22 DECEMBER 1877, page 1

This Piece Of News About Suleiman, Which May Be Unimpor-

tant or may be all-important, comes both from Vienna and Con- stantinople. It is affirmed, apparently with full authority, that Suleiman Pasha, whose absence from the front on a......

Servia Has Declared War, First Issuing A Manifesto Which...

not remove the objections of those who hold her bound by the submission of last year. There is no manliness about the docu- ment at all. Instead of saying boldly that Servia......

There Is Little Detailed News From Bulgaria, But The General

drift of all received is that the Russians are organising an advance on Sofia, in which 90,000 men will be employed under General Gourko, and that the interest of the war will......

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The Queen On Saturday Paid A Visit To Lord Beaconsfield

in state, received an address at Wycombe, lunched at Hughenden, and returned after an absence of four hours to Windsor. Such a visit is so unusual, and the honour is considered,......

News Of The Week

T HE Queen has been advised to call Parliament together "for the despatch of business" on January 17, that is, three weeks earlier than usual. Of course the whole kingdom is in......

The Turkish Government Has Recognised The Situation So...

to ask for mediation. In a circular to the Powers it professes its entire innocence of having in any way provoked the war, suggests that the military honour of both nations is......