .it__/is said. hie eighteen om guns of all k';nds, .-119 ca_pi_ur~ed. from -tli-e (Britishhan-d_73,n_1w: 3/Au_nsA', Tclassi. tied aV:s_fo`1lo-'w,s:-"Creu_'aot 15-C." Guns. 16; 13.7-inch, 21; 7.5.in.h, 32; and_ 43'-Linen `h-o-w;i.Lzers.` 4. Against Tthes ,e,4__the Brit- ish sent out moun tanVgun,`12_; h9rs'e |'arti_lIery, -54; rim harti_l:l_ery','_ 231; ii`&" .. inch: h.d"W'i,t_zerSL 83': .n,.ay=.il sn`n8`., .`y,1oat~A. `Lg 41-iA1!.h-,33`% `KN! %+18 ,tIin" aims. `supplies. .` mg enemy. . The road between 1!./I5dderAriver anid Jaoobsdal is nowiopen; Thddiatancel `is only nine miles. The road. is availi- able for sending reinforg-.emen"'ts. and, '._mu:NG:'nH QB Boislzs. ' ` following des-patch from Gen-! oberts, posted to-night, fills the_ n the earlier despatches:-- spatch from Modder River says: sixLh division left Waterfall nd marched hereggoingeon. the evening to Rondeval drift, to he crossing, of the Modder and leave General French free The British `toroesiprioi~`;to_ `t._h`e.'w`a',r consisted bf 9,600 men;`1',6001n_qm`ountgd ' and 2.000 Iliountbith 0.n"the . dafe.,_01. ultimatum; o`c t;; s9,` {they=1; ad_--inr`_a.g'en: 10 12.600` \`rnxrri6u-msii turd` *3.i09" mau.-n`t`- `ed; as to_td{l`--o'i 16r,_6oo-.~- on-aanuhryf . vIa..=..`n!?i`n`.'--i1I7l=lIl|f-i1`viI{ii4.1iii+7i`|- ..*.`I T.'1~`h B` nu J0'8I'l. - When the -Boers. evacuated Jacobe- dal. they were -o-b.li,ged';to pass over ,a ridge, where they 1 aftorded a splendid mark for the ~British guns, which ghowered shrapnefupbn the retreat- ing enemy. fed: 9` tW"f 1519.09`-"T`5. n.'3:i#`n11L8i.`y'7.. 7 1At'lve;1"e -'were1B3;_(l00' un'rq`o,up "adj `an*_.l'-19,9l)j ` monn _1.'- -`On -` *I9`el:bfr11_1;aii-y. - 48; \`th{ay' ` `wlf ' . consis-t` ofs87.800"n1bundd -`u1e'I_1`_ finq1 1_14.`Z,a{ 5 800'i%n1ounted. ' `t A % *t1h\9m`?=tr.on.).9tgI3;. Jxglig-th:(; m" ~`-cr\119s% x,.` A % DU I$LII'II, UIUIWCU. I'll 9-U1 .om.s.=:!Bh,wfJs. imsdw qasm,-eta as? _ j ` 31:6 -*pi:wFn*.wtaeou_nma "i.aiassffw1` ` % ..`n3 2-4&4 u an ae'1.rd:'z. ffrzll ` .1 E97!` 5`ii&.Y;?f? 3? A 3 jtliq ships x.1;.`{'f'L11l '5 mopthw 1 i are. L N- r::ifE"I`llf:`i'fF AUSTRALIANS * ANNI`HILATED.. P1'_BlIll_Il,4I!Il.I3F3'(~0 ~ uu=*Iu_`='l.nu'-'w.uuIu ..... ieiav32da9`rt!thiv;=!Tfdi!1`6mIQIaQiu1; 1!... . , - " L333-jg; `1.::`ou3.;1%3 a'gss'1:oja 19100 K: .11 ma` tom; days L P \ [FM_3___ [BU[LL13RBE2\TS* BOERS Du.udo`n.~m\.1oux an emunenue 09-1 7 husuax 'u...l;eUma wwe .u-e;d the Wee- meu to-ad vwmm a n'mn,er.`|1n" Gn' e.ru.l `Har t, mp [13 a prol0I1&`1 `.`" through the xuly uu fLne`B1@9-`;` trancz rue:-.. _'.l"n-a Boer5_-P5l*:"dJ;_f_' llfuo um!` Lavtur wuu 0-H-'4' . ; mMAw,,m m.my,at 8o b.oms 1n ALDO Hnuarning,` tut tLey w-61:0. -'1 "`d_~'hed i The {Boers were ha-.u.vIY 0`-1'" on` the Monte gusto hiu. A sxeudy w=u- ' ` _ . * d . } On Wednesday the Bntnsh W.` r | I ovusly shelled.` 9 . '. The Bum. bad one gun 111 atl*)`;; `during .Lh!3 earlypart On. the day when we began _.~.he.l;ng lbw) 11.1 $ across the river. '_1`h8. `13d -nee. No`rde_ni~eidc in the a.-ternoon. 0? oagu-.\Li~es were 1ew. '. ! ` n._ mn.__,_ .__- I. _ ......-.....a -nnufo, hmncr rtly after` arriving `here the ed Infantry visited Jacobsdal, und it full of women and chil- with four of our wounded men, well. - _ _. . the way back the Mounted In- were attacked, and nine. men ounded. Col. Henry and Major 11 and ten men were missing. Ificers were subsequently found -obsdal, slightly woundeq. ` o u l*P)I!* ):'V`Y1 A:u:o:n.n :n .vv\nI1Iv\ID Ill 'rga...u-.u.1~es were 16W. -_ On Thurumy the troops resyed. blffg ` very much '.-a.ig.ud by thelf` m`"`. over the rough `country. . . A. 1 n.. I.~..:,..... hm mu-.nn`nd 9 uosxtxon VVWJ |.l.l'U ulU'InI5luI VUILAJULJI g 0.1 Friuay .h.:.y ocoupipd a P051n 'ab.:uc a thousand yards m advance of }that. previously held by- them. . _< The max; uay. Saturday.-the I}.9h Irtignt _uw-apt the Boers Lrom _L1I1G0i hill, the enemy s artillery sh:_l1lIl8 U19 h-ilhid-e as their ri_lex'nen regured. The Bri._i.h held 111% position. `bwouackmg there last night. mm rlnvv I-Rx" bun III'l'Ml.Q;'7\( URL. . It is .be1oved the lyddite worked `havoc in the Boer trenches. '1fh3 Boers; jare suppcsed to have removed their big !guns back over the Tugela. The rie" 1ireAh-as been very heavy at times. The . [whole country is thLckly wooded, V I rr ille Accident on the (3. I . II. NNIP1 _ .V'l`ln-ee luv:-re. , V At despatch from Montreahsays:--A _ter'rible:accident, by which four peo- lple were killed took plwce Thursday} `afternoon on . the. Canadian Pacific line between `Quebec and Montreal. The C`.P..R.. expgrese which left Quebec at 1.30 inthe afternoon, while` passing Mount Carmel crossing, a.mi1e and a | half fozn_ Three _Rivers,. about 3.301 o clock, struck two sleighs. in each of which were two people. ` 1 .IL_ ___.._I'! ...............- ..... ,.......-. . . The tr_ain`was going at the usual" rate. of speed, and the engineer blew the `whistle and rang the hell at the cirossing, as .required.by the regula- tions. There was 9. heavy wind and snowstorm ,,ra-g-ing an. _tne time, `and the drivers of the teams evidently did not hear the train, and drove right "IL- .L__`_- L___;_ `;__-..'- :_'.-._.`_n_ I. :n, ~ into it`... 1- , . , . _ , Thetwo horses were instantly kill- ed, the sleighs smashed to pieces, and. the occupants thrown under the wheels of the, train. Theiexpress was stopped," and , R'1s.lph Bellemore, the driver of the first sleigh, was taken out dead, `His wife, who was in "the, sleigh with him; and`Nap. Lafrancois, the driver of the second s1eig-h,- were taken out in a dying condition, and died 4:, shotrt-2 ti-me afterwards at the railway station ; `Mrs... Larancois, the fourth occupant, died when `being taken to the hospital at Threevllivers. `IIVLA `AI!!! nmnnin lxnlnnnn I-A Mnusnf uusvu LU I..uD uuayaycu. an .L1|l.C`D a.IIvva.u- `The four people belonged to Mount Carmelyand were on their way home` at the time the Laccident o9cnrred."_ -hf .- i ` Eingilio"0erturn_|---lfiremmn Hurt. ` Bei'1i'n,','Feb. 20.` --- An accident occurrIad- on the Galt-Berlin Branch, G. T. R., yestqay:~n1urn`u`g:. The train. was ru`nningj'6uf, or the; village _of_ Blair "when the tender Wa sf_o 1"ce`L`l rq the `tragg by ice a.long__t1;e rails, ` `and - cra&hei:,,1x1QQ:4,q::;d{tch 'nx__ e;j.__:1je`et] below. LL{zo1:1iy H:`1ie" engine, though :2 overturned. remained on ~the;n9Ldl:fd.._ vFireIi1a.n;Stevens was igixyggi,` h -n:o_t_tata_lly`. `I31 ; - . ` 1 - .. .- .~ -4 3.- I _ Todntm" Fe ; (420. ---_, Jus,tit?es` ovsgeni ' - Uurrupupnususv Ullllllu r__u.,y.` . g\.pp1i;ca,t onHo_f'"t.'hg sqxiigh Ontgmib cor-Q-, ru1)tion1sts'dr `a.l,1tn1i ss_io1; {;6_'fT part , of tlie nes ihilst-`fail. ` Mr.j.,J_u\t;ic-\ ;-Uslcxj. says: So far aggthe _.p' jniibqd are concerned, tl1_e:y f=appa1;.,=sggib_ we ground e11_1;,.;t_1_;;e,x,z.;_? a;__r.'Q; 1_1fx1@'1' . pay _ nythlng,$Ia.,1tf:asb!I'v\rhi;_lx, if 1iS'-5; item": _.to vwuldi main si_`n1p`,iy `they are gnut "2 . ,. and F . yspp have decided tha't."~"t:hc;! -L ` `E. oicials V at, gt l `ti i ` b _ ` M sH iom1g3 5b;i5E,gwyqC:a:i"` j; 5 , reports that`:%l;_ _A zlgan ggtipi or. here 11 :gn*9t,eqtr .w - T o a.`-'3 TY, IA`.a1.__ `akin bsdal, Feb. 16.-Fr6noh', with a I artillery. cavalry, and mount- ntry, reached .Kimberley_ _last` i , Thursday. I ; following from Gen. F_rjenchT evived this morning :-_- . a.ve.oompletely dispersed the from the southern side of Kxm. g from Alexandersfontein - T to V Lsfontein, and am" now- going` py their ground. - I e captured the enemy's lan- d store depot eupplnes and sup- I f ammuniuon. ` _ - _ j noun PEOPLE KILLED :3 * ES V II 0 .m.n ~ _` _t.tI'uo 1:a rm+-..'- A Corruptlid T iNear Chieveley. "Captures Strong Boer Psltlon ` GEN. cnomsvs RETREAT BARRED ` % rid Boot Gonoral Said to-no co-wmilr Snrroindod-No Conrmation Ftqn - ` ' Way once. but `oVc_,|'IIlIIOIIt l In- .fonnau,_on lb Sgttfuotol-y- -l),o!~ duoht oocvnplod-Brahma : Hutu Drive: the Enemy I Ollie " ` _ London, Feb. 20%. -- The War or- ce has rcqeived the following des- patch from Gen. Bullet: l`In4-uunnslnnv IV.`-9.-\ `4`4uI. -[ll -In xAu-a J IIUJAJ IJJUJCJAAJE IIIJIUN \l`-`I-I . comm_ence his bold ratreat on fontein between % the ,_ Britisha Uri. He du red vnot` h'ampe1' hlmsel kmg his heavy guns, and! aban-; them both_at Kimberley! and 1i.+to-meln. How many, the corre- ent does not say. Gen. French ft K`im'bc1'ley, amd.` iv.-{now help- ens. Kelly-Kevnny and H'it'hene_,r" .-;,h the r: In-.-mnt o1 Crunjo`s aL`my;.- Times uor'res-pondent at Modder says it is expected that the; Bder` guwrd will fightall the wayx. fontein. It says that ja'tele~`g.`ttu_n the Boer comm-nndzint wus`fo_un d mining that the `Baez-s'hua.'_bo;en" etely caught. The` de'sA`pa.t4ch 6011; I Chieveley Camp, Feb. 19. - .1 yes- 1 _tez'da.y f moved around the enemy ; ` ank. The Queen's, Whobivouacked on the northern xalope of Cingolo, crossed the Nek, and, supported by ; the rest of the second brigade, under { I-lildyard, assaulted and to`ok"t.ne i southem end of.Monte Cristo. y _ , ,_IA , .1 I c an r\l\ - ___ A , } oners. SV IllI\II CI \I`C\A `IA .dlA\.IJI II`! `J5 IQ UK]. 3.20 .,1.m.--'Assa.ulted by heavy ar- tillery re on their front and ank and attacked on their ank and rear,` the `enemy made but slight resistance, ani_`i, `abandoning their strong posi- tion, were driven across the Tugela. I have taken seeral camps. a. wagon load of ammunition. several wagons of stores and _supp1ies.a.nd a few pris- Captured 1 00 Prhonorll. ~ Durban, Feb. 20.--'I'he bombard- ment of the Boer position _on Hlar'1:.;- wana Hill. ' was continued `Sunday, 7and_ ghting was still proceeding at 6 prisonera. o'clock last evening. It is said that the British have captured a. hundred I:_:nl.I. IJ|--4.._ I\.--.I-...;I.` ' Sterkstrdoln Camp. Sunday, Fb..]8 --"I`he Boers are retirig and General Brabants forces are _now entering Dordrccht. _ - Mr. Wyndha.m~wa.s"bcset by anxious `members of.t.he.Housc, but would `only reply that the Government's lnews Iwas extremely ~s'a.tisfact.o_ry. The sole explanation of thc.Govern- ment withholding good news is that conymation and-mo:-e~details a.re_ | awaited. London, Feb. 20.l'V--A (3.45 a..m'.)-`l A member of the Cabinet told Mr. H. _W. Lush last. night that the War 0!- ce has received a. telegram announc- ing that Gen. Cronje was hopelessly surrounded. ' 7 - Gen. Cl-oujo said u} but ACm`nploto.l ! At the Mercy of the lritish--\Var`uco '; Rotiogmn The situation as .di.<;closed by cor- respondents over tlfe Free State bor- der is tantalizing -to -the public ex- pectation. The `elementary facts "are. that` the Boers are treklking eastward toward Bloemfontein, with slow moving baggage trains, and that they . are pursued by Lord Kitchener with Gen. Ke1ly-Kenn,v s division; `Gen. iliaodonald with .the Highlanders ,made a. forced -march to Koodoos- rand Ford, and on -Sunday pushed twenty miles "eastward. Gen. French ,left Kimberley` Saturday, going east |a.long the Modder'Rivef~` `Lord K_it- chencr is trying to outmarch and to outank the-_ Boers, thus checking |thoir retreat, if possible, and `driv- 'ing themfback' into the"hands of Mac- donaldvand French. ` ' ` PITI- _ `II ? A .. pg` \_ .v ingg, . ,,, 3.; -.3 '- 7 WI--Ft th`iB's-515"-!3:rvIw5$9;""' T :g;&[..ore11z,o, Fc1)__,;., _ `op .ocxsS:`ti=9`rrx.:%.+tvicea; %.::-aceivea .he.1' L,th:.'vivW"`,;;*lot5,t,f; _ _ % ghers .on;.fSpy' ;da3*` l:!'0n1~~.,:y1.wguru|u11I.e1u wxuluup ugnug-.~ he retreat. The well-known !`no'- 0111 range the Boer guns` Acdvgr-` v 51411: Luau VVOLD IIILDI-IU\l.|Il.I tau-H of the Boers has now va,i8_he_g rut\:1r-iv do cu-s-wuo. n \nI\IIlIo|4J\A (A4ll\.L .I.' I \4lI\illu The `War Office message communi~ cated to, Mr`. Luch fseems to` indicate `that Lord Kitchener _eithe'i' has got. `ahead of the Boei-s` or is about to realize his plan, and_;that. the TWa.r result. Ofce waits to a_nn`0uncev a. decisive. ,___o-n `an % .- . `-.- ."s'ist M tli" Bot` wifzihwhila 1 Cqnimadnnt nexarey, with the Boers from Coleslurg, is hanging on the right`ank- `or the" British pursuing column; seeking` ` to` delay their mo\(en,I_en!-_.5. 9~?.1(.i__so t9.,._q.8-,. "ig"dn' tiaihs to es- cape.` ' d'....I.....u.... 41 -........._....|--. n..:..I- LI... Maya. Stud_en1_:s= of .t._opog'raphy think the Boers will h_arcuy risk a. ght: gnntil they get inf1j,o`- *[the rough; ` z_1Qrth_of B10`exnf6n'teji'h._:?~~ . . , .. \, Qlrouje .~ut'rouuded7 3[.o11(ib ii.' f`,I'5..,." 20.. 12.30 a..m.) . -,-Tho War Of_e",a,t_.mid1iig"h t: an-. lilication from South Africa. .111), _, ,0:-1,4. *nounced that it had 'nothing for pub,-__ `asvcuvavnn An va.n.| aavunvaa 4;. * In .1;e~;1o1;a_;'ies of the i_i3T{se, of Com-. ` mons last evening, however`,"i`t,;W'a.s} remarked that Gen; :C1:.onje"W'u,s isur-V -._ro_unded,-_ gtihsit`-/Gen. F_rench had go_t:: : b.t;Ween `:t`11e,: L-`Boer qfqrcesv and. _B1oen 1-` -`fontein, ,a_h'd"t]1a.t he waspnly await- 'in`g"rein`forcem`ents to close in 9): the * .,e'nem'y. No cbnlirnxation .p',f ans ru- mo_rI is obtainablef`. although: the "gene ` cra_jl= idea L,is"f.t.ha. t the Qoxgqrnment has ; -Aj1`_e:(:'eiV'eg1"~`i`ii1pd'$;"t,ant dgspiitchea. It i;s..saig1-j-`that _t,h'=gW,a1`--, ,_omc_ .2 has E: .recef'_e glood .,n'v\r's`.'fr6m. Gfren. "1j`1fe_nQh. % ;:e5fe_tjex;9';b G_e__nJ`-Crnje. ` ' .'_W `.5 J;-I;Q-f;I|nL`l!"M8`3:!(iln'.)Q.l'lp.-)3. I4Q11_$1dh.' _.I`3l{3j,`;4 U-:'!",,"-"h.e EDS TOW?!` correspondent" of the Dail y~~New;V- tlqgrggg Sunday, says; Ln`rr_i "Ifd1 ."|lLItil"I R,- fnr-\.e_ .-T -1i:a.rn_ has nrrivnd` _1C1!.55lfa_py.1_II5 Duuuny, says; .141 [I'll A__Me_ t,h1i.xi}s= 1'9r_o9,g 3:1 .1arn, has arrived` 5&3 "1. . =hWi`1_.1s got tlvn-o.xis:h `from ;,'M&gerafonteig'1` withgqtj ` .. 1.-.. li_\ ueu PJ', svw. ~. *3` ~19-*=' \R but , ,0 ' ti `T 8. 318, ~47? E3ve.mx,z;.a;a"`*Yo;%` enr 0: . p ` $53 ~,:-.pff8pX}el'8 , was `? ;"3T "~':f ?y?i;ag`g L"'i7'?r%por\t.ad_ aga- D. ' o n. T KinhY3ex-le`y3.`T`v3av* In-i ti~h Enter l)m-dro-sin. AV"l:L`c:'t3I`xi'1:-15"}: ']iimb,rl_e;. ' -I-Q.` 7. c'p.. , Inc: An , patch from London `says:-J;-_ lowing zdespatches from Loyd" respecting the relief of Kim-. ave been p.1bl.ishod- by the War H SURROUNDED. IE OW `._\\\`X` H gag;-1 1 i -13A"'ce.r a." palace ; lioree cars, .veft uriat cars.` one box `or A1u.ge.ge.`e_.nd,e. commisaiarlat car. Mdjor Laurie, Lieut. Strange -and Bergt.-Major Whitehead were in charge. One hundred and ..ten more _men and the rest of the horses will arrive in about a. week. Prices or Grain. Cattle. cheese. aw. in the Leading Marts. Toronto, Feb. 20.-About forty oar- loads of live stock came to hand this morning, Except for the best cattle the market was not a satisfactory one, and ,`tha proportion of poor stuff continues unduly large. cu- _._A. __La.!. ` [MARKETS or THE wnm vvpn ucnnunrw 1-gnu:-J u-- rd We had 9. fair trade in expprt cattle, and prices were maintained gt from 4 1-4 to 5c per pound, with an eighth on` a quarter more for choice selec- t-ion_s. ..s 11 _A _All the best butcher cattle sold at about the prices of last Tuesday, that is, from. 33-4 to 40 per pound. and co- `oasionaily a little more for picked late; but four` secondary to inferior cattle the demand was snow, and prices. wnhe scarcely quotauly changed. Showed 3 wsaakening tendency. Several loads were left over. ' The market for stockers was slow, and prices T weaker. ` L`.....l,...`.. .....-A l...11.. -...-..o. n'I-nnrnf un- guns that were.pus"he `Sat?-`lg rmltfvvnvunux `LA Dunn rnnncun`