27 OCTOBER 1866, page 5

Topics Of The Day.

THE CATASTROPHE IN BENGAL. T HAT telegram from India, announcing that half the popu- lation of Orissa have perished in the famine, must be a lie. It is impossible,......

Mr. Forster On Reform.

IVI R. FORSTER seldom makes a speech of any length with- out impressing us afresh with that peculiar combination of popular power and statesman-like pliancy in his intellect......