29 APRIL 1871, page 5

Topics Of The Day.

THE WRECK OF THE BUDGET. T HE Budget is lost, partly through its strong points, partly through its weak, most of all through the cumulation of hostilities against the Government......

The Causes Of The Weakness Of The Cabinet.

i T is quite evident, if only from the humiliation of Thursday, that the Government is getting weaker, and it is not diffi- cult to trace the causes of that increased weakness.......