30 DECEMBER 1871, page 4

Mr. Brand And The Speakership,

I T is now plainly announced that Mr. Gladstone's choice for 1 the next Speaker has fallen upon Mr. Brand ; and as we said last week, apart from the unfortunately close......

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PRINCE BISMARCK'S DESPATCH. I T was, we believe, necessary for Prince Bismarck to write his masterful despatch to Count Arnim, on the murders of German soldiers by French......