21 JULY 1877, page 1

On Thursday Lord Derby Was Closely Questioned As To The

policy of the Government, both by Lord Stratheden, who is pro- Turk, and Lord Granville, who is not, but declined to enter on any formal discussion. He held that it was at the......

The Capture Of Nikopolls Is, However, Already Almost...

the face of the passage of the Balkans. All the details of this great operation are not yet known, but it appears certain that General Gourko, with 15,000 men, 4,000 of them......

The House Of Commons, To Judge By Present Appearances, Has

been beguiled into a foolish blunder. On Monday Mr. Holma moved a distinct vote of censure upon the Treasury for having, in the teeth of the advice of a Select Committee,......

News Of The Week • T He Russian Army Has Struck

two serious blows this week. For four days they had been bombarding Nikopolis, the fortified position on the promontory which stretches into the Danube opposite Turnu Magurelle,......

There Was No Truth In The Whole Story. Lord Beaconsfield

rose on Thursday in the Lords to explain, and the explanation was crushing. He had sorcely known Mr. Pigott, the Rector of Hughenden, who left Bucks thirty years ago, and whose......

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There Are Signs Of Panic In Constantinople. Safvet Pasha,...

Minister of Foreign Affairs, who defended the Bulgarian atrocities, has been forced to resign ; Abdul Kerim, the Com- mander-in-Chief, has been dismissed, and replaced by Osman......