2 AUGUST 1884, page 5

Topics Of The Day.

LORD SALISBURY'S FIXED IDEA. T A OED SALISBURY'S speech on Monday to the London Delegates of Conservative Associations was more careful —perhaps because it was more pervaded by......

M. Ferry And The French People.

M JULES FERRY has never been a statesman to our • mind. He took up the r3le of a persecutor of religion with something resembling, but only resembling, passion, at a time when......

Our Responsibility In Egypt.

I T is well that Mr. Gladstone's generous attempt to build up a civilised Government under native rule in Egypt should have a fair trial. But let us cherish no illusions. A......