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ing. : mm ‘l (waste, black mas, com- posed chieJ-y oi business men, the ma- jorizy 01 than carrying little Union Jack». Newt beiure was there such a sink of 11-.ng as to-day. Through this clearing :hrong there was only one avenue open to traffic. and. this was utilize I h j the basses going (torn east £10_W3.~‘L. All tmidc in other directions was smiled for hours. ('REHRS FOR THE GENERAL. The. mly way to get past the Man- sion House "ms by mounting the bases, which 3mm began to resemble chariots in a triumphant pageant. Stock brokers. bankers, clerks and workingmen Clambered on top, and, as EYERYBODY WAVED FLAGS. This .wrm of jubilation centred gonad Lb: )Ium‘ion House, and by noon :houéands a; persons blocked the many appro-nchias lo_tha§ grim build- vim 3135er ‘I‘Zlnlnerw on top, and. as the ’bnsses: lumbered past the historic banding they stood up, waving flags, hats and han'fkezchiefs, and calling for cheers for Butler and Roberts. A migh- ty shout answe'ed them {tom the growds through which they were. pass- ng. ing triumph the national trait of self?- rwtraint was thrown to the winds. C ONG RAT ULA' l‘lONé WIRED, The Lord Mayor of London ix:.medi- ml; tel-.gtaphd his congratuhtions lo U»e~n~:. Whiu unu Bauer. and when ”to Queen received. the news at \V’ind. nor the balls on the curfew- tower of the castle wcre mag in honor of the event. 1 has received the following despatchi from Gen, Bullet: “ Lyttleton s Headquarters, March 1. â€"Cen. Duudonulu, with the Natal (‘31-: bineers and a composite regiment en-E tereti Lndysmith last night. The coun- 2 try Between me and Lad) smith is ie-! ported. clear of the enemy. lam mov-l gimp: on to Neithorpe.’ ' LDADON MAD W'IIH JOY. A (lespatch from London says :â€" hen the news of the relief of Lady; itn became generally known London l literally \sent mad with 30), and} throng bout England the scenes “it--3 nessed have no parallel in the memorâ€" a ies of this generation. The pent-up ju-l bilation at the relief ofKimberle) and me defeat of Cronje could no longer be conttwolled and with tow-day s crown- l The lauger was strewn with corpses at the dead, lying in uth-e broad light, unburied and festering. The wounded 'w-ere in an awful pl'gkmt. The h;.-pital corps ware insuixicient to a'tend to than}, and they My a‘baut the lxxager in heaps, some crying piteously. others shrigking' wi;h pain. while many sil- enmly endured their aggny. Glorious Victory for the British Arms in South Africa, v--\.-\."J vub UL LU\’u’ Cd‘- oep; [hair out); and th936 were eaten 8:3 rapi- ly as they were killed by Brit- ish Sb “3. Their ammuni is-n 11:11 given out, and most of their artJlery was badly wreckéd by the British fire. East of their wagons were burne¢ TEX»: 15?:th tflfifilsruiglgedmtely on taking possession of the» lazzger; were ordered by LL rd Roberts to devote all then attention to succour‘ng the TH: condijun of a'fnirs in the camp of th? Beers was something tnghtful. They 1nd. run {emit-ely out of food. ex- Lord Kitchener granted the request »a.s tar as the women and chi.dren were concern-ed, but requested tne surrend- er of ad troops and arms. To this ‘Crgnje agreed. The greetings between the rival gen- erals were kindly, extremely sympa- thetic on the part of Lord Roberts, who has a great admiration for his captive, and brave and dignified on til: part of Cronje. 'rné Boer commander at once left his Laager, escorted by half a dozen offi- cers, and entered the British ines. He r. us me: by Lord. Kitchener, \\ ho im- m diately brought him to the head- qqguters of Lord Roberts. Cronje sent an Uni-oer through the British lines at dawn on Tuesday morning with a flag of truce. The officer sai’J he had a message from the British general commanding. He was taken to Lord Kitchener, to whom he said Cronje was willing to sur- render, having founJ his posi ion un- tenable, and only defeat and capture in prospect of continued fighting. He wished to avoid useless shedding of “blooJ, and to save ,his women and children. He IOQLIESLCJ that they be given safe conduc.. {A deep-Mob from Paardeberé says:â€" Gen. Cronje, commander of the Drama» Free State army, has surrenuered un conditionally to the British forces prisoner in this camp; London, March. 1. SCENE IN THE BOER CAMP Foung in a Frigh'tful Condition ' ter the Surrender. - â€" ‘v- ,-{,w.. sly and called as frantically as the bins '9 had clambend tbs Man- AN ENDLESS PROCESSIOX The \Var Office 2‘58 Wg‘mn on Tuesday! night, and mean-- noitered an that night. W ednesday morning he reported that he could mwb Ladymnith, and the Natal Car- binoers with the Fusiliers and Lan- caa-hires, with several other companies. were plat-ed under his command. .' All thought of business was for- i gotten. Nothing cuuld be done on the ’mock Exchange, except to sing “God ,Save the Queen," and to cheer. Bus- zmess mosai at. 1 o'clock. No one ‘ Wanted to trade on such a day as this. iThe stores put. up their shutters and- Egave their empioyees a holiday. Great gensigns floated in the sunlight from ’hunurcds 01' builuings and little Un- {ion Jacks lit. up. the murky city win- gdows. Grobler’s Kloot was abandoned. and as Gog. Lyttleton pushed 'furwurd (his men, the road seemed L0 be untirely clear. I ' Dundonald, wish his. troop 'of horse. 113.5 sent oqra scouping expedition to They 1m mm- diffirrulty in making ‘h-Pit way through the ravines and Runners yeszei‘dny morning brought information that Bullet expected to relieve the 3781131300 within 24 hours. and consequenly the rejoicing was great. Gen. White made preparations to wally out and aid the advance of- the British, if it became necessary. BAYON ETTED THE BOERS. .Jhtndo‘nttld reports that when the Lancaehires charged on Pieter’s Hill Tuesday, they overtook the Boers ’fly- mg from the trenches, and hayonetted them. Sixteen of the fleeing men were killed. and 23 wounded. The Boers, alter the capture of Pieter’s Hill, on Tuesday. by Geo. Barton, with~ the Dublin Funnier» and two battalions of' the amt]! brigade, seemed to fade away. There wars no general rem-3 ing movement observable, but they simply disappeared as the Britiahadg vanced. [ GROBLER'SS KLOO!" ABANDONED. i V. l .- ' 'â€""â€""' ““““ '“M‘ I). (.11ng wzzh than some Dublm Fusmers and. Lancashir-es. have reached this city, and raised the sienna. They came via inc» ruad acrws (ha Km.» River and easr of Caesar’s Hill. _ _-_ vâ€"v v- “v..- y“l.\'. Mud-ed by Lard Daadonald’s forces, the full mace (,1 the ham} Carbineers, and seven companies of lnaamry, alung . L ,7 n . . _ r - ...- . I- . A despu ch £10m Lacbsmith 3::133 - A ponifn 91 UL? Iorces of Gen. Butler _...- .â€"V ouw null Act-IL the nation in anxiety was removed. The Lord Mayor showed hxmself at a window, mm of which hung- a bum: window, om m" which hung a huge city imperial volunteer flag, and the crowd Strained [or a louder yell. Swid magnates grabbed flaring posters from nexzsboys and brandished “Lady- smith Redeved” to the roaring throng. BUSINESS SHUT OUT. "The Bgers were lying- or sitting on the ground, their faces haiggard and ywan. 'lhey said :here was not a drop rof spirits in the hunger. Every counten- ‘anoe shnvecl joy at the end 03 a dread. mi. :«Lige. Some (if-them laughed, and said they hep-ed they wuuLi soon get whi kby. Nea-zly all the Free Staters Spoke- Englrish. bu': there was not a word about fighting for liberty, the only expreasious being those of joy over the present deliverance. “an man, shaking his fist in the direc ion of General Cronje, exclaim- ed. ‘That man deserves to be shot.’ Not a woman or child in camp had been hurt. except one girl. who showed an injured finger-zip. There were heart- rendinz gree'ings between seven“ men and their wives. Several youths of from 164,0 18 years were in camp; IIML ww- - - --- r" “The Transvaalers appeared to have 1031 their former truculeucy.” The river banks were honeycomb-é ed with trenches, 321:!) as never had been seen be ore in war. These were‘ really underground dwellings. Un-v less ashell were to drop straight down i inLo the opening, it would not reach the interior. Flat trajectory projec- tiles would be bound to fail to touch 2 them. . ‘ On my first visit boGen. Cronje’s camp, 1 “as admitted insiJe, even be- fore the British guard, At every ten pace-s I came upon the swollen car- casses of horses or mules, tainting the air. It seems impossible that the thousands couid have endured such a frightful stench. ‘ White 11.13 appearel, and their bsgan the. negotmtxons whizh resulted m the uzxcoaaikmnu currendtr of the beers. SCENE IN CRONJE’S CAMP. In a despatch from Paardeberg, dat- ed Tuesday, a staff correspondent says:â€" ' Tue Canadian contingent and the Gordon 11 gnlandcrs lock a gram n. n. part in the operation immediate.y-pre- :.e..1.’ng Lb: aux'renccr. Tiny ru 11 d be trenches or the enemy, after wh;cha THE N ATION RELIEVED. - The saraln ot‘hat £01: 1.18 days had kept wounded and burying the dead, as well is caring tor the women anJ children, who, mic-stricken anJ in CXPCCLELIOD 01' come awful punishment, could hard- iy be, induced to accept kindness or aid U’ULU their conquerors. The Br4t1 h commissarut. was taxed to the: utmost to give immediate relief to the amber- era, but everything po;sible 18 bciJg doie i0 alienate the condition of the captives. . EU RTE ER PARTIC U LA RS. ‘that Eng- A spec?“ from Cape Town says a telegram has been received there 1mm Maieking, announcmg that the Boels made ‘a severe and protracted assault, on February 17th, but were drlven. 01f wt; all points. The; truce which '1s_ usually observed Sundays was brok- en on the 18th. by another fierce a?â€" Luck, but after determinedly tight- mg the Boers were repulsed with a loss of forty killed :1 ml wounded. The defenders. ,who were uble to lake :xd- vmntage of the lsbeller of earthworks. lost onlv two killed and three! wound- flu: Boers Were Repllscd “'llll Ilvuvy “Accept for yourself and for all un- der- your command my warmesu con- gratulations on this Splendid news." Lord Roberts replied as follows:â€" “Au under my command are deep- ly grateful for your Majest‘s most gractows message. Congratulanons from them Queen are in’ honour the soldiers dearly prize.” \ . Gen. Bullei‘ has wired his thanks to the Queen for her telegram of gracious sympathy and encouragement. Her Majesty's Telegram and the Famous General’s Reply. In her despatc-h to Lord Robe 1L3, following the announcefment, of the surrender of Gen. Crcmje. her Majesty said:â€" “BOBS” THANKS THE QUEEN ans, 0. member of the Transvaal Exe- cutive Council, two members of the Volksraad. and two sons of Herr Fis- cher, a member of the Orange Free State Executive Council. General Cronje and Commandant Wolverans are President Kruger’s firmest and closest supporters, Wolverans attend- ed :he Bloemfontein coniereuce. ON A BRITISH FLAGSHlP. A despatch from London, March 1 says :---In the House of Commons to- day Mr. Joseph Powell \Viiiiams, Fin- ancial Secretary of the W'ar Office, an- nounced that General Cronje and his family would be taken aboard the flagship of the British fleet at Cape l‘own. “The performance of the Canadians under an absoluiely wiltheringj fire. which caused them to retire 50 yards until therB-ngineers had dug trenches, was spiendid. The dim, moonhghu and cioudy sky alone rendered the enqmy a pquil blank tusillade ineffectu'e. Important Prisoners Will Be Kept On a Warship. A desvpatch .trom Cape Town says:â€" The Boer prisoners captured by Lord Roberts inciude Commandant Wolver- Line- Canadians held the posiuon until dawn. The greatest admxratmn Is expressed Ior their valour, and in 1.8 felt a new era has been: opened to the Empxre now that Canadians have avenged Majuba," Times‘ Corr’espondent Describes Canadans’ Work. A despatch to the London Times from Paardreberb, dated Tuesday, says:â€" .An official despatch from Sterk- stroom, dated Tuesday, says that im- portant operations are developing in Gen. Gatacre’s district. His intelli- gence department reports that 40 Boers were killed during a reconnais- sance on Feb. 23. THEIR C0.x DUCT SPLENDID. Bgyond this brief mention nothing official has been received, but a report comes from Capt Town that Gen. Kitchener is now at Arundel, and that the Boers are retreating toward Nor- val’s pont. If this is so, the movement would seem to be a voluntary with- drawal in accordance with the Boer plan of defence. Lord Roberts’ object is probably' to force them north, cut off their reheat, and smround them as he did Crohje’s army on the Mod- dex. Butler, according to the relieving force, is rapile moving north along ? the railroad from l'ieter’s Station, and :‘expects to occupy Nelthorpe, four 'mites south of here, by tonight. It is [expected Builer’s main ‘column will ; reach here Lo-night or to-morrow. The Bears have not made any demonstra- ition from'L-‘uiwayana this morning. jand it is doubtful if they are aware of ; th» entrance of Dundonaid into Lady- ésmith. Th3y unquestionablyhave re- i tin-d in great numbers from the coun- Ytry surrounding Ladysmith, for, ac- ‘cording to L‘undonald’s reports. the hiils that had been occupied by the enemy to the southwest ,were bare of .‘Boers yesterday.. . LADYSMITH IN DIRE STRAITS. Dundenald came just in time. \Ve ;we're in desperate straits for water ; to drinkm and fevers of various kinds were making sad havoc among the members of the brave garrison. i i Roberts’ Plan to Round Up the Enemy in Cape Colony. A desyatch from London, Thursday, says zâ€"Lord Roberts yesterday cabled the War Office as follows:â€"“Rens- berg was re-occu'pied yesterday by Gen. Clements.” ATTEMPT TO RUSH‘MAFEKING. around the hills to the southwest of the city, and last evening crossed the plain following the railroad track and entered the city.- HAILED WITH J 01’. Their arrival was hailed with fran- tic joy hy the beaieged. At lirst it was thought they were the advance 0‘. Bu.ler’s main force, but this was not THE BOER PRISONERS. NEW OPERATIONS. Thé captive. lemkved profoundly evm‘ble. . The Daily Telegraph's correspondent 32' Modder river, in a. despatch dated Feb. 28. describes the arrival there of Commandant Cnonje. He says that the Kaffirs raised cheers. but the troops made no demonstration. Commandant Crn-njo 3.de his wife took lunch at the we], and left in the :nfternoon on .‘a special train for Cape. Town, the Brit- ish troops preéé’nting arms and the bugles sounding a general’s salute as Cmnje bedded the train. A- despatch from Kimberley, dated Feb. 28, states that parties of Boers are raiding in that neighbourhood. It ‘is stated that they are looting Klips dam and other places. Reiniorcements have been sent to Bat‘kly WeSt,where an attack is expected. The Boers are said to number 400, with two field guns, and two maxims. There is also a réport that Boers are to the south-west of Gen. Roberts, which apparently indicates an attempt no harass his communications. Buffallo, M a rob 6.--b“prinxg wheat du'll ; No. 1 ha rd, carluaudz 75 3:1c, r‘ and 10.5. 75 1-20; No. l nurxhdru. cal‘louds 74 1-20, round 10:5 740. Winter wheat, numbing doing. Corn, No. 2’. yellow, 380; No. 3 ye-quwt, 37 Ma; No. 4 ~wel- Uw, 37 1-40; N50. 2 com, 37 1-20 to! 37 3-40; No. 3 earn, 37 1-40 to 37 1-20. Oats dull; No. 2 white. 28c; No. 3 whine, 28 1-20. to 28 340; No, Qm'hite, 28 1-4c; New 2 mixed. 26 1-20; No. 3 mixed. 26(:. Rye nominal. Fl-uur Remington’s Scouts Have Already Come in Touch With the Enemy. A despatch from Paard-eherg says: --Rmnington’s scouts are stated to have come in touch with the Boers, who are estimated to alreadynumber 7,000 with artillery, and the concen- tration is continuingj cut. mess pork, $15 to $15.50; short cut back. $14.50 to $15; heavy. long cut mass, $14.50 Lo $15 per barrel; pure Canadian lard: in pails, ‘7 Lalo to 8(-. per 1b., and compound refined at 6 1-4c' to 6 3-40 per l'b; hams: 100 to 120 and ba- CUB. 110 to 120 per 11). ' BOERS C 0N CENTRATING. Cheeseâ€"In the absence of business ppices are nominal M 12. 3-40 to 130 for “DUAL. Pruvi.:ion§â€"-There is a good demand. and prices are iarm‘. Canadian short - Bulterâ€"Ow-Lag to scarcity 0E sup- p1.e.~', czeamely 501d. as h’ gh: as 22% 1.20 and 22.0 was uttered for fresh; “es-tern dairy. Egg.- râ€"Thweze is a good demand at eaten-2m) pxices. We quakeâ€"New laid 18:: to 200. Montreal limed 140 to 150, w- est-era limcd. 13c to 146 and held fresh 12.3 to _1_4c p2 rm doc/.61).: s tend y .. Feedâ€"'l‘he market is active but firm. We quotaâ€"Manitoba bran in bags $6, shorts $17, muuilie $18 to $14; On- mrio bran in bulk $16.50 and shorts $.8 per ton. Mealâ€"Busfhess was-810w at $21.33â€" to $3.40 per barrel and at. $31.62 1-2 to $1.65 per bag. L Flourâ€"The foreign demand for Manitoba flour has improved and some fair sales have taken place, There is also a fair local demand. We qucte: â€"-Winter patents, $3.50 to 353.75; straight roders, $3A.25 to $3.35; in bags, $1.55 to $1.60; Manitoba patents, $3.8J to $1; strong bakers’, $3.50 to $3.65. Montreal, March 6.â€"Grain â€" The market is guiet but prices are steady. On Spot oats were quoted at 310 to 3'11-4c, peas at 71c, buckwheat at 53 1-20 ex-store. For May delivery afloat Ontario Spring wheat 750, peas 741-220 to ’7-lc, rye 2.0, cuts 330, NO.‘ 1 barley 5;c, .No. '23 49c. - Oatsâ€"Are steady. White on the Midland are quoted at 230; mixed are quoted west at 261-20 and white at 261-230 to 270. - 0a1m:a1â€"is quiet at $320 for cars of bags and 33.31 for barrels here. fan'sâ€"Are "steady at 640 east and file west. Cornâ€"Is steady at 351-2c for Can- ada yellow west, American is quoted at 431-20 for old No. 3 yellow and 420 for new No. 3 yellow Toronto. Rye-Is steady at 510 east and 500. west. l‘lt’ MuLâ€"The mark: 1: is unchanged. 0115 o- stmight roder in lands are quoted by buyers at $2 Bo to $1. 9U Barleyâ€"Is steady; No. 2 is quoted at 42c east and at 410 west. I Buckwheatâ€"The markct is quiet at 490 east and 48c west. Iillfeedâ€"Is nominal at $16 to $18 for shorts and. $15 for. bran west. Choice hogs, per cwt. . 5(0 537 1-2 1.451“ kg .., pct cwt'. . 42;) 4‘15 1m..vy n-Vg», per cwt. . 426 475 bquVo. . . ‘ . o o 35} 3.6) hwgs. . . ZLU 2.2.2) '1wonto, Mulch 6.â€"\\hcuL â€" The demund is SIOW and the maxkcL As uu.1 and any at 61 1-20 to. the 101 led and white west. spring “heat 15 euier at Doc. L0 060 azkcd east. Goose wheat is steady at 680 to 680 the latter on a 10W freight for export. Munitoaa wheat IS 88.3181 at 830 to 810 a k: d 101 No.1 haxd grinding in trau- ~iL 511nm, 6uc anoaL May bort W 11- lixm and 78c b (1 North Bu}. Cows, euca. Cal «es, eacn. Shippers, pal uwc. . .; bummer, Unchc, do. . gunmen, mcuium to good Duwum', inn-.1101, . .... DLOOK¢L'5, pcl‘ UWC. . .. Sheep, per cwc. Lamas, per cwc. Emma, par cwt. For. prime hogs, Scaling from. 16) to 200 lbs., tne top price is 53-6c; light and fat hogs are bringing 43-4c per lo. About one thousand hogs were re- ceived ; prices are steady and unchang- ed. Following is the range ’of quota- dons:â€" due DIOyOI‘Liun of poor Lambs ambug the receipts to-day. I'HE TURUNTU MARKETS. Toronto, March 6.4There was an un- fingers and Calves. h‘necp and Lambs. Cattle Hogs. . 20:90 50.60 20 10.00 .6 *2?) 5.64.) . 6.15 4.2.5 '1 33.4..) b.0J 3.60 44,0 2.10 i Mr. Foster was informed by Dr. iBorden that the expenditure to date for transport, pay. and maintenance of Canadian troops to and from the Yukon had been $513,989. PENSION SYSTEM. Mr. Gi'lmour was informed that the Government has now under considera- than a plan for formulating a pension <yszem {or officers and men of the Canadian permaneni corps. and of the headquarters and district staff. who are not under the civil service list. Mr. Ellis was informed by Dr. Bor- den that, in accordance with authority already received, four bearer com- panirss and four field hospital corps are now being organized in connection with the militia, and provision will be made for organizing others in the near fu1ure.~ COST OF BARRACKS. Mr. Foster was informed that the total costs of the military barracks in the Yukon had been $:3:.,953;r “HIE b‘litST CONTINGEV . In answer to Mr. Prior, the Minister of Milida stated that“. the number who went from the different provinces \Vi‘ill the first contingent was as fol- iowszâ€"Ontario, 18 officers, 3?? men; Quebec, .16 offiCers, women; Mani- toba. one officer, 133 men; Prince Ed- ward Island, one officer, 30 men; Nova Scotia, three officers. 131 men; New Brunswick, three officers 166 men; British Columbia, LWO officers, 6! men. Dr. Borden was unable to give the number of non-commissioned officers from each province because they were .not appointed at the time of enrolment. BX further amount of $60,000 is put down as sufficient to pay Lhe bill un- til December 3:31; 191.0. f'l‘ihese two amounis make up the grand total of $1,859,653.6r. Thi: nurses purchased cost. $163,350. Transports by Sea came to $57,211, and transportation tu ports of embark}:- lion $4.2 . Sep'amlilm :lemxmnue; to waves ”oi non-commissioned o ficersand am: will total $14,000. The allowances to officers for outfit. H'u m m arena- twat contingent, at 3125, total $5 (LE; 60 Officers, 3nd contin- gem. at $150, total $9,000; [om nurses 20d cumming-ant, at 339 total. $120; making in all $14, 745 allowed [0 ubi- oera‘ and. muses fur ouuit. The. pay 11m. will be $50,627.24 for the tilt”. contingent, $85,845 10 an the Clan- nan-m Mum ed Rodin”, and $54,601. 67 £01 uh): R yul Canadian A11. “my. «heme tw: » Lugoemm formmugg th6 second con- ”tinge-at Tm M-ini'szei of; Militia. Laii on the tabla 0‘1 Lima HOLLuB a detailed state- man of the oust of the two con Lin- gaanis to Smith. Auiiioa. 111:8 Lotal amount estimated as required is $1,- 859,653,!111: th. Umeiumten: is val; ng a: wave for the round two ms 11'; 0115 in oidm to provide 101 an ore een items. The Premier said Mr. Fisher wasf away on account of Illness, :but he} would call his attention to the nmtter. ; COST OF CONTINGENTS. The. Premier replied Lha‘t much a re- queeL had been. made by=1cerLei-n as- socxauons of m1'nsers, a‘nd that ea speâ€" cial commLssion- he‘d been appointed to ane’sugare the whole matter. This com-musical had not yet reported. ‘ PROTEJ'I‘IUN FROM PLAGUE. Col. Prior called attention to lumber deaths from! bubonic plague m- hono- lulu. He turned that the Government would see that the quarantine (Juicers took every parecnuz,xon in UriLLsh, C01- um‘bia. wiLh regard m vessels..com1n~g iron). the uflecnegl 34.11145. Mr. Mclnues asked whether Lhe Government had been requested to en- Loroe the Allen Lu'b-ou‘r Act in. the Slocan amulet or britisdm Columbia, and; u: so, wnau t.hey..h.1d idonei abuut it. ~ ' ‘ Mr. Richardson introduced a Lill to determine the question when the twenty years exemption from taxation of the Canadian Pacific railway “lands shill]. exp-ire. rIhe Government the other day said this question would have to be settled by, the courts. Mr. Richardson desires that Parliament :Jht’fllld deal wi.h the matter, and to fix, 1991 as the year when G. P. R. lands must pay munichai and other taxes. POPULA'MON 0F DAWSON. Mr. Foster was .told' by. Mr: Sifton that the. present estimated population of Dawson City is 4,445. The. Govern- ment: had no official advice that the population was decreasing rapidly, and knew nothing about it' beyond what had been printed in the news- papers. The number of Mounted Police. now in the Yukon district was 2‘27. . . z i Mr. SLLLn announcad that it was the intention or the Government, as the I'GJLIIC of the investigiitions of the ele- vator commission to deal With this :m-bject by legislation. Mr. Davin introduced a bill to regu- late the trade in grain in tho North- West. It emboeies the provisions 0. the measure of last session, and, in addition, provides for the a} polntment of a general inqpector, whose duty it will be to in pact all scales ‘and weights, and that all elevators bul. hereafter must Le provided with m;- cniuery to enable'graLn to be weighed ,nd cleaned. ' What the Representatives of" the People Are Doing at Lttawa REGULATIN G GRAIN TRADE. TROOPS IN THE YUKON. BEARER COMPANIES. LABOUR TROUBLES. 0N PARHRMENI. War has many Strategies. and near- ly all things are considered fair in the game so long as they are hurtful to the enemy; but perhaps the strangest of all these is attacking him from a point beneath his feet. _ ,‘____-- .. --\.-v gybflluvul .1 \r; “C11. Ordinary shells, it coming within close enough cont-act, may someiimes also do the work; as during the £1ti perm-American war a shell from one of the battleships bombarding San Juan. Porto Rico, hit upon one of these mines uncompleted under a street there, and its explosion killed thirteen Spanish soldiers. ~ If the line along which the enemy’s mining tunnels are bring built is known to the other side the best me- thod ofi undermining ihem is to cross them, and thus close them up. But nowadays such laborious methods may not have to be resorted to. for, while gunpowder blows up, dynamite bur- rows down. and if the position off the enemy’s underground works can be learned, or determined upon, dynamite can properly do the work that form- eri‘y required whole regiments of men. MONTHS OF 'LABOR. That such operations have led to some weird, and one might: almost Bay gincredibloe, occurrences, one may beSL judge from what General Grant, the :geueral cuzmunuling the Northern “-..â€"--.... ... ies would meet underground, when there was always :1 (clash of arms. and they would fight until one or the oth- er party had been driven back almost to the mouth of their tunnels. So that, while he and the greater portion of his army was lighdng above ground, other men of both sides, were often fighting below.- :011 the very same principle that bar- bars are mined to blow up an enemy’s ship; only in the £01m1er instance, in- letead of torpedoes, giant charges of igunpowder are used. Such works are generally very extensive. [or long tun- inels have to be dug if they are to be used e1‘1ec‘ ively, and fuse trains laid; and always with the understanding jihat the enemy may not use the road "which is must carefully and diligently prepared. But when all roads are prepared some damage mus: surely be done. unless the advancing army is ~forewarned and takes such measures as are expedient. to either remove these mines or else blow them up before the troops march over them. The tactics of mining in warfare Ere chieily employed in reducing a city or town that is being besieged, when reg- ular open tactics (all. When the be- sieged force becomes aware of such 0p- era. i‘ons, their tactics «hie ly haxeb en in previous wars to dig, and place oth- er mines benea2h those of the enemy. and this is called undermining. The purpose of undermining is to destroy and close up the enemy s twunnels and thus prevent his being able to make use of whatever mines he may have already placed, and also to nullify his weeks, and often . bu Mining and linden-mining is Likely to be iicwricd to by Both Sides in the Small .Uriczm “'ar. Not very: long ago a report from South Africa, had it that axl the mili- tary roads and approaches in the Transvaal had been mined up by the Boers, for the purpose ot‘ blowing them up beneath the teet of the Britizh troops when they began their advance tb'rough that territory. In many prev-iou5 wars between civ- nllzec} naaons roads have been mined. A despatch to the same paper from Rome states that. King Humbert tele- ‘grmphed to kucen VicLoria expretsmg his and Queen Maxgneuta's' “Glau- ness over the good news from Lady - 4mith H The Rome correspondent of the Daily News says that. when tha hype was in- formed of the, relief of Lady~mil.h, he exclaimed, "May ”us be the begin- ning of the end!" Zommflntsafliondon Evening Papers ‘ on the News. A despatch from London says :â€"The afternoon newspapers voice the exnl- tation of the nation. The Globe says: . " The night is past; since Havelock and Outram fought their way, inch by inch, threugh the crooked streets and alleys of Lucknow, no such thrill of exciemeut has gone through the na- .ie-n. The credit tor 'ocur emcess rests with Lord hoterts, as fully as if he himsell’ had rinen into Ladysmith. The sufferings and prirations are over, and the Empire tenders a tritute of gratitude and admiration to General While and ha.) immortal garrison.” Time Pall Mall Gazette says it be- lieve; i. is impossible to forecast the re: u-l; of the reLe- 01 La-dysmli'th on the duration of the w.) r. “whach mu y yet qu mi note in» a protracted struggle before Prezoria.” The Weatminster Gazette says:â€" “The new-.5 "thili morning oblitenates {or she moment lull menury of the Lung and cos.ly and. we 16.1? we must add, waSLegul operation that has gone before. Thanks to the admirable Strategy 01' Roberts and kitchen r, the whole situation is revolutionized.” European Sovereigns Send Con- gratulations to Queen Vletoria .A deupatch to the London Daily Telegraph from Vienna says the Em- peror Francis J osep-h has congratulat- ed Queen Victoria on the Brideh \ie- tories in South Africa. MESSAGES FROM MONARCHS “THE NIGHT IS PAST.” MODERN WA itFARE. Wm“ ‘sl be'; This was llvely enough, but when aid; the ladies also told hex that the king '38 fancied a particm ar fashion in dress, oad she answe1ed, smartly- [t fortifics my soul to knew That, though I perish, Truth is Bot-o That. howsoe'er I stray and range, : \Vhate’er I do, Thou dost not Chang-o, I steadier step when I recall That. it I slip. Thou dost not fall. 5 (‘ut fin and the LraVc-s Used for Neill: G l!‘ LP“; Bibles are often- made use of in the gold-leaf trade; the gold-leaf being packed in books made of paper leaves cut from the Bible. There is no in- tention on the part of the dealers to be irreverent in thus using the. page; of the Bible, but it has; become a uni- versal practice in the trade. Most of the gold-leaf goes to shops where artists' materials are sold, and it is packed between printed sheets be- cause the slight indentations in the paper made by the printing serve to hold the delicate film of; gold in place, The reason for using the Bible sheets i: that the Bible is visually printed in small type and is always very evenly set, and the impressionof the type on the paper is very slight, but quite enough to hold the gold-leaf in 9130. without injuring it. Small type edi- tions of the Prax er book 31' e and for similar reasons. , It was not long before the English people liked to call the little lady “Good Queen Charlotte," and “Good Queen Charlotte" history calls her to this day. Small wonder is it: that the little princess, fresh from her simple Ger- man princmality, was observed to tremble as she met all the grand per- sonages. Still she remembered that she was about to become their mis- tress, and when the free-and-easy: Duchess of Hamilton smiled at her, she said, painted-1y enough: "Yum may laugh, for ybu have been married twice, but 1t 13 no joke for However, like the. healthy girl she was. she speedi!y recovered, and al- though stiil much agitated, she was at- tired for the ceremony. As she em- tered the drawing-room, noticing that a cushion lay on? the floor before the old Duke of Grafton, she was on the pomt, of kneeiing to him, when an ab- tendant warned her of her mistake. She then attemp :ed to kneel before the king. but he checked her and kissed hex hand. The poor prmcess, taken aback at the suddenness of the announcement, fainted away. “,VVe Shall hardly have time to dress for the wedding," she remarked. "The weddipg l" exclaimed the bride. “Yes, madam," replied the lady in waiting. ”It is to be toâ€"nigh-t at twelve." The party hurried on toward the capital. It was afternoon “hen they reached the city. As they were driv- ing through the streets, the Duchess of Hamilton looked at her watch. “Let him dress as hé likes; I'll dress as I please." “If {be king desires me to wear a. ‘periwig, I will do so,” said she, "but until‘ he says so.»I"-l dress_ as_I plea§e."' IL was essential that the princess should reach London in tune to share in the royal coronation, so the journey was made post-haste. When P in- cess Charlotte landed on the Eng ish‘ shore she was greeted by the rmgmg of bells and the firing of salutes. “And am I worthy of all these banana 3" she exc ’aimed, with pretty humi ity Bur. Princess Charlotte was no more mock than R becomes a good woman to be. The Engish ladies who acrom- panned her suggested that she should arrange her hair. her chief claim to beauty, after the fashion of their country. She refused with spirit. Then came the betrothal. by proxy. Mr. Drummoud, the Engish represen- tative at the court, took his master’s p2ace, and bride and groom were solemnly aflianced. . The next step was :9 send a formal; embassy to convey the princess to England. The yacht Carolina made a very swift voyage, anl ih} party an I:- ed the little German DaZdlie so unex- pectedly that it was reported after- ward that the thrifty princess had been surprised darning a pair of stock- tugs. Princess Charlotte, of the lxttle Ger- man .principaiity of Mecklenburgâ€" Strelitz, was an amiable and accom- pilshed young woman, be dispatched one Colonel Graham to visit her and report at first hand of her graces and acqmrenments. The young lady was not at allpretty. but. she was so pleasant and so good- .nalured that Colonel Graham could nor. but report to his master in very favorabie terms. The king hesitated then declaed, and having learned that the Duke of Mecklenburg-Srrelitz was delighted at the prospect of so flattering an alliance be made formal announcement of hm determination to the privy council. l 30 many considerations, the mere preferences of the bride that is to be are of minor importance; ‘ The court- ship of the little German princess who became the wife of George Ill. of Eng- land is typical of its class. It is plea- sent to read of it and reflect that we have been born in private stations. When a princess is to ’be married Qhe seldam has much to say in the matter. Nut only must her royal family be satisfied, but it is generaély accounted necessary that the match be a popufar one with the nation. Among It seemed undesirab e for the young king to marry a subject, and of course be con 'd not think of leaving the realm m search of a wife. Accordingiy, hav- ing learned by diligent inquiry that WINMNG A QUEEN. CON SOLATION BIBLES