Show NEWS THE TRANSVAAL boers have five hundred prisoners dr jameson is not dead but Is in the pretoria jail fierce battle fought london jan 4 the colonial office received a from johannesburg at 4 tins g that all is now quia there an dispatch from the governor of cape colony says sir jacob dew ailt the british agent at Pie torin wires Every thit a is quiet and no disturbances will occur A deputation from the johannesburg bonim attee came over yesterday evening g guarantees to keep the deac and order I 1 waited upon donl krueger and informed him of atie guarantees assurance that pending our arrival it the johannesburg keep quiet and no hostile acts or in any way break the laws 0 the country that will not be molested or surrounded by iba b burgher forces the deputation was highly great ful for this assurance and pledged the committee to preserve peace and order 1 I take this opportunity of testifying in the manner to the great moderation and forbearance of the governor of transvaal under exceptionally trying their attitude toward myself was everything I 1 could wih the prisoners have just arrived the on their faide are said to be severe and on the sida of the burghers ery slight another dispatch from sir hercules robinson to mr reads dewitt M rues that dr Jam eaona wounded number over thirty they are all at and are attended by iligir and the details of their wound cannot yei be given the number of killed estimated at seventy but no reliable if obtain able badii a are brin picked up on the battle field and buried capetown papers state that dr james oil sir charles and captain while a brother of lord lodged in the pretoria jail grey and coventry of the land police and a brother of the earl of coventry are wounded boera captured about too prisoners A later dispatch dif patch waa received at the colonial office from dated at noon today giama the following details of the invasion of the transvaal by dr janneson Ja ineson as gathered from the local there is no doubt that dr yielded after he eiert men the battle lasted from 3 in tho afternoon until 11 at camdon lid the three principal attacks and his men themselves vea with great gallantry new york jan 4 A dispatch from berlin quotes dr baid ahn Euro peAti agent of lie transvaal republic as denying that jameton had been burned alive as one report held it but declaring that the doctor and como companions eu rely would bo shot or hanged as a result of the transvaal troubles |