... jaOUND ABOUT FRANCE. TE DOG ]ffAnFET, 1THE FLOWER MARKUTP OND THE TEMPLE OF OLD CLOTHES prris has markets for every imaginable artiale except the manuscripts of unappreciated poets and romanOists, though even this want will, I dare- F9 . be supplied in time. London also bas its niarkets, but they are scattered ovo;,too wide an area, and are not always so reputable that ladies rsuy venture into ...

... I Official despatchos respecting reforms in Asiatic Turkey have just been issued. The despatches are five in number, the first bearing date August 8, 1878. It is from the Marquis of Salisbury to Sir A. 11. Layard, and explains the views of the Government upon the reforms which it considers necessary. Lord Salisbury says: The ratification of the Treaty of Berlin and of the Con- vention of ...

... THE PROPOSED CHAWGES IN THE VOLUN- 1 TEER FOICE. The present year promises to be of considerable intierst to the large body of . persons (numbering 203,000) which nbw constitutes ?? Volunteer Force of this country, as, consequept upon the recommendations of the Departental Committee, which has been pitting at the War Office, under the presidency of the Under-Secre- tary of State for War (Lord ...

... MEDICAL SCHOOLS. To th'e EDITOR of the PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIR,-An article that appears in this month's number of the fortl- nij/ly ./i''i7eCW, headed The London Medical Schools, has attracted a great deal of general and special attention, and has been the subject of a laige-type letter in the Ti'ncs. Emanating from the pen of Mr. William Giibcrt, himself a quondam medical man and a very ...

... MINISTERIAL TRUTHFULNES& T m D rnrnor OF Mt ramp NEw Sin,-s H. H. has done a piece of useful work in putting on record the thirteen incidents in the life of t the Ministry to which he calls attention in y9ur issue of E Saturday. From the agitated tone in which one at least, c of the Ministerial prints has alluded to the letter, it is S clear that H. H.. has put his finger on a sore spot. ...

... The German ?? Council has referred Prince Bismarck's letter recommending protection to the Tariff Revision Committee. That was a foregone conclusion. It was not to be expected that the representatives of the Confederate Governments would refuse even discussion to a proposal brought before them by the Chancellor of the Empire. Besides, those Governments themselves would directly benefit by a ...

... ; ANNIVERSARY OF THE CROSSING OF THE L ] BALKANS. CTUROUGI REUTEle'8 AGENCY.) ST. PETERSBURG, Jo. 1. . A service was held yesterday at the Preo- a . brasohenski Cathedral ia commemoration of the I crossing of the Balkans at this time last year. The Emperor; -the Czarevvitch, and other members I 'of the Imperial family were present, as well as all a i the generals and superior officers of the ...

... f (TUROUGH REUTERS AGENCY.) GERMANY AND FREE TRADE. BERLIN, XAN. 1. The Germanu Free Trade Association has addressed t communication to the Federal Council, combating the theories in favour of protective daties. GERMANY AND THE BRUNSWICK SIUCA CESSION. The .ational Gaxcite of to'.day, in an article discussings the Brunswick succession question, says that the Germawt Government observes a ...

... SUMIARY OF THIS MORNING'S NEWS. The Viccroy of Indei, in a telegram of yesterday's date, states that a good load is being made thioughl the Khyber Pass, and that the telegraph is open to Ali Musjd and is being pushed on to Lundi Khant. No news had been received from Cabul or from Yakoob Khan. General Roberts was about to erter Khost, and General Stewart was concentrating his forces for a final ...

... 9S PRICES OF MEAT, FISH, EMU) B). I ~ . .. 1 l1 0 TMEE EDITOR OP THE DAnY Aw. Sxn,-Enough has now been written on this subject, at intervals of two or three years, for the last quarter of a century. Tbo question has never been raised inthe nowspaers without causing a flood of correspon- dence, which has shown how deep seated is the conplaiat, and how desirable to the consuming world is the ...

... FIRST EDITION, 2.30 p.m. £ E UT E R 'S T E L E G R A M S. ITALY, FRANCE, AND TUNIS. ROME, Jan. 2.-The Palaoo Roomano of to-day, referring to the statement of the France asserting that the Bey o Tunis had offered a further insult to the French Government by allowing the new Italian consul to enter Tunis with an escoit of maiines, while French sailors were forbidden to land even outside the town ...

... THE SENA TORIAL ELECTIONS. PARIS, Dec. 31. Tul 'RE has been very brisk canvassing for the senatorial elections to be held on Sunday; but the Conservatives have no party organization to fall back upon when they are deprived of official support, and so in a great many constituencies the Republicans will have a walk - over. Their position is this: they have only twenty-two seats to hold and ...