4 JANUARY 1873, page 15

The Shuffling Of The Cards.

THERE have been numerous rumours, which are not un- usual at this time of the year, and very often have a foundation in fact, of some alteration and reconstruction of the......

Grandmotherly Government.

D O the English people at heart like what Mr. Vernon Harcourt calls '• Grandmotherly Government "—that is to say, legislation interfering in their own interest with their own......