15 JULY 1871, page 5

The Collapse Of The Legitimists.

T HE sudden, the almost melodramatic collapse of the Legi- timist party in France appears to have been due to three causes. Their dignified but feeble chief at the last moment......

Mr. Beresford Hope.

1/FR. BERESFORD HOPE cannot be said to be a man of _V I_ influence in the House of Commons, though he is unquestionably a character, almost indeed a political gro- tesque, a......