2 SEPTEMBER 1871, page 1

The Scenes Of Daily Occurrence In The French Chamber Revive

the old doubt whether a popular Assembly can, under any circum- stances, govern France. The members appear entirely unable to restrain themselves. Whenever anything is said they......

A Correspondent Asks Us Why A Patron Who Owns Livings

should not be forbidden to sell them just as a Bishop is ? Because the law gives him a right to sell them, and to take away that right without compensation would be......

Another Correspondent, Whose Latter We Publish, Condemns...

Church as placing all patronage in the hands of the landed gentry. That is the reason, he says, why so many clergymen are Conservatives. That is true enough, and is a great......

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The Hampshire Campaign Has Commenced With A Misfortune....

the horses of the 1st Life Guards, 250 in number, were picketed out, when a fight, as is supposed, between two dogs frightened the animals, and an extraordinary rush, known in......

The Left Are Furious At The Declaration-that This...

constituent, and will henceforward direct all their efforts towards its dissolution. They hope to accomplish this end peacefully by inducing the electors to compel their......

M. Vitet's Bill For Prolonging The Term Of M. There'

powers was finally passed on Thursday by a majority of 480 to 93, and provides that as a "precise title " tends to stability, and as the Assembly has a right to be constituent,......

News Of The Week.

T HE crisis in France has been staved off once more, but it was very serious. It seemed nearly certain at the beginning of the week that M. Rivet's proposition making M. Thiers......