11 FEBRUARY 1871, Page 3

Mr. Gladstone on Friday night replied to a question from

Mr. Auberon Herbert asking why M. Jules Fevre had not obtained his safe-conduct when it was asked for by England, by stating in effect that Count Bismarck did as he liked. The answer is badly reported, and our reading of it may be erroneous, but oh ! how tired Englishmen are getting of all this ! One little hint that Great Britain could not with self-respect accept such and such an answer would be such a moral relief.