7 JANUARY 1871, page 3

Mr. Russell, The Times' Correspondent At Versailles,...

letter published yesterday, " I do not like to say much on what seems to me the inexplicable harshness of Herr von Bran- • chitsch, prefect of the department, towards the mayor......

Mr. Cardwell Proves In A Letter To Mr. Gladstone, Published

in the Times of Thursday, that he did not make the blunder attri- buted to him by Lord Elcbo, in asserting that the country had in store 300,000 Snider rifles, of which the......

The Worst Falsehood Of The War Has, We Think, Been

told within ?the week from the German head-quarters at Versailles,—the worst, 'we mean, because the moat deliberate, and the most dishonourable, and the least justified by the......

It Is Barely Possible,—and We Sincerely Hope It May Be

so,— that the shuffle of Cabinet offices is intended to render it easier for the Government to retrace their false step in inflicting banishment instead of giving the promised......

The Female Rhinoceros At The Zoological Gardens Has Had A

narrow escape of being drowned. Turned out on Wednesday week into the paddock during the frost, after snow had fallen on the frozen pond, the big creature, either blundering on......

The Lon/ion School Board Met Again On Thursday, And In-

dulged in a singularly unbusinesslike and, as it seems to us, unprofitable discussion. Professor Huxley seems to think that before they can do anything in the way of education......

A Meeting, Respectable As To Numbers, But Of The "

miscel- laneous" sort as to persons, was held at the Cannon-Street Hotel on Thursday, to express sympathy with Franoe. The audience were addressed by Mr. Merriman, a solicitor......

The Return Of Mr. Martin For The County Of Meath

is a signifi- cant event. The premier county of Ireland has chosen, instead of Mr. Plunkett, a Catholic aristocrat of unblemished character, backed by Cardinal Cullen and the......

Consols Were On Friday 92 To 921.

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