13 AUGUST 1870, page 2

The Expedition To The Baltic Has Been Given Up, For

two reasons. The corps d'armee of 35,000 men, soldiers and marines, collected at Cherbourg, under General Trochu, was wanted to repress Paris, and all chance of aid from Denmark......

On The Whole, The Treaty Has Been Received With Universal

satisfaction in England, and in Belgium it has created a real enthusiasm. The Common Council of Brussels have voted an address of cordial thanks to Queen Victoria ; ten thousand......

Lord Cairns In The House Of Lords, And Mr. Bernal

Osborne in the House of Commons, criticized the Treaty, the latter in very warm language, calling it "a childish perpetration of diplomatic folly." But the grounds both of the......

The Empress Has Formed A Ministry Of "arcadians," The Most

important being General Montauban, Comte de Palikao, as Premier and War Minister ; M. Chevreau, Prefect of the Seine, as Minister of the Interior ; Baron Jerome David, natural......

The Treaty Between England And Prussia For The Defence Of

Belgium has been signed by Lord Granville and the North- German Minister, Count Bernstorff ; and Lord Granville has re- ceived the assurance of the French Ambassador that it is......

The Chamber Met On Tuesday, And M. 011ivier Read A

dull speech, saying the greater part of the Army had never been engaged, and General Dejean asked for laws enabling him to send the Garde Mobile to the front, to enroll all men......

Parliament Was Prorogued On Wednesday, To Thursday, The...

in a Queen's Speech (read by the Lord Chancellor) of better English and better sense than usual. The Queen "con- tinues to receive from all foreign Powers expressions of......

This Address Alone Would Damn Any Ministry, And Must Have

driven the Emperor wild. After an eloquent address to French- men, who see " behind them centuries of glory, before them a future which their heroism will render free and......