18 MAY 1861, page 11

Topics Of The Day.

MR. GLADSTONE'S POSITION. W HAT the House of Orleans was to the Bourbons, Mr.' Gladstone is to this Administration. Allied by in- stinct and circumstances to its chiefs,......

The Duty Of .england In The American Str,ug-gle.

A ROYAL proclamation published on Tuesday last de- fines with some care the official attitude of Great Britain in the American crisis. The Government is strictly neutral in the......