T HE drift of events is towards war. Lord Beaconsfield's threatening speech on Thursday week was followed on Friday by a reply from the Czar, conveyed in the form of an answer...

divisions of the Russian army stationed in the south, mono- polising the service of the southern railways, and prohibiting the export of horses from Southern Russia. The stores...

in- cisive, amusing, and as we have pointed out elsewhere, on the Eastern Question a little imprudent. His main topic was Lord. Beaconsfield's speech at the Guildhall, which he...

Bristol Dolphin meeting, on Monday, expressed his dissatisfaction that English politicians comment on the disunion between the different elements of the Cabinet. "This, at all...

in which he recites the rather helpless efforts at mediation made by the British Government between August 24 and the present time ; while the Duke of Argyll, in a remarkable...

the Great Powers have agreed to the meeting, but it is reported on good authority that the Porte is most reluctant to assent, unless the British Government is prepared to state...

News that Mr. Sidgwick's suggestions as to the confusion between New and Old Style contained in his account of the Russian struggle with the Yomuds is correct, and that the...

crushing the Catholic Church. M. Madier de Monjau on Monday proposed that the -expenses of the Mission to the Vatican should be disallowed, and a fierce altercation was...

his dislike Of Mr. Gladstone's proposals for the settlement of the East, and his own alternative proposition that the Duke of Edinburgh should be made Emperor of European...

Conservative by a large majority, the Uniiersity of Aberdeen giving, however, a crushing majority for the Conservative, and Glasgow but a very Small one. The first return is as...

be, has been performed this week in Egypt. The Minister of Finance, it appears, was hotly opposed to Mr. Goschen's scheme for placing the finances under European control, and on...

as Secretary of State. The appointment is not one of good omen, Cardinal Simeoni belonging to the extreme party in the Church, and having, as Legate in Spain, demanded the...

Asia intend, it would seem, to appeal to the Great Powers against the oppressions to which they are subjected. Their peasants are whipped at the stake, their women and children...

the Depretis Ministry,—that is, for the Moderate Radicals. They will have nearly a two-thirds majority in the Chambers, and all their distinguished supporters are returned....

the night of Sunday, the 10th Sep tember, a gale along- the coast reached the enormous and unheard-of velocity of 153 miles per hour. The highest previously-known velocity was...

a letter to the Times of yesterday, from the Rev. F. 0. Morris, that in some cases the young of the swallow does not hibernate. His story, or rather the story related to him by...

law of this judgment, bat we may add here that the legal decision turned chiefly on two points,—(1), whether the act of criminal negligence could be said to have been legally...

to conduct the chief mechanical operations of the ship were not properly trained, and not properly organised for the work of conducting the operations of so highly delicate,...

sending over fresh meat to this country. They have organised a system under which some 3,000 quarters of fresh beef can be sent over in each steamer, not frozen, but cooled to a...

important question whether we have or have not criminal jurisdiction over the three miles' belt of sea outside our shores, was given in relation to the 4 Franconia's collision...

who, though a banker, seems to take a cheerful view of the prospects of Europe, made a suggestion that, as far as England's interests were concerned, it would pay us very well...

the 'extremely migratory habits of the Colorado or potato-beetle is accurate, there is little chance of our escaping a visit from him on this side of the Atlantic ; and it...

THE SITUATION IN THE EAST. T HE key of the situation remains in Lord Derby's hands. If he will consent to do justice, there may be peace ; if not, there must, so far as we can...

L ORD BEACONSFIELD is distinguishing himself this vacation by pursuing a steady policy of trumping his partner's tricks. Unquestionably the finesse for which he has been famous...

O N Friday, the 10th inst., the Czar delivered to the municipality of Moscow that exposition of the "sacred mission" of Russia on behalf of the Sclavonian cause which has rung...

0' great subject of the contest in Conference will be the a ppliestion,ef "autonomy," however the word may be 14B defined, to 'Bulgaria, or rather, to avoid misrepresentation,...

I N quieter times, it would have been interesting to examine the description of a Liberal with which Mr. Lowe enter- tained and edified the Colston diners. But at present it is...

T HE judgment in the 'Franconia' case, which denies that English Courts have any criminal jurisdiction over foreign ships passing within three miles of our coast, involves not...

and moderation which the Colonial Office has recently ex- hibited - in Barbadoes. The moderation is sufficiently shown - iii the removal by promotion of Mr. Pope Hennessy, and'...

most visible of his enemies,--ssavages and wild beasts of the more visible and tangible kind,—has nevertheless not by any means attained a state of even comparative security. It...

i t/ANY, perhaps most of our readers, will have heard more or less of a kidnapped child named Charley Ross, whose fate in 1874 interested the whole American Union. The child...

M R. LESLIE STEPHEN, in his book on "English Thought in the Eighteenth Century," brings up the interesting question why speculative philosophy has had a leas precise and...

LORD BEACONSFIELD'S FACTS. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR."] SIE,—It strikes me, as a non-partisan on the question of Russian or English interests, with, however, a warm...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The train in which I was travelling a short time since being detained at a country town in this neighbourhood, my eyes fell upon a large...

MAGNETISM." (To THE EDITOR or THE "HpRerAioa."1 SIR,—Your last number contained a short notice of the above- named work, recently published by me. I take no exception to what...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—At the present time, when women are struggling hard on platforms and in pamphlets for what, in an unfortunate moment for the world, was...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE"SPECTATOR?'] Sin,—I observe in your article on the Slade sentence, in the Spectator of to-day's date, a reference to the "queer astrological fancies"...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Srn,—You will probably not give much more space to so pro- fessional a subject as the training of teachers, so I will not dis- cuss whether...

TWO SONGS. [FROM THS GERMAN OF HEINE.] munmun not. When heart-break is my lot, 0 Love for ever lost ! I murmur not. Though diamond-radiance clothes thy form in light, There...

rro ma Ennon OF THE uSencrITon.1 SIR,—In your paper of November 11, Serjeant Cox remarks that "it is a striking fact that there is no instance of any person who has investigated...

A RIDE TO ICHIVA.* CAPTAIN BURNABY rode to Khiva because, being at Khartoum last year, he read in a newspaper that the. Government at St Petersburg had given an order that no...

works of fiction, the one supremely excellent, the other, if not supremely, at least highly enjoyable, the one written for the initiated, the other for the unconscious —" the...

us rapidly from the fall of the Roman Empire down to the thirteenth century, the age of Dante and of the beginning of the revival of letters. Italy during this period was of...

No one who reads these little volumes, more especially Miss De Morgan's, will be inclined to say again, as has often been said, that the imagination which produced the genuine...

Mn. BREWER'S Introduction embraces the six eventful years of Henry's reign from 1524 to 1530. It covers some of the most significant acts in the career of Wolsey, and describes...

The Dublin Review, for October, contains an article of considerable interest for Protestants, on " The Gospel Narrative of the Resurrection." The reviewer, while making one or...

Assyrian, and Etruscan Monuments and Papyri. By W. R. Cooper. (Samuel Bageter.)—This volume is, in fact, a sup- plement to the ordinary classical dictionaries, dealing, as it...

by his Son, H. Arnold Thomas, M.A. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—The feeling with which most readers will close this volume will probably be a painful one, arising from the...

W. Kennedy, CZ. (Macmillan and Co.)—The term "kinematics" involves the ideas of time, force, -and -motion. Professor Renleaux 111108 the word as applied to machines in .a...

P.R.S. (Henry S. King and Co.)—Who would not like to know on rifling what sort - of weather to expect during the day? And after tapping the barometer and predicting fine, or wet...

The Creation and Stabat Mater. Transcriptions for the Piano. By E. Renville. (0. Boosey.)—The most we can say for these transcriptions Is, that they convey a more correct and...

Graviere. 2 vols. (Plon, Paris.)—Under this modest title, the author, who is equally distinguished in his profession and in the ranks of literature, has given us a complete...

_Messrs. Sampson Low and Co.'s name as the publishers of the story "Within Bohemia." The correctpublishers' name is Messrs. Remington and Co.)

Pocket-Books and Diaries,—ladies' and gentlemen's--wlaich are rrery handsomely bound in rtunian-leather. The larger of themcontain, if any- thing, even too much information, and...

collection of common-place ideas badly put together. They are totally devoid of anything instructive to the pianist. We regard the treble clef on' page 3, fourth line, as a...

can say without hesitation that in this piece Mr. Getty displays an amount of talent far beyond that of some of his other songs. The voice part is full of melody, and the...

to give a worn-out melody new features and new interest. The author's method of fingering in many cases is anything but to be ad- mired, and it will not give any help to the...

This is a very . fair specimen of a patriotic song, spirited in style, and creditably composed in accordance with the words. A more careful revision would have been...

speak well of this piece, as it is pleasing, and carries us on with a certain amount of interest through the whole of its pages. One serious fault only occurs, and that is, that...

Austin becomes more ambitions as a composer, we would advise him to study, and study well, the resolution of discords. There is a want of judicious treatment of extraneous...

not, this piece reminds us of a pianoforte solo by Sydney Smith. We do not say that it is an exact transcription, for it may be possible that the authormight conceive and...

Andante in B should be so repeatedly arranged in different forms-we are at a loss to know. We have surely had enough piano- forte and organ productions based upon his pleasing...