20 OCTOBER 1888, page 6

M11. Ritchie.

ATOTHING in English public life is more curious _1 1 .1, than the way in which, in each party, a kind- of informal rank is conferred upon certain of the leading states- men......

M. Floqtjet's Proposals.

I T is necessary, in considering M. Floquet's proposals, to remember the special circumstances of his position. He holds himself bound, he says, to keep himself in power, his......