15 AUGUST 1885, page 8

The Royal Commission On Commercial Depression.

T RE Royal Commission on Commercial Depression will hardly be a, success. It contains the names of some very able and eminent men,—Professor Bonamy Price, for instance, Sir......

French Parties.

T HE political horoscope of France is almost as hard to fore- cast as that of England. Scrutin de lists may lead to changes as startling as any that are likely to be wrought by......