ABSTRACT
SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTE BECOMES PRIME MINISTER.—RESOLUTE POLICY OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT.—DESPATCH OF A LARGE FORCE TO SOUTH AFRICA, UNDER LORD WOLSELEY.—GREAT DEFEAT OF THE ENGLISH.—MORE TROOPS SENT OUT, AND ULTIMATE. "DEFEAT OF THE BOERS.—TACTICS OF THE “SEPARATISTS” AND THE RADICALS.—DISGRACEFUL SCENES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEAKNESS OF THE BRITISH NAVY.—THE EGYPTIAN TROUBLE LOOMS LARGE AGAIN.—IRRITATION OF FRANCE.—FALL OF THE CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT.
