29 DECEMBER 1877, page 1

Very Little News Has Arrived From The Seat Of War,

either in Europe or Asia. In Armenia, General Melikoff is completing his preparations for the investment of Erzeroum, but the grand assault is still delayed, partly by the bad......

The Accounts Of The Weather In Bulgaria Vary Exceedingly,...

according to the most moderate, the thermometer has fallen below zero, sentries are occasionally frozen, as in St. Petersburg, and the snowstorms are extremely severe. The state......

The Now Ministry In France Is Apparently Acting Very Wisely

in giving as its watchwords moderation and comprehension. M. Bardoux, the Minister of Public Instruction, in addressing the Council-General of Clermont-Ferrand, of which he was......

News Of The Week.

ARLIAMENT has been officially summoned for January 17th, • and the rumours of the week have been endless, but few of them are deserving of attention. There are men who will tell......

It Is Certainly High Time That Parliament Should Meet. The

Times' correspondent at Constantinople intimates that the British Ambassador resists the opening of the Dardanelles, which Turkey is willing to concede, and assures the Porte......

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But This Moderation Of The Republicans Has Not Prevented The

new Minister for Foreign Affairs, M. Waddington, from giving a salutary warning to those subordinate intriguers who never will regard any solution of the Constitutional question......

The Correspondent Of The Daily News Now With General Gourko

completes the story of the horrors of Plevna by a ghastly narra- tive, which, as he says, is not to be paralleled out of Dante, and which reflects equal discredit on Turks and......