17 DECEMBER 1870, page 2

The German King Or Emperor Is Evidently Not Himself In

the• most admirable spirits about his prospects. In an order of the day dated the 6th of December,—after the great Orleans victory, and' the partial failure of the Paris......

Lord Derby Addressed The 1st Lancashire Rifle Volunteers...

at Liverpool, on the defences of the country. After some words in praise of the Volunteer movement, he observed that England differed from every other country in this, "she had......

Phalsburg Surrendered To The Germans On Tuesday, And...

on Wednesday. Phalsburg has been invested since the beginning of August. In it 52 officers, 1,839 men, and 65 guns. were taken. The only fortress still untaken in Lorraine is......

It Seems That General Chanzy Is Male Commander-in-chief...

of the Loire armies, that to the north of the Loire, and General Bourbaki of the other with its head-quarters at Bourges, not that he was sent back to the North. The Army of the......

There Is Very Little Clear Knowledge In This Country That

General Trochu did gain permanent and important results from his sorties of the 1st and 2nd December, though he did not succeed in break- ing out. The Times stated the prevalent......

The London Catholics Held A Great Meeting Of Sympathy With•

the Pope on Friday se'nnight, and were addressed by Archbishop. Manning in a speech full of literary " points," but otherwise very unsatisfactory. The Archbishop seemed to be......

A Horrible Explosion Occurred At Witton, Near Birmingham,...

week. A great number of women and girls were employed; by Messrs. Ludlow in priming percussion-caps ; and it appears. that in one of nineteen sheds occupied for the purpose a......

General Von Moltke Was In Great Hopes That The Orleans

vic- tory would subdue the spirit of the defenders of Paris, and kindly sent General Troche word of the defeat as soon as possible, offering any officer of his a safe-conduct to......

The Italian Ministry Has Proposed To Parliament To Leave...

Pope his sovereign rights without territory ; but with full power - within the Vatican, the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Castel . Gandolfo, and its dependencies, all which......

The Only Really Important Military News Of The Week Is

the gallant fight made by General Chanzy with a couple of corps of the defeated Loire Army, on four successive days, the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th of December, at Beaugency, on the......