24 MAY 1873, page 5

Topics Of The Day

• THE SITUATION IN FRANCE. F RANCE, whether in weakness or in strength, is certainly as much as ever the heroine of the story of the political life of Europe. The great new......

Ministerial Tribulations.

T HE Government has hitherto scraped through the Session since its defeat upon the Irish University Bill about as well as "could be expected." It has not escaped supple- mentary......