25 FEBRUARY 1871, page 6

The Two Failures Of Thursday. T He Ministry Seems To Be

passing through a spasm of weakness. In two separate instances on Thursday night they shrank from a clear duty, apparently through a fear of Parliament. One of these failures......

M. Triers.

" r ERE are no faults left for you to commit," was M. Thiers' neatest and most deadly epigram on the French Empire after the success of Prussia against Austria in 1866. He was......

The Difficulties Of An Earnest Minister. T He Line Taken By

the Prime Minister on Monday night in relation to Professor Fawcett's amendment on the University Tests' Bill has given very great dissatisfaction to the great majority of the......