and the Tory party, and the Adullatnite clique, and the . Radical tail, assented on Monday to the " principle " of a lolger franchise. He would not, however, bind himself to the...

was settled,—that England had given her guarantee with the other great Powers of Europe for the neutrality of the Duchy of Luxemburg, and that he was prepared to take the...

are closely identified with the most powerful emotions of the human mind, as the consequences of disappointment after sanguine anti- cipation are apt to be very perilous, as...

MHE Conference on Luxemburg met on Tuesday, under the pre- sidency of Lord Stanley, who will now like the Foreign Office better than ever. The work interests him, and if he had...

to hope, for the last time this session,—on Thursday night, when a majority of sixty-six for the Government showed how completely Mr. Disraeli had really succeeded in ex-...

the SPECTATOR, and communications upon matters of business, should not be addressed to the Editor, but to the Publisher, 1 Wellington Street, Strand; W. C. Teams or...

Home Secretary, and the Earl of Devon the new President of the Poor Law Board. Mr. Hardy has risen fast, but he site for a Univer- sity, is immensely rich, and speaks well—all...

as it looks, one would think must have some sort of foundation. It is said that Mr. Seward is negotiating for the sale to the Union of all British America from the Pole to 40 0...

at once. That is very right. ' Bricklayers are prohibited from taking more than a defined number of apprentices. That is very wrong. Attorneys who charge any but the customary...

is not intended to get on. As Mr. Mill said on Thursday, "the Minister who sowed bribery broadcast with one hand holds in the other a Bill for the suppression of bribery. The...

the pro- spect of the collection of Kings who are, according to them, about to visit the Exposition. The Czar, it is said, has promised to come, and the Prince of Wales, and the...

Wager, and Mr. Beales, M.A., that he has at last resigned, saying. that his health will bear it no longer. We are not sorry for his resignation, as his sensibility of nature was...

to the House of Commons in favour of the Fenian political prisoners, which Mr. Bright read to the House yesterday week. The peti- tion set forth that Ireland is kept in a state...

last Tuesday, was chiefly remarkable for Mr. Gladstone's very powerful speech. He pointed out very ably the inconsistent excuses offered so commonly,—and which had been offered...

which shoots people without powder or smoke is quite true. The weapon is really a sling improved up to the nineteenth-century standard. Bullets are placed in a circular groove...

are happy to perceive, favourable. So is that on the Prince Imperial, but the latter appears to be still seriously ill, with a malady which it may take years to care.

Royal Commission to inquire into the condition of the Rubric. They are apparently to inquire into the disputed points about vestments, and the time for publishing banns, and the...

was very warmly applauded, but after reading very carefully the two very elaborate telegrams in which it is described, we must confess we clo not understand the plan. S. Ferrari...

in France, which has apparently received some impor- tant adhesions. The French of Alsace, for example, belong to it, and the German merchants in many great towns, and the...

the im- portance of "the Semitic element" to modern civilization. But we doubt if it has any great importance to Mr. Disraeli's own private and interior civilization. When he is...

on Friday week are subjoined :— Mexican Spanish P&B3iVell Do. Certificates .. Tw kish 6 per Cents., 1850 „ 1852 Unite.' States 5.20s .. • • • • • • Friday, • • • • /day 3....

(Stock) have continued to be absorbed by the public. Rather an important rise has, therefore, taken place in the value of National Securities. On Monday Consols for money were...

journal called the Industrial Partnerships' Record, a curious re- pertory of out-of-the-way facts, figures, and proposals, all bear- ing upon the subject. 'The following little...

402. a year. Mr. Disraeli admits it was an " inadvertence " to give it him, but he says he will not cancel it until he and Lord Derby have read all his poems, a new and very...

the only really powerful actress on the English stage, Miss Kate Terry, is likely soon to retire, though for the pleasantest of all good reasons. Whether there can be any good...

the accumulated profits or surplus funds beyond the sum of 602,016/. set apart to meet liabilities were returned at 202,973/. The policies in force are for 2,621,999/.

off at the annexed quotations :— Great Eastern ... Great Northern Friday, May 3. 271 110 Friday, May 10. 241 .. 1101 Great Western.. .. O. 04 VO 391 411 Lancashire...

Wales Government loan. The loan is to be issued in . bonds of 100/., 500/., and 1,000/. each, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The lowest price that will...

MR. DISRAELI'S LAST STROKE. I F success be the true test of statesmanship, Mr. Disraeli is a statesman. To all appearance he is about to pass a Bill establishing Household...

W HAT we are pleased to call the Government has at least one Biblical virtue. Its heart is not haughty, nor .has it any proud looks. It has refrained its soul, and kept it low,...

W ll HAT is an endorsement on the back of a bill? Is it a promise to pay if the other parties to the transaction do not, or only in case they do? We should have thought that a...

THE better Officers of the Army, the men who besides being officers are educated gentlemen competent to write pamphlets or be Members of Parlia ment, have a curious grievance of...

MR.inGdLAD.nSgTaOtNeEndeisnesyomtoettihmes d e d by fle hi xi s bl e e ne di mi al e e s ct o ic f subtle an of an ecclesiastic. Any one who thinks him really deficient in...

T HE Bishop of Salisbury, the bishop who described it in his first episcopal charge as a fact of his own (shall we say psychological or physiological?) experience, that since...

A COURAGEOUS and clever writer fights hard in this month's Blackwood on behalf of those who struggle through life for what they call "position." It is, he says, rather...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR2] SIR, —In the article, published in your last impression, headed "Mr. G. Trevelyan on Purchase" occurs the following sentence:— " We must make...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—Lord Derby was no doubt singularly unfortunate in dis- pensing of the Queen's Bounty Pension Fund in favour of Mr. Young. However...

"SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Will you allow me to say a few words on the interesting article in your last number, headed "The Possible Immorality of Self-Denial ?" You sum up your...

THE most strenuous partizans of the Academy do not deny that there are some circumstances of the annual Exhibition in Trafalgar Square of which the general body of untitled...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra r —The question is often asked, bow will it be possible to define a lodger franchise? Will you kindly permit me to make a simple...

SITANA.—A FORGOTTEN CAMPAIGN.* IT is not often that an Indian 'campaign finds a chronicler like Colonel Adye, one of the many officers in the Royal Artillery who unite to great...

Tiffs curious little book is one of the very few religious works which appear in any year that are wholly and in every fibre instinct with the unconventional personal faith of...

Ma. MAITLAND has made the mistake of thinking that because the special information which he had acquired concerning the • Captain Jack ; or, the Great Van Broek Property. A...

" ACIIETA DOMESTICA"—who is " Acheta Domestic.a ?"—writes with elegance and grace, a certain glossy grace, the hot-pressed, second-hand grace of the shining green and gold...

the Tweed and Its Tributaries. Published by authority of the Tweed Fishery Commissioners. (Blackwood.)—The Commissioners of the Tweed Fisheries drew up a certain number of...

and Hall.)—The other Tom Smith presupposed by this title-page (not this other Tom Smith, but the other other Tom Smith) is Thomas !Whe- t= Smith, whose life was published a...

Poet. (Alfred W. Bennett.) A Wreath of Shamrocks. By John K. Carey (Leo). (Dublin, M‘Gee.)—More verse, and unluckily mere verse, though the author of the second volume writes...

average story, with too many characters, which are therefore faintly sketched ; too many incidents, which are therefpre often im- probable—the changing of children is a very old...

John Timbs, F.S A. (Lockwood.)—The industry of Mr. Thnba's scissors cannot be too highly commended. Scarcely a fact escapes their watchful snip. We seem to bo,jesting, but we...

Joyce Dormer's Story. By Julia Goddard. (Bradbury and Evans.)— Miss Goddard has written many stories, we believe, yet this one leaves on us the impression of being a first...

to contain 63,000 calculations. We have not counted them, and it is needless to say that we have not tested many of them. Of course the value of such a book lies in its...

Chevalier de Chatelain is well known as a translator of English poetry. He is also, we believe, an Anglomane. If we remember rightly he was some time back a candidate for the...

girl's story, rather too long, and studiously moral. We can recommend it, however, to the class which considers Miss Yonge the greatest of novelists, and indeed to all who are...

1867. By the Rev. William Stubbs, M.A., Regius Professor of Modern History. (Oxford : J. Parker.)—We are glad of the opportunity of reading a revised edition of the lecture,...

deal in it about sub- terranean passages and robbers, but we had not the patience to pluck out the heart of its mystery, and it is too prosy to reward any greater perseverance.

and Son.)—An unpretending little publication, the sketches having been taken for family amusement, and having gradually enlarged their circle of appreciative admirers. If it is...

(Low, Son, and; Marston.)—There is not the same freshness in Mr. Macgregor's account of his second cruise as in his first little book, which we reviewed at length. And yet we...

(Black- wood.)—With the exception of some parts, which deal with a painful if I not repulsive subject, this little book is worthy of much praise and general reading. Its sketch...

Co.)—We noticed some similar pictures the other day, and it seems to us that too short a time has elapsed since then, for such exactly iden- tical faces to come forward with new...

Low.)—There is nothing peculiarly Australian in this tale, nor indeed much of anything noticeable. It tells the story of a minister's wife, and moralizes to a very great extent...

arranged by Charles Mackay, LL.D. (Routledge.)—Dr. 3fackay's name is a sufficient voucher for the creditable way in which those selections have bean made. The editor's original...

idea in them is in the first story, where the mode of proposal adopted by a diffident young man, and the consequences entailed by it, are amusing enough. The young man is in...