19 OCTOBER 1878, page 5

Mr. Cross Dt Lancashire.

M R. CROSS is not jubilant. He is quite satisfied, he says, that the country is more Conservative than ever, but his tone is apologetic rather than triumphant. The truth is,—......

The Political Effect Of The Economic Situation.

L ORD BEACONSFIELD has always some resource, and the political world is curious to see what he will try next. He perceives, we doubt not, more clearly than anybody else that......

Topics Of The Day.

SIR JAMES STEPHEN ON AFGHANISTAN. T HE policy finally adopted by Lord Lytton, and the argu- ments presented by Sir James Stephen to the country, through the Times of Wednesday,......