26 FEBRUARY 1853, page 12

Topics Of The Day.

LORD JOHN'S NEW POSITION. Tun new arrangement of the Ministry, by which Lord John Rus- sell relinquishes the seals of the Foreign Office to the Earl of Cla- rendon, but retains......

Settlement Of The Income-tax.

THERE are some things in which hasty settlement is *lost worse than no settlement at all, and complicated financial questions are of that kind. In the midst of party conflict,......