The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-27

IeaSuercd at i>lnoieE, VINO consequently
surrendered to the Beers. General Col
vile's reply is that he was under perempt-
DRY orders from Lord Roberts TO be at
Hebron on a particular day, and ulat
had ne turned back to help the yeomanry
at Lindiey. he would have c!sobeSed orders
and upset what he understood to be a
far-reachins plan OF campaign turning on
his punctuaIity.
In military circles it is whispered that
Lord Kitchener is at the bottom of the
business, and that If Colvile had turned
back to help the yeomanrE at IlndleS
he would have been cash!eTed for dlsobeE-
ing Lord Roberts orders and d.sorganiZlng
a scheme that required his presence at
Hebron on a particular day. CoiviIe serv--
ed under Kitchener at Paardcbers, ana IN
the dispatch he contributed TO the history
of that disastrous engagement did not
studiously minimize his chiefs reckless
ness of the lives of his men, There may
be nothing in this. Evidently something
is needed to explain the circumstances
how. after inquiry, Il distinguished oiticer
is permitted 10 return to his command IN
Gibraltar, and a short time after not!llns
fresh having cropped up as far as he mas
been notified. is suddenly dismissed.
AWKWARD SITUATION
The episode which for a day enSrossed
public attention is painful enough In ITS
private relations. it is even more serious
in the light it throws on the conduct OF
the war in South Africa. We lind detach-
ments understood 20 he moving IN concert
in pursuance OF d MINI tely-ordered plan
of battle struggling about the country
bindly feeling for eacn otter. ColVl.e
categoricallv states at one crisis two teie-
grams dispatched TO him on the same day
hy staff officers, avowedly dictated by LORD
Roberts. conveyed diametrica!lE opposite
instructions. As soon as Parliament meets
an attempt will be made to obtain Inc
appointment of a committee to inquire
into the Lindley affair. If all said by the
home-comers from the seat of war be
true. such inquiry. fearlessly conducted,
will go far TO show how it comes to pass
that we have entered on the new century
still fighting the simple Beers
The cartoon in next week punch
will be drawn by Lindley Sarnhourne,
vice Si, John Tenniel, passed into honor
able and horcred retirement. Tennlei s
Jubilee Of service On Punch" was ceie-
brated the other day by his colleagues,
hut he did not Immediately on joining the
staff of the paper undertake the sole WORK
of cartoonist. He took his turn win Jtlo.
Leech. In 1864 when that greater OIL mas
tiers died, and thereafter Tenniel sat alone
in his place With exceptions that may be
counted on the fingers on one hand
l7enniel has through thirty-siX years,
week by week, produced the cartoon AS
mere record of physical health and
strength this is probably unique Inoush
now past his eightieth year, Iennlel IS
still the very picture of health AT the uiii-
ner this week he sat in his usual piace a
the right hand of tie editor and though
no longer charged with the design ana
execution Of the cartoon, Will SIT among
his old comrades an honored guest
LORD BERESFORD'S DEATH.
The dealt, of Lord William Beresford,
commonly and effectionately known as
"Bill' has thrown a gloom over vice
circle Born little more than year lat
81. as his still more famous brother, Lord
Charles no one looking on his sturdy
figure and sunburnt face guessed he was
marked for comparatively carry death.
Unlike his brothers, he never took 10
politics. his nearest touch with state
affairs being his service as aide &c camp
to Lord Upton when he was FlceroE oi
India, followed by military secretarYshlp
in success on to three later Niceroys-
Lords Ripon, Dufferin and LansdoWne
Then a large slice of his life came to
be passed in India, where he was as pop
ular as in England His marriage with
the wealthy American lady, the DoWager
Duchess of Marlborough, placed BIZ
Beresford in a position to ENJOY 10 lie
full his passion for horses. He formed
cultured judge of a horse. he made more
out of racing than most folks do. a splen-
did rider, he was equally at home with
the whip. Always of a cheerful counte-
nance, he never looked so happy as. DAY
by day through the Derby Week he drove
four-in-hand to EPSON; the Duchess on
the box seat and the coach crowded with
the house party from Deepdone
SERIES OF REVERSES.
Call no man happy till he is dead. AT
ter a brilliant and prosperous career not
euualled by any man of his generation.
the Marquis of Dufferin has falloa upon
evil days. First came the rushing blow
Of the death of his son and heir, the
gallant Lord Ava, who fell early in the
Transvaal War. With the close Of the
year that brought this sorrow came
news that another son was severely
wounded. These, though covering deep
wounds, were honorable scars. Quite
another thing IS the collapse of the I'M
ancial company, to which, tempted by
enormous salary. Lord Dufferin lent what
was hoped might prove the tower-llke
strength OF his name.