6 DECEMBER 1879, page 5

Topics Of The Day.

THE ATTEMPT ON THE CZAR. T HE assassination of monarchs appears to be one of the most difficult as well as most criminal of tasks. In our day, though one President has been......

Mr. Gladstone As Financier.

T ORIES are dreadfully perplexed when they have to deal with Mr. Gladstone exclusively as a financier. As a politician, they can dispose of him, in words at all events, easily......