7 JANUARY 1871, page 7

The Murder Of Marshal Prim.

I T would be very di ffi cult, perhaps it would be impossible, to state the moral argument against political assassination in a form at once conclusive and short. A man does not......

Mr. Cardwell At Oxford.

W E do trust that any among our Liberal readers who may think us too severe upon Mr. Cardwell will read and consider his speech to his constituents at Oxford. There stands the......

The French Depression.

T HE week has been one of great depression for the friends of France, depression not unreasonable, although, as we trust and believe, exaggerated. One of those strange vibra-......