18 JANUARY 1879, page 5

Topics Of The Day.

SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT AT OXFORD. W HEN a contemporary devoted to the cause of the Government said of Sir William Harcourt's speech at Oxford that it was dull, it must have used......

The Dufaure Ministry And The Chambers.

I T is not perhaps very remarkable that nations are even slower to take the political advice of their neighbours than individuals themselves. Yet we are disposed to think that,......