16 AUGUST 1873, page 1

The Topic Of The Week Has Been The Possibility Of

a Restoration in France. The Monarchists say that the Orleanist Princes having yielded their claims during the lifetime of their cousin, a majority can be found in the Assembly......

Mr. Ayrton Has, It Is Said, Accepted The Office Of

Judge-Advo- eate-General, and all the world is sneering at Mr. Gladstone, who fills an office he intended to abolish with a man incom- petent to perform its duties. We have......

The Government Has Given Sir George Jessel The Rolls, The

Attorney-General declining the promotion, after a delay which excited the alarm of the Equity Bar. The new Master of the Rolls will add rather to the strength than to the polish......

By A Mistake We Could Explain If It Were Worth

while, the name of Mr. Baxter was omitted in our sketch of the Reconstruc- tion last week. He, of course, by a decisive resignation, set the ball rolling, and it is very......

There Has Been Endless Talk All The Week Of The

necessity of Mr. Gladstone complying with the law by standing for his re-election at Greenwich. As we are informed, the best legal opinions exempt him from the obligation, and......

News Of The Week.

M R. GLADSTONE'S enemies seem very confident just now, but we suspect they are inventing some of the reasons for their own exhilaration. Their theory is that the Premier will be......

The Absence Of Opposition To Lord F. Cavendish In The

North- West Riding does not strike us as much of a political event. It may be evidence of a reaction, but it may also be evidence of a much more vulgar spirit, a dislike to......

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