2 OCTOBER 1875, page 5

Topics Of The Day.

THE CLOUD IN THE FAR EAST. L ONG approaching, with steady steps, the probability of a war between England and the Chinese Empire seems nearer than at any period since the murder......

The Intellectual Condition Of The Naval

SERVICE. —1T HE Court-martial on the loss of the ' Vanguard ' is the most serious warning which England has yet received that in intellectual discipline she is not up to the......