T HE event of the week has been a grand Tory demonstration at Liverpool, where a large Party Club has been started, intended to play the part of the Birmingham "Caucus." Lord...

was a kind of dirge, and its monotonous melan- choly was unrelieved even in the second speech, in which Sir Stafford wept over Lord Beaconsfield, declared that Mr. Glad- stone...

which is believed without any evidence, of a defensive and offen- sive secret alliance between Germany and Sweden against Russia. The Swedes are to assist the Germans by tea and...

release of Mr. Parnell. It was believed that the Government had abandoned the policy of Coercion ; illuminations were ordered, and for some hours the excitement was extreme. It...

in Ireland to a legislative interference with property in Ireland, which induced the people to hope that if they were violent enough, they might obtain more. He described the...

with an elaborate defence of the House of Lords, and. declared that the House of Commons, "of whose labours we feel the blessing," was "a House freely elected, freely debating,...

have beea rerspened, and the shopkeepers are again selling their goods. The Ministry is apparently trium- phant, and adheres to S. Camacho's plans, but it is more than probable...

Mr. Broadhurst to deny the persistent report that the Government intend to offer some compromise upon the question of the Closure. He is most explicit. After stating that "the...

by a good deal of courage. He hinted that the 100,000 teachers employed by the Department were far from being contented, but said that payment by results must be maintained,...

in their annual conference at Tipperary on Thursday, passed three sets of resolutions. By the first, they emphatically denounce Mr. P. J. Smyth, Member for Tipperary, for his...

has promoted 500 officers, and certain Circassians—six in number—who were omitted from his lists, with ten other officers in the same situation, determined to kill him, and...

reason for pressing the tobacco monopoly upon the German Parliament. It is precisely the reason we explained, when dis- cussing his defeat in the Economic Council. He holds,...

of elec- tricity. Manchester, through her deputy town-clerk, has asked the Board of Trade to secure to the municipality a monopoly of the right of supply ; and the Board, aware...

has published in the Times a formal plan for the reorganisation of Ireland. He would release the suspects, and grant Home- rule by creating four Provincial Parliaments, each...

of -Chinese immigrants is not over yet. Both Senate and House -of Representatives passed by large majorities a Bill suspending the admission of Chinamen for twenty years, and it...

ating business. These are many, but resolve themselves into three, a one-hour rule limiting long speeches, a rule prohibiting 'conversation during debate, and a division of the...

opening of the Suez Canal were seriously to affect the fortunes of Canada, yet that is not impossible. The shippers of wheat from India appear to have completely surmounted the...

A furious quarrel has, however, broken out among the relics of the Bonapartist party, of whom a few cling to Prince Napoleon Jerome, as obvious head of the dynasty, while the...

LORD SALISBURY'S DELIVERANCE. " p ROPUTTY. proputty, proputty ; that's what I hears 'un say," said the Northern Farmer, as he listened to the beat of his pony's hoofs ; and...

4 4 I - HAVE felt it my duty to say these words to you," said Sir Stafford Northcote, at the close of his speech at Liver- pool on Wednesday ; and he added, "You will hear much...

T HE Times has taken advantage of the retirement of Prince Gortschakoff, to preach once more the old doctrine t)rat only a despotism succeeds in diplomacy. A Constitutional...

I F the signs abroad be not deceptive, Mr. Parnell has edu- cated the Tories to some purpose. It is very difficult to believe that the leaders of that party intend to propose...

W E cannot resist an impression that Europe, and more especially England, may very shortly agree to a grand mistake in Egypt. The Stock-Exchange speculators are obviously quite...

A RE the historians of the last two centuries right about France, or are the political observers of the hour ? The question is of some importance, for all political combina-...

T IIE first condition of an Eirenicon is that it should promise a reasonable prospect of satisfying those on whose behalf it is offered. Dr. Plumptre naturally believes that his...

W HAT makes a parole so much more binding than any other pledge P To break it is only to tell a lie, though no doubt, under the most degrading circumstances ; and lies at least...

W HEREIN lay the charm of Lord Beaconsfield's speeches? For that they had a charm of a very peculiar kind is unquestionable. The fascination was quite different from that...

DEAN PLUMPTRE'S EIRENICON. [TO TER EDITOR OP TER " 8111CTATOR."1 Sta,—Dr. Plumptre, in his valuable letter of the 3rd inst., suggests a Ritual Eirenicon based upon a...

the excellent tone of Dean Plumptre's letter in your columns of April 8th, to call in question one of its clauses,—that in which he curtly dismisses as untenable the view of the...

the sympathy of my kind friend of many years, the Dean of Wells ; but I fear he over-estimates the force of sympathy, if he thinks it can bring Ritualists, and those who take...

to come down from an atmosphere of coarse and deliberate refusal to believe in a plain denial made by a Bishop, to a practical suggestion like that of the Dean of Wells in your...

If," says the Dean of Wells," the Edwardian vestments are permitted, they are, as the Judges in the Ridsdale case affirmed, obligatory in every church and chapel." Not more so...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECNAT01/.1 SIR,—Is there not a point of view from which the protest of Mr. Knowles and his distinguished friends may appear to posterity a little...

Sia,—I dare say many men will point out that the Dean of Wells is mistaken in assuming that the reversal of the Ridsdale judgment would involve any practical or moral obligation...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—Mr. Chancellor Christie has, perhaps, misapprehended that which he may have been told. But I can assure him that not my statements,...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECE&TOR:1 SIR,—In the Spectator of the 1st inst., you say that over a great part of Ireland the law appears-to be not only distrusted, but hated. This...

the proper reading of Gaelic phrases, and must, therefore, decline Mr. Liddall's letter.

JAMES MILL.* .JamEs MILL has a rightful claim to a place in English bio- graphy—for his History of British India, for the work that he did in bringing within the sphere of...

and they have this recommendation for those who are fond of light reading, that they may be opened equally well at almost any page. Their contents are thrown together without...

never occurred to us to wonder, in reading the enthusi- astic praises of German women, as sung by the Minnesiinger Frauenlob, Walther von der Vogelweide, and others, what has...

has always been fully appreciated in this country, not only for his genius as a musician, but also for the fine qualities, both of intellect and heart, which made him the most...

Percy Fitzgerald's last book, The Life of George IV., while speaking of the author as a bookmaker, we protested against the interpretation of that word which gives it a...

WRITERS who wish to present a difficult subject in a pleasant way, and from several differing points of view, are naturally tempted to adopt the dialogue form. This method has...

Paul,. Trench, and Co.)—This is a very convenient manual of Egyptian history, of what remains of the country's architecture and arts, and of what we know of the religion and the...

The Portfolio. April. (Seeley and Co.)—Mr. J. C. Lefroy, in his series of papers on "The Ruined Abbeys of Yorkshire," has reached Fountains, the most interesting and most...

Macphail, M.A. (Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier, Edinburgh.)—The House Pluscardyn was founded in the early part of the thirteenth cen- tury, by Alexander II., a great favourer...

the Nile. (Tinsley Brothers.)—Mr. Edwin Arnold introduces, with a preface -which will readily secure the favour which it bespeaks, this volume, the work of his son. The party...

E. Harrison. (Rivingtons.)—Miss Harrison, whose book vindicates for her at once a considerable place among the scholars of the day, has treated here six of the Odyssey myths,...

John Taylor. Vol. I., Civil History ; Vol. II., Ecclesiastical History. (J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol ; Griffith and Ferran, London.)—These two handsome volumes deserve a more...

Low and Co.)—Belief, we fear, has not a very powerful champion in Mr. Painter. With much that he says as to the dogmatism and pre- sumption of men of science we quite agree, but...

(Hurst and Blackett.)—The obvious criticism which will occur, we suppose, to all who estimate the value of this novel (and it is cer- tainly worth estimating), is that it does...