17 OCTOBER 1863, page 5

Topics Of The Day.

THE SEIZURE OF THE STEAM RAMS. I F the present impulses of the middle class were obeyed, Eng- land would, by one and the same act, offer the United States a cams belli,......

Mr. Cobden On . Popular Taxation.

M R. COBDEN has none of the art of a popular agitator. He does not wish English politicians to " rest and be thankful," but he indirectly contributes a great deal more to the......

The Peels As Politicians.

T HE Peels, unlike the Peelites, are politically failures, and that in the face of circumstances more favourable than have ever surrounded any similar clan. The strong national......