15 NOVEMBER 1873

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Since we reported last week the seizure by the Cuban

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Govern- Ment of the American blockade-runner, the Virginius, with 165 smile on board, it has turned out that the ship is at least priraii facie an American ship, that there was...

The Mansion-House Dinner to the Ministry came off on Monday,

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the 9th falling on Sunday, and a great number of Ministers attended. All, however, with one accord exerted them- selves strenuously to say nothing,—and all succeeded. Mr. Glad-...

The Government, as we think, has not acted fairly towards

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Mr. Monsell ; but at all events, it has replaced him by perhaps the best ally it could find, and certainly one of the very strongest men in the House of Commons,—Dr. Lyon...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE state of affairs in France is bad. The Left Centre have deserted the Liberals, have accepted a proposal that Marshal MacMahon shall reign till the sixth year after the...

The want of pith in the Left Centre was conclusively

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shown in the debate on M. Leon Say's interpellation about vacant seats. M. de Broglie only proposed its postponement till the prolonga- tion of powers had been settled, and M....

The Foreign Office seems to be in another scrape. The

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Turks, who have been pushing their conquests in Arabia very fast for the last two years, are now attacking Lahej, a city thirty-eight miles north of Aden, surrounded by an oasis...

The latest news about the Bengal famine is not reassuring.

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The Times' correspondent states that prices are rising and the new crop being sent to market, while thousands of labourers are already employed upon the relief works. He says...

e,„ 10 The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript in any

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case.

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Mr. Miall has intimated his intention not again-to stand for

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Bradford, in a letter to Sir Titus Salt, in which, as every one will regret to hear, he pleads infirm health as his reason for declining again to engage in the excitement of a...

Very little news has come in from Western Africa this

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week, but it seems certain that the King has left Coomassie to crush the British, and was already on his march, when Captain Glover, learning the facts through the friendly King...

The minority of the Commissioners of Irish National Educa- tion,

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those who favour Mr. 0 2 Keeffe, have made and published a protest against the action of the Board, which assumes that the majority ought not to have embarked " in inquiries and...

At the Conservative dinner Mr. Stephen Cave was the "star

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of the evening, and made a speech which delighted his audience, mainly because it was so untrue. Ile said the Liberals intended to substitute cauliflower-growing for...

Mr. Bright has written a very neat letter, explaining what

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he means by "free land," to a gentleman at Stockton-on-Tees—Mr. G. W. Sanders, who made the inquiry. He means by it "the abolition of the law of primogeniture, and the...

We regret to notice the death of Lord.Lyveden, formerly Mr..

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Vernon-Smith, son of Bobus. Smith, who died on Monday, at the age of seventy-three. Mr. Vernon-Smith was considered by the public almost a fool, so indiscreet - were his...

On Thursday the members of the Liberal and Conservative Societies

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held their annual banquets at Bristol, and said various things, none of them much worth reporting. The Liberals were out of heart with Mr. Gladstone's speech, and the Marquis of...

The Tablet of yesterday makes a good suggestion, that the

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funds left in the hands of the Committee for the relief of the wounded in the Franco-German war, should now be applied for the use of the wounded in the Spanish war,—of course...

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Mr. Arch, we believe, returns from Canada determined to found

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a settlement there, and acknowledging the yeoman's life there to be a good one, though over hard-worked. Mr. Clayden, who accompanied him, however, does not like the place at...

The School Board electiOns in Manchester do not really show

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the falling-off in the interest taken in it by the voters since 1870 -which at first appears. There were only about 27,000 persons who voted out of some 60,000 - entitled to...

Mr. H. A. Bright, of Liverpool, produced in last week's

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Athenmum very curious evidence that Mr. Disraeli, when in his novel of " Venetia " he sketched Lord Cadurcis,—who is, of course, intended for Lord Byron,—had before him at least...

Mr. G. 0. Trevelyan has also made a capital speech

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at Sheffield this week,--a speech shrewd, humorous, and racy. He compli- mented Sheffield (very justly) on the character of its represen- tatives, remarking that " when a cause...

Mrs. Garrett Anderson made a speech at St. George's Hall

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on Saturday in favour of her sister, Mrs. Cowell, and of female can- didates generally for School Boards, which was most enthusiasti- cally received. She was utterly opposed to...

Lord Arthur Russell addressed his constituents at Tavistock on Wednesday,

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pointing out to them that though there was no Conservative reaction, in the strict sense of the word, no desire to undo what has lately been done, there is a very strong desire...

Consols were on Friday 911 to 92j.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE FRENCH CRISIS. Av . have still a hope, but it is a very thin one. To all appearance, the Left Centre have betrayed both the Republican cause and the people of France ; and...

THE POLITICAL WEAKNESS IN FRANCE.

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O NE point of weakness emerges in all the recent politica history of France, which is, we suspect, very near indeed, to the heart of the present political feebleness and...

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THE NEW TROUBLE OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE.

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W E sincerely hope that the news from Aden reported in the Times of this week is not correct, for if it is, the Govern- ment will have an account to settle with the country such...

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THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN.

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R I7MOURS of wars fill the air, and one of the most threat- ening of them is that which concerns the relations of the United States and Spain. It is fortunate for the Spaniards...

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EARL GREY ON THE ASHANTEE WAR.

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T is an unfortunate thing for those Tories and Whigs who I still dream of a Middle party that Earl Grey cannot lead them. The most moderate of Conservatives and the purest of...

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4 R. LE WES, we think it is, who has

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observed that the emotions, Ai govern the whole land from Coomassie, we freely admit that passions, and impulses of youth are very frequently disturbing Earl Grey's plan would...

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A NEW GUESS AT "THE IRON MASK."

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T HE latest contribution to the literature of the Iron Mask does not clear up the secret which so many authors—urged, we suspect, mainly by the passion for guessing by rule,...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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LITERARY SANSCIJLOTTISM. (TO TRH EDITOR Os THR " SPECTATOR:I Six,—Much as I may fail in that modest repose which gives a charm to the political utterances of the Spectator, my...

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THE EDUCATION OF THE CLERGY.

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(TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.") SIE, —I have been at some pains to ascertain how much truth there is in a statement which we have all frequently heard, viz., that the...

MR. MILL AND HIS CRITICS.

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[TO THB EDITOR OF THR "SPECTATOR.') SIB, —Will you permit me some remarks upon your very able and thoughtful and, on the whole, kindly article on Mr. Mill's " Auto- biography,"...

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SALE OF ECCLESIASTICAL PATRONAGE.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR."] SIR, —You probably hold, as so many persons hold, that the great variety in the forms of patronage has been and is of material advantage to...

"THE CONGREGATIONAL THEORY " AND LIBERTY OF THOUGHT.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE'SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I have not the pleasure of Mr. Tidman's acquaintance, but I think I can gather from his letter that be is not a clergyman. The liberty...

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CANON HEURTLEY AND COURTESY.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'? Sin,—The argument in your paragraph on Canon Heurtley last week is based on the assumption that Dr. Manning is a foreign ecclesiastic. He...

MR. RODEN NOEL ON BYRON.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —In quoting a sentence from the first half of my essay in St. Pawls on Byron, and commenting upon it, you have uninten- tionally...

THE FRENCH LIBERAL CATHOLICS.

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(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,— Perhaps you will grant me a little of your space for a few words in answer to your appreciation of an article on French Catholicism...

" LYINGG" AND THE BALLOT.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEOTATOL1 SIR, —A paragraph in the second page of your present issue (November 8) reminds me of a conversation respecting the Ballot, which I have...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Unless anyone else notices

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your defence of Dr. Manning's usurped precedence, will you permit me to reply to it ? It is urged that courtesy required that a dignitary of high foreign rank should be placed...

RITUALISM AND THE BISHOPS.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] :Bru,—In your article on the Ritualists and the Bishops, you say that " the Protestants may fairly point to the public services, and...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

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icit,--For several years I was intimately acquainted with an 4 ' Independent " minister, whose character and work received the 'warmest expressions of esteem from all classes...

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ANOTHER TRANSLATION OF THE SAME.

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De mille yeux la nuit scintille, Et seul is jour n'a qu'un cell ; Mais quand le soleil ne brille, Le monde eat en deal!. De mile yeux l'esprit nous arme, Un seul an cosur...

VERY FREE TRANSLATION.

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Sons sec voiles in nuit a des regards sans nombre, Et le jour n'a qu'un ceil sur son disque vermeil ; Pourtant la terra est froide et sombre Sans le soleil. Le cceur n'a qu'un...

BOOKS.

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HOLLAND HOUSE.* THE Princess Marie Liechtenstein tells the story of the old house in which her girlhood was chiefly passed, simply and well. It is a pleasant old house to look...

WATER-L1131 S.

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THERE are water-lilies lying Large and lustrous to desire, With the snow for whiteness vying, Holding each a heart of fire ; Lilies with large leaves for shadow, Where the...

LORD MACAULAY'S VERACITY.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] desire to take fact for my major premiss. Lord Macaulay in his essay on Warren Hastings thought fit to make use of the following language...

POETRY.

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LIGHT. [FROM THE "SPECTATOR" OF OCTOBER 25TH, 1873.] THE night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one, Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun. The mind...

[To ins Kenos Or ran usesorszois."] SIR,—As Mr. George Mitchell

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has quoted my name in his letter of last week, I shall be much obliged if you will allow me to say that I must disavow any responsibility foe the statements it contains.—I am,...

Yet o'er the land still blooms that wondrous glow, Still

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shine the topmost peaks, and down below The vale is full of light, And gloomy night Cometh not yet. And, dear, we part ; Yet while thine image holds its constant sway,...

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THE FAIR HAVEN.*

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[We allow the following notice to stand as it was written on the first and anonymous edition of the book. A second edition has just appeared, on the title-page of which...

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SPECIMENS OF EARLY ENGLISH.*

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THE book before us is the second volume of Specimens of Early English, edited by the Rev. R. Morris and the Rev. W. W. Skeet, and issued by the Clarendon Press. It ranges over...

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THE WORTHIES OF CUMBERLAND.*

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DR. LONSDALE, in undertaking to write the biographies of Cumberland Worthies, is doing a good service to his county. Some of the men and women whom be includes in his series are...

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MOTHER EARTH'S BIOGRAPHY.* This is a book of which it

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is not easy to give a definite and coherent account. We are at a loss to discriminate what in it is meant to be serious from what is intended for wit and humour. In what sense...

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FIRES AND THEIR _PREVENTION.*

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Tux great fires which have so lately swept away whole chisels: America have suggested this book, and though we in England have not had such terrible lessons as were taught to...

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Aftermath. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. (Boutledge.) — It would be

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an idle flattery, such as would displease even the poet's warmest admirers, to say that Aftermath is of the same quality as "Hiawatha," which has made Professor Longfellow one...

CURRENT LITERATURE.

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The Sunday Magazine for October and November. Edited by W. G. Blaikie, D.D. (W. Isbistor and Co.)—We call attention to those numbers of the Sunday Magazine chiefly because they...

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GUIDE - BOOKS. — A Handbook for Travellers in Algeria. (Murray.)— Many people just

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now are probably meditating a flight to the South, and some among them will find Mr. Murray's last addition to his series of "Handbooks" a very seasonable publication. The plan...