6 AUGUST 1870, page 2

The Debate Of Monday On The War Was Opened By

Mr. Disraeli in a powerful, though partizan, and at one point fantastic speech. He would have it that we had a locus standi in the war of 1866, because in 1815 we guaranteed......

The Austrian Government Has Officially Announced That In...

the promulgation of the dogma of Infallibility, the Concordat has been cancelled, and is no longer valid. A con- cordat being a treaty, the Emperor can terminate it, but bills......

Mr. Gladstone In Reply Did Not Make The Distinct Declaration

demanded of him, but after admitting that the war had taken him, and the French Ministry too, by surprise, and briefly recapitulat- ing the negotiations preceding the war, he......

So Rapid Is Modern War, That Even The Authorship Of

the Draft Treaty is slipping out of sight. We must not, however, omit to record that while the French Government continue to affirm that the treaty was suggested by Count von......

The Evacuation Of Rome Is Being Rapidly Carried Out, And

within the coming week the last French soldier will have quitted Italy. The terms of the evacuation are still uncertain, but according to most trustworthy accounts the Italian......

It Was, However, Said On The Following Day By Earl

Granville, in answer to a strong speech from Earl Russell in favour of defend- ing Belgium. The old Whig statesman delivered his best speech of late years, rising into something......

It Is Very Difficult To Understand The Tone Of Count

von Bismarck towards Great Britain. He is, to begin with, very angry because we export horses, coals, and cartridges to France, and demands that we put a stop to those breaches......

Mr. Childers On The Same Day Gave A Most Satisfactory

account of the Fleet, which appears to be admitted on all hands as correct. 1Ve have 40 ironclads, all of great, and some of tremendous power, and carrying 546 guns of seven......

In The Commons, On Monday, After Mr. Gladstone's Speech, Mr.

Osborne made a vigorous onslaught upon the reserve of Government. As to the Draft Treaty, "the guilt of its concoc- tion was only equalled by the shabbiness of its concealment."......