20 OCTOBER 1877, page 2

As To The Individual Elections, It Is Remarkable That Almost

all the dismissed Republican mayors and the victims of official pro- secution have been returned with large majorities by the people. M, Gambetta received a far higher vote than......

The Times Seems A Little Alarmed At Some Reports From

India of disturbances expected beyond the frontier. Its correspondent from Simla telegraphs that the Khan of Khelat is seriously annoyed by the occupation of Quettah, and that......

We Have Nearly Lost Cleopatra's Needle, And Have Paid For

it more than it was worth. On Sunday, the 14th inst., the ' Olga' steamer was towing the obelisk, inclosed in the quaint iron box devised by Mr. Dixon for carrying it—a box......

There Has Been A Smart Discussion In The Times During

the week as to the justice of the Oxford Commission in withdrawing two of the All Souls' Fellowships from competition, and Mr. A. J. Butler, of Winchester, writes us a long......

J Udgment Was Delivered On Tuesday Week By The Wreck Com-

missioner, Mr. Rothery, on the results of the long inquiry into the causes of the collision between the ' Avalanche' and the ' Forest' on the 11th of September, off Portland,......

As Yet There Is No Clear Sign Of The Marshal's

future policy. He retains his Cabinet, and has given a sort of semi-official hint that he means to retain it till after the second ballots on the 28th October and the elections......

The Home-rulers Are Going To Hold A Conference, In Which,

Irishmen settled in Great Britain, who are much more violent than Irishmen at home—probably because, if they can secure- Home-rule, they will not have to live under it—are to......

Lord Dufferin Has Just Delivered Another Of His Bright,...

speeches, this time to the Icelanders settled on the shore of Lake Winnipeg. There are some 1,400 of them, most orderly and con- tented settlers, with a small library in every......