the electors of those provinces. It is out- spoken, at all events. He says that the German Government demand the Septennate, "being convinced that the German Empire will be...

resumed by Mr. Sexton, in a speech of more ability than candour. He accused the Government of having undertaken to make the Irish landlords moderate in their demands, out of...

that what the Attorney-General for Ireland had said was, that the landlords could have recovered the money for them- selves, but that the Government had no power to seize it on...

vigorous speech, in which he described the "Plan of Cam- paign " better than it has been described yet. He quoted Mr. Dillon's suggestion to the campaigners to "close upon the...

G REAT anxiety is felt throughout Europe as to the results of the German elections, to be held on Monday, there being a consensus of journalists that on them peace or war mainly...

except a proclamation by the Stadtholder of Alsace-Lorraine, given below ; but in Eastern Europe the situation is a trifle more strained. It was believed that the Ambassadors at...

majority of 106 (352 to 246). The total vote was thus 598, which with the Speaker and the four tellers, make up a House of 603. There were, besides, nine pairs, which bring up...

expressed his opinion that the present government of Ireland is "the worst government in the world," had made that discovery just a year ago. But he had since taken so thorough-...

that the "Plan of Campaign" is illegal, and involves a fraudu- lent concealment of property constituting an act of bankruptcy. A farmer named Morony had transferred his...

rather to a discussion on the administration of justice in Scotland. Dr. Cameron and a few other Members main- tain that the Crown used its great powers oppressively in Skye,...

into. overt rebellion. In the districts where the people have arms, the police and the bailiffs are driven off by violence, and in some cases actual murder has been resorted to....

Archbishop of Cashel, has published a letter begging Irishmen no longer to pay their taxes :—" Payment is suicidal ; and, in the presence of the actual state of things in...

The most serious political matters in the world are mere jokes to him, and he treated the "Plan of Campaign" with as little seriousness as if it had no relation whatever to the...

give way about the Coal-duty on Loudon. The majority of the Metropolitan Members will vote for continuing it, if only it is spent fairly, so as to include the suburbs, and if it...

doubt renewed on the reception of the Report of the Address. It is to be hoped that in the new Procedure resolutions, steps will be taken to confine the debate on the Address,...

tion of temperance representatives, held on Wednesday at Exeter Hall, Mr. Gustayson proposed that, the object of the party being the extinction of the liquor traffic, the only...

of the Speaker after the resumption of the debate on the Address. First he silenced Mr. Dillon for anticipating Mr. Sexton's motion in relation to Irish jury-packing, as he had...

celebrate the Queen's Jubilee. The Anglo-Indians cannot hold festivals in May, on account of the heat, and so they selected February 16th for their celebration. The rejoicing...

the use of the Post-Office employ& the salary which he received when he was Postmaster-General. The money has been spent in securing at St. Margaret's Bay, near Dover,...

of the House of Commons to better ways than those to which it has been recently accustomed, broke across the sky. In the first place, Mr. Dillwyn, who rose to move the...

T HE Irish Nationalists must be credited with one form of ability. With that sympathy of hats which is BO much keener, if not stronger, than the sympathy of love, they have...

LORD HARTINGTON AND THE RADICALS. T HE outbreak of Radical disgust against Lord Harlington for his present political attitude, to which the correspondence in the Daily Nsles...

- LT:MOPE stands listening for the German vote. A con- ' viction has spread itself abroad, no one knows how, especially among merchants and speculators, that if the German...

chief features of the time is no doubt the general unsettlement of the political mind, the willing- nessof Parliament and of political associations generally to listen to any...

T HE Constitution of Canada has become a standing subjed for discussion in Home-rule and Unionist speeches. The relation in which the Provincial Legislatures stand to the...

T HE French Government has began to feel the financial pressure upon it, especially in the departments which form, as it were, the ornamental fringe of the Administration:...

91HERE must be a good many people in middle life to J- whom the news that the Crystal Palace is in danger most come as something of a shock. It is associated with their...

M RS. HENRY WOOD, the popular novelist, who was buried on Wednesday, and whose books sold by tens of thousands, never received, as we think, full justice from the critics ; but...

(111HE Bishop of Peterborough has just published a little book on the doctrine of the Atonement which is conspicuous for its simplicity, its earnestness, and, in the latter part...

S OMEWHERE down in the West of France, stands the once splendid Chateau de G—. To this day, it is twenty miles from a railway ; and its park and lands, growing chiefly heather...

"Brsorrros."] Sts,—Allow me to point out why I cannot think that Mr. Winterbotham's contribution to the solution of the Irish diffi- culty would fulfil its object. He wishes, he...

"MR GLADSTONE A STUDY." [To ran liorror Oraw 4 .Eirsereros.".1 Sus,—With the greater part of your review of my book, I have no reason to quarrel. The weakness of your case...

week's issue, the writer, while quoting a remark of Tourgn‘neff's, inadvertently wrote "Prondhon " for " Pradhomme," a blunder for which he entreats the indolgence of all French...

(To TEE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.") SI14 — In the admirable letter signed "S. W.," in the Spectator of February 12th, the writer states that the number of deaths among If....

(TO TEE Maros or rum “Brscravol:1 8i,—Albeit a Home-ruler—and proud of it—I have a sneaking fondness for the Spectator, with whom I have passed many a happy Sunday afternoon in...

LTO THE EDITOR OF TEE firECTATOR.”1 SIR, — In the review of my "Manual of Oil - Painting," in your issue of February 12th, two methods of painting are contrasted. "Get your...

OF THE "SFECTATOF4 . 1 Six,—In your article on my speech and that of Mr. Coleridge, in the House of Commons, on the "Plan of Campaign," your criticism is pointed by the...

description which I give of the method in which he instructs the student to work, but only asserts (see the above letter) that he recommends the system which I describe as being...

PEACE. Wons and wild waves in headlong huge commotion Scud, dark with tempest, o'er the Atlantic's breast; While underneath, few fathoms deep in Ocean, Lie peace, and rest....

[To rue Berms or rue Grecroroe."1 Sin,—I read with much interest the article in the Spectator of February 12th, on Sir John Lubbock's lecture, and especially the question...

[To rue Henna or rue Sezoreros."] SIR,—.A.13 the Subjects Committee of the Wolverhampton Con- gress will soon meet, may I be allowed to ask any of your readers who have...

[To rur Itorrox or Tar “Srscraror."3 Sia,—In the extract that you quote from Sir J. Lubbock's Wa/sall lecture, he says that a certain wasp "knows whether the egg will produce a...

the following bit of natural history, called forth by your article in the Spectator of February 12th, on the calculating faculty in animals, as illustrated in Sir J. Lubbock's...

THE GREVILLE MEMOIRS.—THIRD PART. 0 Ow November 7th and 14th, 1885, we published notices of the second part of this work. In that of the 7th, we endeavoured to record our...

amusing collection of essays, dealing chiefly with the love of books as books, or rather as things, a different passion, indeed, from the love of literature. They have a good...

examination into three connected parts, one of which is personal and biographical, one is philo- sophical and constructive, and one is critical and theological. The first tells...

this volume, has had an onerous and delicate task, and has performed it on the whole with tact and discretion. The difficulty of selecting the two or three thousand living men...

Tuts volume of essays on social topics is strikingly characteristic of the age in which we live. It is full of ideas and suggestions that our forefathers a century ago would...

Tama is really something novel about this book to an English reader. It is an extremely interesting and lively sketch of college life as lived by girls in America. But it is...

Messrs. Chatto and Winclus have now drawn a very clear line of demarcation between their two well conducted magazines, theG entle- man's and Belgravia. The one is given up...

Mr. Smiles," says Mr. Horn in his preface, "has traced the springs of the greatness of England to their true Bourne, the workshop." This is the text of his whole discourse. "The...

and Co.)—These little essays, always brief, always to the point, always put in plain, forcible language, are worthy of a hearty commendation. It would not be easy to find...

(W. H. Allen and Co.)—This volume is a sequel to Sir H. Elliot's "History of the Mohammedan Empirein India," and a oarrying-out of the plan of giving to the English public the...

not easy reading. The very form which has been given to it is unattractive ; for it is only very good matter that can stand close printing. A phantasmagoria of unfamiliar...

(Hann and Blaokett.)—This is a painful story, a wife concealing an error, though a comparatively innocent error, of her youth, and hunted by the jealousy of her husband's...

Castellane. Translated by Margaret Josephine Lovett. 2 vols. (Remington and Co.)—The Count Caatellane went out as a volunteer to Algeria when he was seventeen, served as a...

and Co.)—Mr. Andrew Reid pursues his task of col- lecting opinions, a task not without usefulness, though the harvest which he gathers in is of very various quality and value....

Co.)—There are some effective pictures of life in this novel ; the first scene, for instance, where we see Lieschen in her home, the solitary inn in the Bavarian highlands, and...

Mifflin, and Co., Boston and New York.)—There are in this volume five sketches of persons and places in Salem, one of the typical homes of New England life. The subjects of...

Holden. (Dean and Son.)—There is very little of the " wizard " iu these wanderings. If Mr. Holden would tell us how he astonished the natives by his tricks, there might be...

and Son.)— Professor Mayor has treated with characteristic learning and ex- haustiveness a very difficult subject. To redoes to an accurate [system of scansion verse that is...

H. Allen and Co.)—Captain Dalton was a gallant soldier who served in the early campaigns of Clive. His one special distinction was his defence of Trichinopoly, 1752-54. He left...

exhaustive book on a subject which interests many readers. There must be hundreds of thousands of English people who keep birds in cages, and are for the most part sadly...

Tuck, B.A. (Elliot Stook.)—Mr. Tack gives a great number of what he calla—and, on the whole, rightly calls—" reasonable solutions of perplexing things in Sacred Scripture." The...

and Co.)—Mr. Gibbon has two manners, that of the ordinary novel, and that of the historical romance. It is in the second that he succeeds, we think, the better. His tales never...

Sharland. (S.P.C.K.)—Thie little book is intended for readings at "mothers' meetings." It (=taint; the experiences of a good old woman and careful manager, one Betsy Critchett,...

Douglas, delicate, refined, and cultured, and Robert Halliday, a sturdy son of the plough who has educated and raised himself, are both bent on missionary work, and both love...

—Mr. Collier is a native of the United States, who has lived several years in England, and who gives us in thin volume his im- pressions of our manners and customs, and of our...

little or nothing new that can be said about this last volume. Ills as good as its predecessors, except so far as it naturally suffers more from the defeat that the personages...