25 FEBRUARY 1871, page 2

The Princess Louise Is To Be Married On The 21st

March, and the Guardian is in despair over a Lent festival. One of the most powerful arguments, it says, for an Established Church is the 4 ' indirect influence it exercises......

Mr. Trevelyan's Able Speech Was Ably Delivered, With...

shade too much of that hard unsympathetic voice and manner which seems to express limitation, and which laid him a little open, to the satire of Mr. Bernal Osborne, who had......

Sir Robert Peel Followed Mr. Iierbert With One Of His

sharpest attacks on the Government, in a speech of bitter vivacity and cleverness, but as unstatesmanlike as Mr. Herbert's was wise and just. He called our policy one of selfish......

Yesterday Week, Too Late For Our Last Impression, Mr....

Herbert made an admirable speech in the House of Commons on the ostentatious neutrality of Her Majesty's Govern- ment, concluding by moving a resolution to the effect that the......

There Was Another Debate Or Conversation On Tuesday...

Gladstone's letter to Mr. Deese on the independence of the Pope,—a letter which, it is said, greatly harasses Orangemen in Ireland and the Edinburgh constituency. Mr. Johnston......

The Bill For Repealing The Ecclesiasticilit' Act Passed Its

second reading in the House of Commo ursday night, by a majority of 86 (137 to 51). Nothing of note was said by anyone.......

But The Wonder Of The Night Was Sir P. O'brien's

speech,—a,. speech which outdid all the Celtic achievements of our generation. Very little of it is preserved in the reports, chiefly because the ingenuity even of the ablest......

Mr. Forster Introduced His Ballot Bill On Monday In A

descrip- tive speech, which ended in a fine appeal to Conservatives to sacrifice the illegal, in order to strengthen the legitimate, influ- ence of station and property. We have......

The Appointment Of Lord Hartington As Secretary For...

to be a godsend to the agitators for Home Rule. His debut surpasses the wildest exploits of Sir Robert Peel. We are curious to see whether one Irish member not in office will......

We Have Commented Elsewhere On The First Half Of Mr.

Trevel- yan's Tuesday's speech, that on the Commander-in-Chief, and need only say here that he displayed all the ability for which he has credit, and much more tact ; but in the......