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COI.OMAL RAIDERS. Ill I I KM . I .> , IUIIU KOI'KItT*. Canadians and Quesnslanders Invade the Free State. A GREAT BATTLE NEAR AT HAND riri-s i oinmn Dn<1r GOII. Warrvn I.voi trr- I-..IHP Hablniton'c Hor.o !>.- ttrn^, Kro. s...i.., Proporti-- M- fcfcliiC still Hold* Oui-ltrbol. C.|.,..r,,l b T I ..I.., .I..I. Kt i.o, ,,,(.. -How ,, | r(a i London, Jan. 15. Lloyds Weekly ni-.vspuper prints ihu following d,'- sp.itch, dntKl llelmont, Cupe Colony Jan K) "Col. 1'ilrher, with 40O Canadians and vjiii-.- r ..slainlerM and a battery of Bojal Horn* Artillery, made a re'c.m- naiHunce vesterd.iy and .ulNaiiciii 10 mil.* into the !>! State. '"lltev sighted a patrol of the ene- my nt K.,rrielt u-te The liners fled, abando. :n,g their rillos and aminuni- tiou " /. l i .in u- ThTs,.,,j.. I',,., tlou Il.loro th B.ior. tii.l Kiif>ui r It. i,, ...i Rensl.urir, Cn\*> Colony. Jan. 13. A str"in> force of Hri'is'i troops ad- vanci><( this morning under cover of a brisk trtillery flre an<l emamped at Hlinifersiontetn. on t.he liners' eastern flank The Ho, r patrol reiir.Ml, |, in subs-spiently a body nf Hocrs at- tempted to s-iw the position, tin ,,i enirv' comninnicatinn Ix'tween the British encampment and Itensburg. The New XIM landers with a bril- liant dash frustrnted, the at'em|it. They raced and seized the position first and tired volleys at the enemy. who retired in the direction of Colus- UR1TI>H IN l Ht I-UKK (TATK. 0o. BablBton sud Col. Pllrhor M .rt. Modder River, Thursday, Jan. 11. On. Uabington, with two regi- ments of Lam-asters, tile Victorian Hounted linles und a battery of Horse Artillery, left here on the niorniiig of Jan. 7 (Sunday), and crossed the Free State border Tuesday morning. t>iinultaneously other movements Were uiude. A column under Col. Pilther went from Uehnont to the outh of Cen. Habingtop's route, wlnla a portion of the garrisons of Klolvfontein and Honey Net Kloof, under MH inr Hryue, advanced to- Wanls Jacnlis.ial. lien. U.ibnii:t,,ii p.-netrated 12 miles and bis scouts M. They saw no sign of u riued li.,ers. The farm houses weru found empty, the occupants hnv- tng hud news of the advance and gona further into the Interior. The British bivouacked at Hamden. They burned threo [arm houses, ths prop- erty of I.ubhe, one of the Boer lead- ers. YeKienlay they swept around southward, r>-t iirning here to-day. Nothing was accomplished except a reconnu i s.sa n ce . Col. I'llclu-r came into touch with Gen. Babinyton, and they returned to Belmont. Major Bryne reconnoitered the hills for about four miles from Jucobsdal, and saw Too lloers. A 01:1 vl K VI I I K NEAB. lth <;Ul Actlvo W on I J.T. BQI lYetoria, via Lorenzo Marquez, Fri- day, Jan. la. Everything points fo a great but i le within tho next tew days. Ladysmith, for the loat two night*, has been firing rockets. The object Is not known here. I ^.i,,,,, M, ,, n r!4i>7. Ladysmith. Friday, Jan. 12. (By heliograph.) The besiegers have been quiet for two days, but can be seen la active movement on the dis- tant hills. Wu have perceived two HIM, ill bodies galloping with two ma- chine guns. The Liner heavy piece on Ilulwana Hill has not been fired for two days. More Boer dead have been found at the base of Camp. All is well here. TKTINQ THE t'OI ONIAL RKHELV Ch*rg* of Trii,n Will bo Prouod A(Ml..H( !h...,i t I'Mpo Tnwo. Cap* Town, Wednesday, Jan. 10. The proceedings fm- Lrensnn insi i tuted against the Dutch colonials who were taken in arms at Sunny- side, are being pressed. Witness. * have been interrogated to-day, tho preliminary examination before the magistrate will be held later, and the trial will be conducted by the Su- preme Court. Ths Colonial Dutch point out that these prosecutions will serve to make more rebels,, as they consider the treatment of the prisoners designed to terrify them. Some Britons re- garded the prosecution aa impolitic, In view of tho fact that the Boers are nblo to retaliate upon the 1OO British ollicers and the U.-'jOO privates In their hands, and might do so un- less all who light in the Boer ranks are (rented as prisoners of war. Thn H.'. -is !>eep -up a continuous sniping near Dordrecht. Five colonial scouts were captured on Monday. Ix>rd Kc, belts and Lord Kitchener were most fervidly received on their arrival at Capo Town. Wr mil. Hmy> No I ,..* in Situation London, Jan. 1 ">. - The War Of- lic issued at m.dn. -.-.' a despatch from Kield Marshal Uoberts, dated Cupe Town, Sunday, Jau. 1-1, S ,'iO p.m., saying: "There is no change In the situa- tion to-day." The War Office simultaneously Is- sued the following from Lord Koberts, dated Cupe Town, Jan. Ill, .'{ HO |).m.: ' ",Iethun's cavalry recnnnnisance returned on Jan. 11. Went IT, miles Into Free State. <onnli\ dear of "iieiny, except [mtrols "All cjuiet at Moddei- Uiver I- renrh reconnoitered around the .neiny's left Hank on Jan U). Ad- vanced from Sliumger's harm on Jan. 11 \vith cavalry and horse artillery in bombard Hour laager east of I'olesbu-r Junction, but was unable to out Hunk the -nemy. "iV'-oiiiiiiisMiii-e of cavalry and mounted Bastard s north oi' rule,. Catacrc reports infantry pushed north of \ck and examined country no chance. "All well on n.-c. 28 at Uafeking." A - 1 I K 01-- >II,|-KV-E. situ, lion III -ull'i Alrlo ot ill. n.JIM nlii K .,( III. W-.k. London, Jan. 15. (4 a.m.) I hi- week li.us opened In a state of SUSpe.llse ..,,,i...sl .-,plul to ljl.it Of la.it. week. tn-.-uuse it is recognized Ui.u .i 1.11,1,1.' oi i.tmeral itullia s pre- ' ent utt<-iii|ii would seal Uio fat of Lady smith. If the announcement of Gen. War- ren's tuo\e.iicnis be correct. It U evi- dent that General lfuller'8 forces are spread over a \e.r\ \\ido front per- haps lii miles and in the event of a udden fall of the river his operation! mti,'ht bo full .if dam; r >ir Charles Warren's advance pro- bably means an attempt to seize Hiiingwium Hill, the mam post of the Hoen south of the Tugela. Cpon the success <>r failure of i Me.se opera- tions del >cnds th whole future of the campaign. Until t!e result is known. Lord ll.ilxTts will be unable to de- ride how to dr pose the two divis- ions and the reinforcements now ar- riving. 1 - H mi b.rl v ltiiig Hom nMrdVri 7 A dcspa'ch to Thu Daily Mail from M ler i.lMT. da 1 cd .lau. 1O, ifivtJS a rumor that Km.berlcy u as being t>uml<ardod. ! the A, -Id, and that . unh i he troops ! now at sea or preparing to sail, there will be au aggregate strength of 100,000 men, 3i!,oOO horses and 448 guns in the course of a few J weeks. This will be done without stripping India, Knglaud aud Ireland of their battalions, si iliened by mili- tia, and without. calling for more than 10.0OO out oi 2ii,uou ,-, soldiers. Mvddor ItlTor l-oi.on.d. London, Jan. 15. Col. Arthur Panel, in writing home, says that he was seized with dysentery, us wore | many othc* 1 ottiivrs. alter Macersfon- tein, by drinking the waters ,,f i he 1 Moddei- River, which ha<l bisen pollul- I ed by dead Boers. Ten days at Wvn- berg Hospital set him up again, and he has returned to his command of tho Scots Guards under Lord Met li- nen. Hoffman Kobvl. Cape Town, Jan. 15. It is re- portud that Mr. Hodman, a irember of the Capo Assembly, who joined tho Boers, as a surgeon, is a prisoner at Do Aar, and in all probability wiU be court-mart ia lied. *li.-r It... r Anima.iitloo. Durban. Wednesday, Jan. 10. There is a Boer commando in s, .un- ban 'M country, Zululaiid, within a day's march of the sea with wagons. It is believed to be waiting for sup- plies and ammunii inn seire.llj lauded near .-t.. Lucia l)u.\ . Tne Hours huvu looted all stores and mines in Uie Swaziland territory and the ruined natives are complete ing the work of destruction. llovr l-ri-mi.-.. l:.-inrii. Moilder Klver, Jan. 10. Heavy cannon. iding was heard in thu direc- tion in' Kiiabcrley ;,et -A ,-en . r > anil 7 o'clock this morniiiv; Two British prisoners who arrived yesterday rejiori that they emlur,-d severe hardships, after escupin ; from Uloemfontein jail. The.r clothing was m rugs when the\ arrived here, linxrlcii, li I. li -l-..,...! Washington, Jan. !.">. Secretary of Slate lla> s.iul on Saturday night that the British i:<>\ eminent hud i.- leo-sed the Aniorican gi toils on the Dutch sloauier .Maria, and that they were now in I'eluMia Bay. The goods couttibl of Hour and other pro- visions, which the Knglish authorities sei/A'd as contraband oi war intended for the use of the Transvaal troops. THE HUMOURS OF WAR. BHTHO*IASB1 I <IM< BOKKS Fortify I. n N ARK MAKING ....i wt uf l -.0- K.irr.tu London, Jan. l.V The Standard publishes the (oilovviiiK front. 1-a.dy- sunih. Thni -siia.v . .Ian. 11, by helio- l^raph, \ la \i . eium. "The Boors are fortifying positions north and \\e-.i <n I.ul\ smith, doubt- luss with u v ietv of securing a safo lint* of retreat .n.H.id their opposi- tion to (Jun. lluller's advance fail. Tliey still siirrouu.l Ladysmith In larire numbers, and muy be contem- plating another attack. It is known, however. th:\t they are frreatly de- presseil by their heavy lomes. Prior to Saturday they were perfectly con- ndent of their aliility to detent the garrison and to take possession of the town." AKB BURKS TO I.KATB >lIT DliriMir . <L ..,i h> I h.r t Lm.lT-.l.ll It. London, Jan. 15. A despatch to The Daily Mall, dated Jan. 112, from "Sir Charles Warren inarched with 11,000 men eastward from Krere, by way of Wuonen. His scouts found no sign of the enouiy at Orobler'n Kloof, whlln Colanso was ascertained to be dnserted. "There were rumors that the Boers are preparing to leave Natal, discour- aged by their failure to reduce Lady- sinith. All the colonials and irregur l.irs have bevn placed under Gon. Warren s command. \inong the Freo Staters killed In th.> aitack on L.idysmlth on Jan. i -v .IN Commandant lieVilliers. who. but for his well-knovvn friendliness to I'liglnnd. would have liii'n o<>mmnnd- er in i hief of th<> r'roc State forces." III Mmk Another h ffort. London, Jnn. 15. \ despatch to The Times from Lorenzo Mari|uez, savs: 'A leading Trnnsvanler snys the Uoers will make another des|er- atu attempt to reduce Ladysmith." Over Ibo Ovpurlurfi ..f tli. llrlll.h Valou tr !" Soulli hfrlOM. London, Jan. 15. Though many stirring i. -ones li .1 . . marked tho de- parture of thu Iti r tsh troops for the front, diirine. re. ent months, Satur- day's outburst oi the l"l| .i| '. I:, ; he I on- diin volunteers w.is |ttite impreci-denl.- ed since the jni'il..- M is tne tirst occ.i ,ioti in tin- 'ii.-iury of the ino\ ( - inont that liri'iKh \oliaiteurs have been permitted to serve sido by side with the rei.Milars in real warfare, and the people t"r"ed out in hun- dreds of thousands to celebrate it. The crowds becnn to throng the route boior* dawn and increnN"d in such proportions that a detachment of the Lonl Mayor s Own were en- gulfed at various stages uf the march. M niv f uri <! I IO..M .I.trk -. Southampton. Jan. 13. Immense crowds tilled the s ree's of South- ampton as the volunteers boarded tho transports Briton a -id Uarih i i K . on Saturday. Many of the soldiers carried I'nion Jacks on their tuns. The lord Mayor, tho Ijidy Mayoress and many oINcials took luncheon on board the transports. which finally sailed am!<! tho tooting of whist h-s, tho cheer of the crowds and the jila>- ing of national anthema by the bands'. HAS I ADTSM1TM MKKN KICI.IKVKDT t* 1 ht Pr*lt*iit Ram* t Mn Kfl>at No < .ml), iiinlion. I'm 1.. i n. Friday, Jan. 12. The inl ire absence of news from Chieve- le.v . or l-'rere Camp, continues, but l.heru is a persistent rumor here that Ladysmith has been relieved. All win <;.. \vll. London, Jan. !.">. The special correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at l-'rere Camp, in a despatch dated Jan. 10, after describing the situa- i ion as already known, says: "1'ossi- ! bly you may not heiir from me for t ho next two days or so, but, believe me, all will go well." BRITISH WAR STRENGTH, 1 l,.r. Will b. lilu.il.lil M.,,, 39.000 Hor- and 448 <>UIIA In th lioer C:illlpNlgB. London, Jan. 15. The Dp.ly Cliromtle publishes yesterday a de- ' tailed sUitemont show lag that 104,- i ur:! men. wltb 2M> guns, are now in DRESDEN MAN MISSING. Hw th* Thl. U.rx lurnwl i. Mar- lor luforiuant at Otlitwu Minor Mat tor*. Prince Alforio, commander of the ! Papal Guard of .Nobles, died on Sun- day. British societies in the Unit.nl States have raised and will contri- bute $250.000 to tho Mansion Uousc Fund. Mis. Mary Munson, a widow, 58) years old, was burned to death on Saturday evening in her rooms In New York. Mr. Claxton, formerly a leading dry-goods man and notod philanthro- pist of Montreal, died at an early hour on Sunday muniing. Hon. (Jeo. Uryson. Sr., died on Sat- urday morning at 1<> o'clock at his resilience at Port Coulonge. Quo. De- ceased was in hiR 87th year A despatch from Hordighera, on tho Riviera, on Sntunlnx, .innouncitl the death of Mnnlio Carilmldi, a son of the late General Canbaldi. Krnnk Conrick, se< reiary of the Chicago Huilders' and I'mdes K\- change, fonrinu. hydrophobia, commit- ted suiridi! hy shooting on Sundav. On Dec. 28 Thonms Fuller, ' _>.> years of age, loft t lie home of Thos. Verley, Dresden. Ont., and no true.- of him can bo found. Fuller was slightly demented. There are over 1,<H>0 entries for the houltry show nf Cim-inmiti, (V, this week. IncliKlInf! nil the stiit-s and Canada. There will he exhibits also of dressed poultry ami i>ugs. Three people were burned to den Mi In a lire on Sntueilev nicht in a two-storv frnme (IwelllnK on Pino strei't. Cornnn. \.Y. They \\-eie Uliy.ibcth Cninjibell. 49 yc<irs old; Jennie Ounpbell. 'J4 ynnrs old; Ar- chie Campbell, 10 years old. Jokfc N. w iinii Old, I'm f-iii III ftr*l*ff*il CI110*. Aiiropo ol s,,ut h \trlt-Hii Kvfiit*. It may be our rcast beef, it may be our Anglo-Saxon blood, or it mav be our national light-hearteduess, but the Kuglish warrior refuses to be depressed. If there are anv circum- stances calculated to induce a e ions view of things, they are to be besieg- ed by a vastly superior force in an un- protected town, to have yonr tele- graph wires cut, and to know that re- lief cannot roach yon for many weeks. Yet, according to the latest reports, ( Col. Baden-Powell HO affectionately abbreviated to "B. P." is very cheerful at Mafekiug. When Crouje proposed to surrender ' ' in order te ] avoid further bloodshed," ho had ask- ed "when the bloodshed was going to beign. ' ' Being roused from sleep by a messenger from the enemy, he had pronn.-d "to let them know when he had enough. " Col. Baden-Powell is to be congratulated on his excellent spirits. So, indeed, is Kimberley. , where, while the enemy was counting their dead outside, the victors went home and danced. This town also announced that one cooking pot had been injured after a tlsy's bombard- ment. Both cases are pleasant varia- tions of the Don't-Speak-to-the-Man- at-tuo- Wheel policy. When the Mun- ar the Wheel can crack a joke with the tempest, the passengers are not likelv to be doleful. Neither "B. P." [nor Mr. Rhodes, however, typical Englishmen as they are, is the inventor of this branch of humor. War has always had a certain grim fun of its own. Sometimes it is the U-sieger who holds the best end of the joke. So long ago as 1347, w'len King Kdward III. was before Calais, a letter fell into bis hands which hud been written by John de Vienne to King Philip, describing the terrible straits to wloich the town was reduced. Kdward at once forwarded the missive to its proper destination, adding on his own account a nostscript recommending his Majesty to hasten to the assistance ol his devoted and beleHgnred subjects. The rovril was very much ol thennigh and t Mafeking texture. Indeed. Kdward 111., must have been a [good monarch to blockade. A few years lief ore. at the siege of Tournav, he prn|>osed to Philip to settle the issue by single combat, or. ill the alternative, by a 'i UK) picked men on r side. Can you not imagine how "B. P." and hm merry mcu would welcome a Unit of pure tisti culls with at. many Hours uo a tiiial lost of racial ascciuu'iicv ''. There was a good deal of this sort of pleasantry during the Civil War, the cavaliers, as might have been ex- uected, showing themselves to l>e IH-I- ter jesters. A little skirmish thnt happened at the siege of Carlisle in Hit. i would have delighted Dumas. The Roundheads held the town stout- ly, and were not to be drawn into l>attle. But one day a certain Lieut, '/risle. with a handful of dragoons, rode acroKM the stone bridge within [iistol shot of the wall and carried off sonm linen which was drying outside' thu gates. This dastardly outrage for the Puritans were always particu- lar about their linen was too much! for the garrison, who immediately sallied forth to the rescue of their garments. There was a tierce little fray, which ended not only in the :-,-., very of the shirts, but also m the capture of the daring Frisle. As a: mau of humor, be would uo doubt, appreciate the joke if his captors had had tho wit to bang nut his own roy- olist shirt in flaunting defiance of the Ixisleglllg host. In America one finds the [game An- gin-Saxon knack of looking on the bright side, and even, when there is no bright side, of inventing one to 1 look at. The siege of Vicksburg, dur- ing the Civil War, was as depressing au experience as is likely to fall to the lot of any modern garrison. Yet at least oue officer was able to smile on an empty stomach. After tho fall ol the town the following menu wot found in the rebel camp: IHTUL DE VICKSBURO. Bill of Fare for July, 18C3. Soup Mule tail. Boiled Mule bacon, with poke greens. Mule, hum, canvased. Roast Mule sirloin. Mule rump, stuffed with rice. Entrees Mule head, stuffed a la mode, i Mule beef, jerked a la Mexicans. Mule ears, fricassed a la gotch. Mule spare ribs, plain. Mule liver, hashed. Side Dishes Mule salad. Mule hoot, soused. Mule brains, a la omeiolta. Mule kidney, stuffed. Mule trijje, fried. Mule tongue, a la bray. Jellies Mule foot. 1'essert White Oak acorns. Beech nuts. Blackberry loaf tea. (ienuine Confederate Coffee. Liqueurs Missisispni water, vintage 1492, inperior, $8. Limektone water, late import at ion, very line, $'J. ,.,. Spring water, Vicksburg brand, $1.00. Meals at all hours, (ientlenien to wait upon themselves. Any inattention on the [( uf servants will be prompt- ly reported at the oltiro. JEFF DAVIS & CO., Proprietor*. The man must have been a relation of Mark Twain. For HO high-spirited a people the Spanish war was some- what lacking in humor. What thr wan, however, encouraged us to look mainly to Capt. "Bob." Evans for scintiilat inns in the event of future operations. His language is stronger than an Knglit.h officer and geutle- man would use, and his remark that the Spaniards "didn't hit a thing bnt the ocean," is boorish, beside "B. P. 's" courtesy, but he had the right point of view. Spain has grown serious that is why she wan beaten list year but her hey-day furnishes one pretty instance of siege humor. It was during the attack on Lenda by the Prince of 1 'oinle. The town was defended by a flue old Spaniard known as Don Ore- gorio. The Prince, 'lushed by the- suooesiifui campaign* of Rocroy and Fribourg, came to Lenda in an im- perious mood, and gave it out that he> would mount the trenches at the head of his regiment on the following noon- day. Meantime this was a wedding custom he ordered his band of four and twenty tiddlers to strike up be- neath the walls. During the night Don Gregorio made a sortie with, much success. In the morning he sent to the Prince a present of fruit and ice fur the wounded, beggimr his Highness to excuse him for not return- ing the serenade, ai he had. unfortun- ately, no violins,. If, however, h* mined, the music which he had given last night wo* not disagreeable to his Highness, he would be delighted to continue it so long as he did him th honor to remain in the vicinity. That is a U-uutifnl specimen of trn* :un luimor : and the case of th l.nirliMi general before Cadiz who ex- unod his men not to be beaten by "those d d fellows who eat or- anges" comiiares rather poorly with it. More subtle, in its way, was thn remark of Bmndfoot daring the sieg* in Jullalabad in support of the conten- tion that 'lie place could be held in- leiiiiiiely. They could, he said, "ool- onize if they liked." Of punsters, one IN _-':id iii Uiul. the English ser- -ont.-uniHl few. The itory .1111 Admiral Duncan, before go- ing into act inn nt l'umi>erdowii with lie Winter, called together his olncers and said: "< Jent lemon, yon *ee a very severe Winter approaching, ^nd I have only to advise von to keep up a good tire". But the most autheutio case of an Admiralty pun is that of Saint (jeorge, who on l>eiiig re<-eived by Aiison after the light at Finisterr*, observed : "Sir, you have conquered the Invincible, and Glory follows yon"- -"Invincible" and "Gloire" b- iug the names of two of ths captured French vessels. TORONTO STUDENT CORPS. Qrnorml Million Kxploln* HI* 4ohoao * Two Toronto CnlloK"*- A large and euthusiastio mass meet- ing of Students of Toronto and Trinity Universities Saturday afternoon, unanimously decided to form a Mili- tary Corps as outlined by General Hntton. The latter, who was pres- ent, received a cordial reoeption and associated with him on the platform were: Director-General Neilson of the Medical Service; President Lon- don, Colonel Delaniare. Dean tiieki*, and many of the Faculty. President London oocupiod the chair and intro- duced ( lenernl Hnttou in a brief s]K-ec'n. warmly commending ths pro- posed orgiiiii/iiiioii. General llutton, after referring to the need of cohesion in the Military Svsteni of Canada, explained that a iH'iu-ei corps, it field hospital corps and an engineering corps were those which had been decided tor tint colleges to raise. In asking them to take part in the military system they were asked to undertake a share in the defence of the country, it was no light matter, and involved wll 'sacrifice, but mili- tiiry s ( > r \iee was a privilege. They would drill on the grounds of th* Royal Military College for 13 days evi i -v summer, receiving the gam* equipments, etc.. as the rural battal- ions. General Mutton then explained the duties of engineer oorps. Two were being raised, one in Toronto, and one in Montreal from MoGill. In conclusion the (umeral asked all the students who thought it right for them to contribute to the support of their country to raise their hands and all hands went np. He thanked them and said he would inform the Govern- ment of their willingness in that re- spect. Director- General Neilson and others added a few remarks and the meeting broke up with three cheers for the Queen, >A \ / 'i