26 DECEMBER 1896, page 7

The Navy.

M R. SAMBOURNE, in Punch, lately gave us a very spirited picture of the auction-room of Europe. The command of the sea was being put up for sale, and the nations were bidding......

The Council Of War At Constantinople.

" C OUNCILS of War never fight," and the Ambassa- dors at Constantinople are sitting just now as a Council of War, with these especial disadvantages. They are all under severe......