18 NOVEMBER 1882, page 5

Topics Of The Day.

MR. GLADSTONE'S STATEMENT ON EGYPT. T HE statement made by Mr. Gladstone on Tuesday upon the affairs of Egypt, though simple in form and ap- parently confined to one subject,......

The Closure And Its Consequences.

T HE singular attempt to represent the majority of last week in favour of the power of closing debate as "a majority much less than bare,—fictitious and illusory," is......