12 AUGUST 1854, page 14

Oxford Reform Bill : A Retrospect And A Warning.

THE Oxford Reform Bill, as finally settled by Parliament and approved by the Queen, is eminently the largest and most pro- gressive measure of a session singularly barren in......

The Taxing Machine.

THE last effort of Ministers and Parliament to put the representa- tive system in better order has broken down, to such an extent that many earnest Reformers almost regret the......

The Late Appointments And Some Others. Of Public Men It

may be said that their faults tell for more, in the general account, than their virtues. The present Govern- ment has made some excellent appointments, but it has also made some......