7 JULY 1866, page 1

That Curious Irony In Events Which History So Often Shows

us, was illustrated by the telegram from Bavaria which followed the great news of the tremendous battles in Bohemia and their de- cisive 'result. " Yesterday," says a telegram......

Sir E. B. Lytton Is To Be Baron Lytton Of

Kneb worth—and the last of the Barons.......

The .moniteur Of Thursday Announced, With Pardonable...

" the Emperor of Austria, after having maintained the 4 4, honour of his arms in Italy, and concurring in the ideas ex- pressed in the Emperor Napoleon's letter of 11th June to......

News Of The Week.

P EACE has exploded in Europe like a shell. It was not nineteen days since the vote of the Diet against Prussia gave the signal for the strife, not fifteen since Dresden was......

The New Ministry, The Most Important Appointments Of...

have discussed elsewhere, shows on the whole a strong personnel- The most authentic list, as far as is yet known, appears to be the following ;- First Lord of the Treasury The......

The Precise Position Of Affairs On Friday Evening Seems To

have been this. The Kaiser had requested the mediation of the Emperor of the French, and had despatched Field-Marshal von Gablenz with a flag of truce to the King's camp,......

The Princess Helena Was Married On Thursday At Windsor To

Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, who has been created a Royal Highness and a Major-General in the Army, but not a Bishop. The only noteworthy incident in the ceremony was......