23 FEBRUARY 1889, page 5

Topics Of The Day.

THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. 1/1 - R. GLADSTONE is always moderate when he speaks AL on any subject which is not for the moment in the focus of his political mind ; and his speech......

The French Crisis.

M CARNOT is evidently not a strong man, or rather • not an original one ; but he has, we suspect, a certain capacity of persistence which is not infrequently found in his type......

Mr. Gladstone On Boycotting.

M R. GLADSTONE'S letter to Mr. Gray, read at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange on Tuesday, gives us great pain. He persists in thinking it his duty, as the leader of a great political......