CALOGRAMS.
[Eeutek's Special.]
London, February 12,
The police have received information which leads to the belief that a Fenian plot is a-foot to blow up Windsor Castle. The return of Her Majesty to Windsor is consequently delayed.
In the House of Commons to-day, Mr Childers, replying to a question said that the Government had recently made an offer to Sir George Colley of further strong reinforcements for service against the Boers, and the offer had been accepted. Fresh bodies of troops would accordingly be despatched to Natal without delay. ?
The marriage of Baroness BurdettCoutts with Mr Ashmead Bartlett took place to-day.
Capetown, February 12
The latest intelligence from Natal announces that a detachment of recently arrived reinforcement are rapidly proceeding from Durban to the Transvaal. The advance guard has already sighted bodies of Boers to the southward of Newcastle, in Natal, and skirmishes have taken place. The enemy is expected to to offer a strong opposition to the advance of the British troops.
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3785, 14 February 1881, Page 2
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163CALOGRAMS. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3785, 14 February 1881, Page 2
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