4 JANUARY 1896, page 13

Topics Of The Day.

THE GATHERIISTG CLOUDS. T WO or three months ago no one would have said that the foreign policy of the United Kingdom was in any special degree anxious and threatening. Of......

The Explosion In The Transvaal. T He Sudden Outbreak Of The

fire so long smouldering in the Transvaal, is singularly inopportune. Great Britain commences the year loaded down with disputes, and there is now added to them a small civil......