8 APRIL 1899, page 5

Topics Of The Day.

MR. GEDGE'S MOTION. I T is most sincerely to be hoped that Mr. Gedge's Motion —to be proposed next Tuesday—which is intended to bind the Government to give no patronage to any......

- The Late Mr. Ellis. T Here Is Nothing More Curious

in English politics than the position of a successful Whip. He is as com- pletely unrecognised by the Constitution as the Cabinet is, and is usually paid either as " Patronage......