18 MARCH 1871, page 6

The Conference, And Its Result.

W E do not see that the result of the Conference on the Russian Note is so much to be regretted. The Con- ference itself may be deplored as a compromise which ought to have been......

Our Statesmen's Pay.

ASR. GLADSTONE gained a complete intellectual victory .131 in Tuesday's debate on official salaries, but we wish he had used his success a little more to the general advantage.......