12 FEBRUARY 1898, page 5

The Opposition And Their Prospects.

I T is all very well to say that the Opposition are weak and distracted, without a policy and without a leader, and accordingly not worth troubling about or writing about.......

Topics Of The Day.

THE GENERAL OUTLOOK. T HE Government begins the Session with a majority of 143, and with a disorganised and dispirited Opposition ; but its leading members, unless report and......