26 MAY 1877, page 1

An Astounding Number Of Rumours Are Afloat As To The

action of foreign Powers in view of the changes in France, but there is little authentic information. It is stated that the garrison of Alsace- Lorraine is to be increased, that......

News Of The Week

T HE Russians appear to be succeeding in Asia. They attacked Ardahan on 17th May, stormed it, and drove out the Turks, who fled, leaving eighty-one guns, many of them, it is......

The French President Has Sent A Message To The Senate

announcing that he has been compelled to dispense with M. Jules Simon, and to prorogue the Assembly for a month. His motive, he repeats, is a fear lest M. Jules Simon having......

The Latest, Intelligence From Constantinople Points To...

in Government circles. The Softas, who have recently been purchasing arms, especially revolvers, sent a deputation to the Chamber on May 23, and afterwards visited the Palace.......

The Independence Of Roumania Was Decreed On May 21 In

the Senate and Chamber of Deputies by a nearly unanimous vote, and declared by Prince Charles on the 23rd, in a speech in which he expressed his confidence that the Great Powers......

The European News Is Still Unimportant. No Attempt Has Yet

been made to cross the Danube,—the river has risen greatly, and the arrival of the Czar at Bucharest, which was to have been the signal for active operations, is postponed to......

The Division On The Earl Of Harrowby's Amendment To The

Government Burials Bill shows that the Archbishop of Canter- bury, the Bishop of Exeter, and the Bishop of Oxford voted for Lord Harrowby's amendment, while eleven bishops voted......

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