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In the Lords, the ceremonies began with the introduction of
The Spectatorthe new Earl of Beaconsfield, who was paraded round the House in the usual scarlet robes of State, and took his seat first on the Viscounts' bench and then on the Earls', in...
In the anticipatory sketch of the Queen's Speech, published as
The Spectatora leader in the Times of Thursday, mention is made of a " meed of praise" rendered to Lord Salisbury in the Speech for his conduct at Constantinople. What became of that...
NEWS OF THE WEEK
The SpectatorL ONDON was startled on Tuesday by the announcement that Midhat Pasha had fallen, and that Edhem Pasha had been appointed Grand Vizier, and has ever since been full of explana-...
The news created a curious kind of excitement in London.
The SpectatorThe journals were utterly puzzled, and their bewilderment was more than shared by their correspondents in Constantinople. The ex- planations by telegraph were endless. Midhat...
Lord Granville expressed his satisfaction that the Treaty of Paris
The Spectatorwas not to be torn up, especially on the ground that it provided an opening for a concert of the European Powers on the Turkish question, and recorded those declarations of the...
Parliament was opened on Thursday by the Queen in person.
The SpectatorThe Lord Chancellor, however, read the Speech, in which the Houses were informed that her Majesty's mediation having been requested by Servia, the Government had proposed to...
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The most remarkable speech of the night was the Duke
The Spectatorof Argyll's,—a speech which, if it had been delivered in the House of Commons, might have had a really electrical effect. He de- ferred, till the papers should be before the...
We have gone so fully into Lord Derby's speech elsewhere,
The Spectatorthat here we need only say that he declared emphatically that Lord Beaconsfield's Guildhall speech had not been read by the Emperor of Russia when he made his Moscow declaration...
The Times' correspondent at Constantinople forwarded OD Wednesday a story
The Spectatorillustrating the present administration of Bulgaria. On Christmas Day a Turkish gendarme, enraged with the Christian Mayor of the village of Brankortsi, after a severe beating,...
The Tribunal of Fifteen, to which the double returns of
The Spectatorthe Presi- dentialvotes of the various doubtful American States were referred, have decided in the case of Florida by 8 to 7 not to go behind the returns to the question of the...
In a subsequent portion of his speech, Sir Stafford Northcote
The Spectatoraffirmed that Lord Salisbury's conduct at the Conference had the fullest approval of her Majesty's Government, that he had not ex- ceeded his instructions, and that the very...
The debate in the Commons included only three speakers. We
The Spectatorhave commented elsewhere on the powerful speech in which Lord Hartington explained his own position, and the policy he thought Government ought to adopt,—namely, to make the...
Mr. E. J. Reed, in a third letter to the
The SpectatorTimes, published on Monday last, makes us more anxious than ever as to the scien- tific education of the men who at present have the real control of our Navy. He shows that a...
Mr. Gladstone delivered an address to the students of Marl-
The Spectatorborough College this day week, and especially congratulated them on the simple habits of Marlborough, as compared with those of Eton, and he hoped that in an age in which wealth...
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The Hungarian Premier, Tisza, finds it impossible to reconcile his
The SpectatorParliament to the Austrian proposals as regards Customs and the National Bank, and has therefore resigned. It is not believed that any other Premier will succeed better, as...
A man named Donovan was accused last week of assaulting
The Spectatoran attaché of the Chinese Embassy, pulling his pig-tail and boxing his ears. Donovan defended himself by saying he was drunk, and had an objection to the Chinese religion, but...
On Monday, at the meeting of the Social Science Association,
The Spectatorthere was a discussion on Spelling Reform, at which Mr. E. Jones, B.A., read a paper, maintaining that the reading and spelling of English, with the present orthography, are...
Dr. Lyon Playfair presided yesterday at Willis's Rooms at the
The Spectatorannual meeting of the Women's Education Union, of which her Royal Highness the Princess Louise was again re-elected pre- sident. It was stated that about 1,600 women were avail-...
We seem at last to have found an undoubted centenarian.
The SpectatorThe widow of Sir J. E. Smith, the founder and first President of the Linnman Society, died on Saturday, the 3rd inst., and as far as human evidence can prove anything, was born...
The appeal of "Dr." Monck, the "spirit-medium," who was convicted
The Spectatorin October last at Huddersfield of "using subtle means, crafts, and devices, by palmistry and otherwise, with in- tent to deceive," was heard in the Court of Exchequer yesterday...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE MINISTERIAL POLICY. I T is, of course, the official thing to say that the policy of the Government was not disclosed on Thursday, because the papers on which alone it could...
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THE FALL OF MIDHAT PASHA.
The SpectatorA MID all the doubts and speculations caused by the fall of Midhat Pasha, two facts would appear to be tolerably clear. Turkey, in spite of "Constitutions," "declarations of...
THE POLICY OF THE OPPOSITION.
The SpectatorT HOSE who expected sensations will, perhaps, be disap- pointed ted with the debates of Thursday, but one con- siderable event occurred in the House of Commons. The Leader of...
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THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE .1.11.1iKISH CRISIS.
The SpectatorT HE English people, with all its political sense—a sense frequently so acute as to amount to instinct—has two great defects in dealing with foreign politics. It is much too...
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MR. LOWE ON THE PROPOSED NORTHERN UNIVERSITY.
The Spectator.14 R. LOWE was a celebrated tutor before he was an advocate, but the advocate is deeper in him than the tutor, not to much because he is wanting in intellectual thoroughness...
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MB. MUNDELLA ON THE WORKING-CLASSES.
The SpectatorI HERE are not many men who know so much about the Working-classes as Mr. Mundella, and as he has never yielded to the temptation of prophesying to them smooth things, it is a...
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PAINFUL EXPERIMENTS ON MAN.
The SpectatorI N writing on the restriction of Vivisection, we repeatedly urged the great danger threatened to the spirit of the medical profession,—the profession of healing,—even in...
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MR. GEORGE MEREDITLI ON LAUGHTER.
The SpectatorTT is a pity that the daily papers, if they think it worth their while to report lectures—and it is worth their while, every paper counting many among its constituents who are...
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MR. IRVING IN TRAGEDY.
The SpectatorM R. IRVING may boast of at least one proud distinction, —whatever may be his merits or demerits as an actor, however exaggerated his gestures at times may be, he is still, at...
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THE "ESTATES OF THE REALM."
The SpectatorrTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SM,—Your correspondent, "An Unattached," says, "The claim of the High-Church party amounts to no less than this, that Con- vocation is an...
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MR TOOTH AND HIS ANTECEDENTS.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—A report has appeared in one of your contemporaries stating that the Rev. Arthur Tooth became rich by rearing sheep in Australia before...
THE GREEK AND ENGLISH TESTAMENTS.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The following story of the late Bishop Villiers (I hope it is not a " wicked " one) is perhaps even more is propos to Professor...
THE IRISH CHIEF-JUSTICESHIP.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") know from experience how anxious the Spectator is to avoid unfairness in criticism and to hear the other side, and as I think the...
A CLEVER DOG.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE"SPECTATOR."] Srit,—The Spectator is always so kind to animals that I venture to send you the following story of a dog's sagacity, which may be depended...
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND THE BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL BOARD.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPROTATOR:1 La, —The figures at the close of my letter last week were simply intended as information respecting the work the Birmingham Religious Education...
MR. MORRIS'S " SIGURD."
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIII,—I have read with great interest your review of Mr. Morris's poem, "Sigurd the Volsung," and it seems to me that much of what might, at...
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ANGELS' TEARS.
The SpectatorME lily weeps at even; For vapours, fall'n anew From the clear vault of heaven, Turn at the touch to dew. ""l'is only so heaven's tearless eyes With mortal woes can...
POETRY.
The SpectatorIRISH SONG. [Air : " The banks of the Daisies."] WHEN first I saw young Molly Sthritched beneath the holly, Fast asleep, forenint her sheep, wan dreamy summer's day, Wid...
BOOKS.
The SpectatorTHE LIFE OF A SCOTTISH PROBATIONER.* No one, we think, will read this book without feeling that he has made a new friend, though one already gone beyond his reach in this...
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MR. DARWIN ON THE FERTILISATION OF VEGETABLES.*
The SpectatorTHE industry displayed in Mr. Darwin's writings is equalled in no others with which we are acquainted ; and indeed, it is marvellous that at a time of life when most men have at...
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THRICE.*
The SpectatorIv is indeed rare in these days to come across a novel containing matter and entertainment enough to make us regret turning its last page. Usually our sensations on arriving at...
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ANGLICAN CHURCH PORTRAITS.*
The SpectatorWE do not think we are unjust to the able as well as amiable representative of the Liberation Society who presents us with this volume of Portraits of Anglican Bishops, Deans,...
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COMMANDER CAMERON'S WALK ACROSS AFRICA.*
The Spectator[SECOND NOTICE.] IN February, 1874, Commander Cameron reached Tanganyika ; and the strictly exploratory portion of his task commenced, with his striking off to the west and...
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The Fortnightly, February.—Mr. Chamberlain continues his fight with Mr. Lowe,
The Spectatorand publishes a diagram showing that apparently there is no proportion between drunkenness and the number of public- houses. This, he thinks, is an argument against free-trade...
He might have added that a lenient code will always
The Spectatorbenefit most the most military nations, their object being to compel or tempt their adversaries to surrender. Mr. Reade's novel, "The Woman-Hater," is as lively as ever ; and a...
The Corn/ill Magazine, besides a charming paper on Fielding, by
The SpectatorMr. Leslie Stephen—quite the best paper in any magazine this month —and • humorously cynical account of the malady called "Falling in Love," that is an account, which will be...
Blackwood for February has a dry but very valuable paper
The Spectatoron "Philanthropy in War," from which we must make one extract. The writer advocates a definite code for the treatment of prisoners of war :— "We have frequently heard it said,...
Fraser's Magazine, February. The most readable, if not the best
The Spectatorpaper in Fraser is upon the House of Lords, in which we are told, among other things, that Lord Campbell is better informed on the poli- tics of South-Eastern Europe than almost...
CURRENT LITERATURE.
The SpectatorThe manager of the Contentporary Review has introduced a new feature, short articles in smaller type on minor topics. Such a feature is always useful in the conduct of a...
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Macmillan, February. Besides Mrs. Oliphant's pleasant story, "Young Musgrave," which
The Spectatorimproves as it advances, Macmillfm has a careful paper on the fleets of the world, by Mr. Shaw Lefevre, in which he arrives at the conclusion that the Naval power of this...
An Exposition of Our Judicial System and Civil Procedure, by
The SpectatorW. P. Finlason (Longmans), gives an account of the new system in- troduced by the Judicature Acts. The author prefixes an interesting view of the history of the subject. As...
