... Q ?? ?W ThE. COUROT 0 0 00 ?I??S 0 TImE Queen held a Council at Windsor Castle at the end of last week. Lord Beaconsfield, the Lord Chamberlain, the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, Mr. Cross, and Col. T. E. Taylor were the members present, and Mr. J. Lowther, the new Irish Secretary, was sworn in a member, while Her Majesty pricked the Sheriffs for England, Wales, and the Duchy of Lancaster. The ...

... VEHA T THE PEA CE COMES TO. pEACE was signed at Constantinople on Saturday, and there are great rejoicings at the Russian capital. Its inhabitants pro- ?? know no more than we do of the precise conditions of the treaty; but they see enough to justify their triumph, and Ko do w e. We need not wait for official information to knrow that, whatever the articles of the peace instrument may be, ...

... THE MASONS' STRIKE. At a meeting recently held in the Lambeth Baths a resolution was passed protesting against the New Lawv Courts being converted into a common lodging and boarding establishment. The resolution was forwarded to the office of Public Works, and the following reply was received to-day:- Sir,-I am directed by the First Commissioner of her Majesty's Works to acknowledge the ...

... 'NATA.L AND -MILIT.ARYI ., . I , . . , . WeOLWICE, Mawl a; ?? has bebn ?? toi;sew1 OiEAA nia piattfoms fora)te BdiRile;4i6ioiiadd j(te1 Paydi Shorief), new S.ttisegat 'Ohtinfiw' te presjdet: ?ttgementS for MDtIItipg theD giiijt i -t.he l*att' bei gi not saitibfactohry to ...

... CONGRESS OR CONFE1EiNrml -P T0 TIIF EDlTOR OF TlM DAILY hEW. Sxn,-Tlhnt Lord. BiecolltfclXd' oninjoo, de- livered in his roply to Lord sManvere, is moerely ?? msay be seen by ?? to the protocols of thonges, Congress-that of Paris in 1866-w11i0li, Whether thle Approaching assembly is called a Co#iOr~lece ore CongrOss must hlave the weightiest influereo in regacd to procedure because no similar, ...

... The report mentioned by Lord Derby last night that the treaty of peace ucrild probably be signed to-day, and that the Russians had abandoned their demand for t6e ironclads, is repeated in telegrams from Pera. Despatches from St. Petersburg state that the Russian Government is disposed to come to an arrangefllnt with England about the Straits ; but in society the irrita- tion against ...

... 1.. I- LA 4 mein vru The Government seem really to be making very considerable pre- parations, both naval and military, and it is not improbable that the T signature of preliminary conditions of peace may encourage them to X further efforts. Such efforts are certainly demanded by the prospect of c affairs, which is in no degree improved by what we know of the arrange- ment between the Czar and ...

... [ (From ?? Sundav editiolL of last week.) if, as appears likely from SatsidsiY'5 examinaiis tiors, the Rev. Mr. Dodwell merely loaded his Pistol with a piece of paper, his attack upon the Master of the Rolls can hardly be construed into an attempt to murder, though the outrage is none tbes to be condemned. The accused was, we understand, formerly chaplain of a workhouse near Brighton, and was ...

... cfli6 C-belTinulq flCW6. stin 1' liE CONFERENCE. can .-s e ?? that there is no truth in the dist - e - ?? that the Conference should meet at Berlin. Ma ' .iikcit replied to Count Andrassy's invitation by suggesting ,.11, CCI .t las nut been further touched upon by the Russian T1W1E RL'SSIAN TERMS OF PEACE. cf 1 c of the National anrd Patriotic League held at Exetcr Hall nma t ','inst the ...

... Yestarday nfternoon ai speciali meeting of thie Court of Aldermon wee held tit Gjildhall, uider the ipresidencty of thle Lord Mayor, for the Inirpoec of pro- ceeding wvith thle election of the Recorder of the Citry of Londont. in tilt reoom of thoe Iiight Hoit. Rus-sell Gurney, Q.0. 11., who had resignld.' All the Aldeimen, withx the exception of Sir Trhotttns White, wvere r sent, and there ...

... To 'risc ?? OF MlE ERA. Si,-Whill yo uon allow me a small space in your paper to publicly express ily deep gratitude and that of my poor husband to those professional and private friends who have so kindly and generously responded to the appeal you were good enough to make onk our behalf a few weeks ago. Through the indefatigable working of our old friend Mr Gaston Murray and the publicity you ...

... Telegrams from St. Petersburg, Vienna, and Paris agree in stating that the idea of a Congress at Berlin is gaining the preference over that of a Conference at Baden-Baden. The Austrian correspondent of the Times says that unles3 fresh difficulties arise the Congress may be expected to meet in Berlin between the 22nd and 25th inst. The demand for a vote of credit will, however, still be made by ...