in the House of Lords, Lord Wolseley ade a telling reply to Lord Lansdowne' 's attack on him the other day when the question of the position of the Commander-in-Chief sas under discussion. Lord Wolseley asks ery particularly why, if the noble quis thought that he as Commander-chief was neglecting any part of his duties, Lo never- opened his mind to him on the subject. Lord Wolseley told his peers that he actually tendered hi ation early last y Government. in easy opportunity of re-him if he proved hiniself incompetent. The ex-Commander-in-Chief admits that he underestimated the fizhting forces of tue Boers, bub says that when he advised that one army corps would be sufficient to meet them the war had not begun, and "a comparatively small amount of troops employed early li often achieve a result' which five times their number will not produce some months later." Altogether it is a very excellent reply: but we do not yet know the effect of Lord Lansiowne's rejoinder, which he is now delivering.
15th March.
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