25 SEPTEMBER 1880, page 6

The Lord Chief Baron.

HE exceptional longevity of eminent lawyers is such a well- establishedd fact, that the death of the Lord Chief Baron at eighty-three may almost be said to have taken the world......

The War In Basutoland.

T HE news that a detachment of the Cape Mounted Rifles has been attacked by 1,200 Basutos, and though suc- cessful in repulsing the enemy, has lost an officer and two men,......