2 JUNE 1877, page 1

News Of The Week.

A RISE of the Danube, caused by the melting of the snows, has checked the Russian advance, and the delay has increased the circulation of all kinds of rumours of peace. It is......

The Great Demonstration At Birmingham On Thursday Seems...

been a most wonderful and unique affair. Fifty thousand people followed Mr. Gladstone through the streets, and half that number, at the very least, were crowded together to hear......

Mr. Gladstone's Speech Was Not, As A Speech, By Any

means the equal of his recent speech in the House of Commons, though it contained one image at least as fine as anything we can recall in the greatest speeches of Mr. Bright.......

The Derby Was Run As Usual On Wednesday, The 30th

ult., and was won by Silvio, a horse belonging to Lord Falmouth, a horse not very high in the betting. The race was not marked by any incident, but is said to have been an......

Nothing Of Importance Has Been Reported This Week From Asia.

The Turkish Government, alarmed at the impression created in the capital by the fall of Ardahan, has circulated a report of its recapture ; but it rested at first on the......

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The Greek People Are Getting Impatient Of The Timidity Of

their Government. On May 28, the Chamber, by a vote of 71 to 42, elected a war candidate to the Speakership, and a great crowd of Athenians assembling in the square before the......