TN spite of all the denials, the British and French Govern- ments have addressed.a joint Note to the Khedive, which was delivered to him on the 8th inst. In this Note, the...

of absolutism. On the evening of January 7th, the official gazette contained a rescript signed by the King of Prussia, declaring that the Constitution of 1850, though it...

have been despatched with great speed, and it is said that at present there is no intention of holding more of them till the Ministers assemble in February. If this be so, it is...

Cumberland, suggested a very sensational remedy for Obstruction, which was that Irish Members should all be slaughtered at the port of debarcation. " That, however, is a large...

for M. Gambetta. There were seventy-five retirements by lot and four death vacancies, and of the total number the Republicans have carried twenty-one seats away from the Re-...

of Sir John Holker, the Tory ex-Attorney-General, to whom he has offered a Lord Justiceship of Appeal, in the place of the late Lord Justice Lush, which has been accepted. It is...

case.

tribute £1,000 to the expenses for the contestin the North Biding, and Mr. Rowlandson's candidature is now being pushed by a hearty canvas. Opposed to him is Mr. Guy Dawnay, of...

in Poland and Russia, and show conclusively that in widely separated places the mobs plunder the Jews, beat them, and occasionally violate their women ; that the local...

on Thursday on the state of agriculture, and the various specifics- for relieving it. He had hardly any occasion to warn them against Protection,—a kind of heresy which the...

exercised in his mind concerning the proposal for the closure of the debate by the vote of a majority, and protested against it to his constituents on Tuesday. Mr. Anderson did...

that it is the easiest thing in the world to buy estates in Britain. In his own county (Haddington) there are eighty-five estates, and within sixty years fifty of these have...

Property in Ireland has judged wisely in deciding at last, as it did yesterday week, to put its funds at the disposal of the Irish Association for the same purpose. Though it...

first step towards a radical railway reform. It has asked the Boards of the different railways to report whether they are willing to reduce the charge for passengers 50 per...

on Tuesday, though of the sayings of the latter speaker, who was probably the more amusing of the two, we have unfortunately received no account. Colonel Stanley played the part...

says that he recently mentioned a case which had come before him, in which he felt certain that the patient had been poisoned. An eminent London physician present imme- diately...

addressed by Mr. R. Giffen to the Board of Trade. This most exact economist, reasoning from data which we can- not condense, estimates the injury to the farmers from bad...

the vacancies in the Senate of the University of London, so far as they are filled up by Convocation, are understood to be alternately filled by the faculties of Arts and Laws...

the question of disease. It has a theory that if the truth about the amount of sickness were known, the conscripts would not come forward, and the troops themselves would lose...

to be confined exclusively to the lower animals. In last week's. British Medical Journal, Mr. Jonathan Hutchin- son, senior surgeon to the London Hospital, discourses as follows...

in prison at Portland, has been visited by Mrs. A. M. Sullivan. He remains, as ever, a dangerous Nationalist ; but, like all who have imbibed that injurious, but not ignoble,...

• THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF LONDON. T HERE is something in the understood resolve of the Cabinet to reform the Government of London this year -which appeals strongly to the...

T HE "Royal Rescript " published in Berlin on Saturday evening does not involve a revolution, but in advising its issue Prince Bismarck has entered on that broad road which...

OLONEL STANLEY, in his speech at Blackpool on ki Tuesday, took great care to repeat, almost in the very language of his elder brother, his wish to disclaim ever having been " an...

than the account given in the Times of the outrages of which the Jews in Russia have been the victims during the past year. It is natural to suspect that, in some particulars,...

W 14 are not decided supporters of M. Gambetta, whom we suspect of certain designs which we cannot ap- prove, and of certain weaknesses—we mention one of them below—which...

ir is a good thing for Germany that the policy of persecu- tion,, though for a time only too popular with its natural enemies, the Liberals, was introduced and carried by the...

E NGLISH Christians of whatever Church would do well to follow Mr. Gladstone's example in visiting Mr. Spurgeon's Tabernacle last Sunday, and so trying to learn for themselves...

W E wish some considerable political economist, acquainted with actual business, would explain to the public a puzzle which presents itself every day. Why does money for...

authors and publishers have any idea of the trouble involved in choosing titles for new books. It is reserved, perhaps, to publishers alone to estimate titles at their full...

THE MIRACLE PLAY IN WORCESTERSHIRE. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SI11,-I was one of the small number of persons, outside the inhabitants of the village, present at...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — The farmer at this moment has many advisers who would advise him to waste breath in urging impracticable claims. Let me suggest to...

To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTLT01.1 SIR, — In your article of the 7th inst., on " The Irish Landlords in Caucus," you altogether miss the chief point of their case, which...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." . 1 Sra,—The Irish landlords who are asking for compensation for the injustice done them by the Land Act, quietly take for granted in all...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—In your thoughtful paper upon " Old Age," in the Spectator of December 31st, you, to my thinking, rightly, appre- ciate the joys...

[To THE EDITOR OW THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I take the liberty to point out to you a mistake in your most interesting article about " Marshal von Moltke," in your edition of the...

ITo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I was very glad to see the letter of " South Warwick- shire " to you a few weeks ago. No one gauged the feeling of the country...

SPECTATOR.") SIR,--Will you allow me less than a dozen lines, to contest your dictum that " if a man is willing to be put down Church,' he will vote Church ?' " Assuming that by...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—May I correct an inaccuracy in your paper of December 31st You speak of Dr. Lamson as son of "a clergyman of the Church of England...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—If I were now in Parliament, I would vote against any measure that could be considered a Bradlaugh Relief Bill. It is useless to...

on Mr. C. Miall's " Results of the Reli- gious Census," you intimate that the figures cannot be taken as evidence of the opinion of the people upon the question of Dis-...

* a * M. D. (Malvern.)—We should be glad to insert " M. D.'s" letter, if be chooses to send us his name and address privately,. not for publication. We can insert no letter...

"TWO ROSES." THE reopening of the Lyceum Theatre has become an event of considerable importance in the Dramatic world, both to the ad- mirers and scorners of Mr. Henry Irving's...

MR. GREG'S MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS.* THIS posthumous volume of Mr. W. R. Greg's Miscellaneous Essays shows no deficiency at all in the charm of style and force of statement which...

[FIRST NOTICE.] THE exhibition of the Old Masters at Burlington House is growing pitiably weak, both in numbers and quality, and this year's collection is both the smallest and...

Ti u author of George Geith is not likely to produce a feeble novel. She understands her art well, and if, as iu the present instance, her story is almost wholly without charm,...

THAT Mrs. Pfeiffer holds a place of her own among minor min- strels has been thoroughly acknowledged, though, perhaps, her merits have been better discerned by literary critics...

IT would hardly have been possible for Mr. Sully to produce an uninteresting book on such a subject as that of "Illusions," and this volume of nearly 400 pages has all his usual...

THESE two handsome volumes contain the narrative of a voyage which was not only remarkable as an effort in the field of geo- graphical research, but which also promises to prove...

IN an interesting and highly suggestive preface, Mr. Palgrave observes that the scheme which he has endeavoured to execute in this volume has not the advantage of a direct...

The Portfolio. January. (Seeloys.)—The Portfolio opens the year with a number of more than usual excellence, fulfilling so far the very large promise which it makes for the...

F.R.G.S. —This little book seems worthy of special notice. It is an epitome of the history of Persia from the time of Alexander to the rise of the Saracenie domination,...

—Mr. Page has republished, with additions, an essay which he con- tributed some time ago to the British Quarterly Review, on " Vera de Societe and Parodies," adding to it some...

and Hall.)—It would have been better, perhaps, to have written "in " for " through," a preposition which suggests a journey taking in either the length or breadth of the land....

Literary Biography. By G. A. Emerson. (Ward, Lock, and Co.) —We cannot profess to have much liking for these biographies of living statesmen. But if the thing has to be done,...

and Co.)—Penelope tells her story in a great many words, which are not always well chosen. She talks, for instance, of "a wonderfully felicitous period," when she means what...

Statham, who has edited newspapers in Natal and Capetown, may be taken as a well-informed and intelligent exponent of colonial opinion. The general purport of that opinion is,...

By Albert Harkness, Ph.D. (Bell and Sons.)—We do not exactly see what place this grammar, for which we are indebted to one of the Professors of Brown University (Providence,...

a learned essay on the words "alms and oblations," in .the Prayer for the Church Militant,—quite conclusive, it seems to us, as a refutation of the common notion of the High...

Peoples of the World. By G. G. Chisholm, M.A. (Blackie and 'Sons.)—This handsome volume of nearly a thousand pages is, in fact, a sort of universal geography. It does not...

New York.)—We in this conntry naturally do not take so keen an interest in the York-Town campaign as do our friends on the other side of the Atlantic. But if any one wants to...

by Helen Blackburn. (Arrowsmith, Bristol.)—Miss Black- burn gives here a brief account of the laws, enabling and disabling, which affect the condition of women. It is a useful...

majority of these sermons are such es might be addressed to an intelligent congregation of believers. They are able and practical ; the preacher puts his point clearly, and...

of " Mr. Carlyle in his Garden at Chelsea." The other plates are the " Dancing Children " of Luca Cangiagio, and " Cromwell at Marston Moor," after E. Crofts, A.R.A.—Part 7...