11 OCTOBER 1884, page 5

The Possibility Of Compromise.

T is natural enough that compromise should just now be much discussed. The English people, to begin with, being a people of business, are seldom averse to compromise in itself,......

Topics Of The Day.

THE FIRST SKETCH OF A REDISTRIBUTION BILL. T HE Standard should not have published the sketch of the Redistribution Bill prepared by the Ministerial Com- mittee. A journal of......

The Government And South Africa.

T HE exact truth cannot be known till Parliament meets ; but unless all reports afloat are unfounded, the course adopted by the Government in the Bechuana affair is wise and......