13 AUGUST 1870, Page 3

Mr. Odo Russell, so long our Charg6 d'Affaires at Rome,

has returned to England, and accepted the post of Assistant-Under Secretary of the Foreign Office, in the place of the late Hon. Charles Spring Rice. It will be a matter of no small difficulty adequately to supply Mr. Odo Russell's place at Rome. Subtlety and suavity, knowledge of the Church and of the world, are all needed in dealing with ecclesiastical statesmen.