decided not to give up the Civil Marriage Bill. It has the right, it appears, of reintroducing a rejected measure ; this has been done at once, and the Bill will again be sent...

like a general dislike to the Conscription which may hereafter express itself in legislation. Nothing would alter the organisation of Continental society so com- pletely, or so...

T HE French Opportunists have found a strong man in M. Casimir-Thirier. The Radicals have been very angry at -what they think his concessions to clericalism, and on Thursday...

Board of Trade. And, indeed, in that position it was inevit- able that he should do so, for it would probably have devolved on him, and, under certain circumstances, must have...

is to say, about 5,000 hansom-cab drivers ceased to hire their vehicles of the cab-owners. They say that they are charged from 15s. a day to 19s., according to the season, and...

ease.

land.grabbing," written by Canon Doyle, and read at a meeting of the County Wexford National Federation. " With the objects of your meeting," says Canon Doyle, "I am in full and...

verhampton on Wednesday, in answer to a congratulatory address from the five hundred who represent the Glad- stonian party in Wolverhampton, in which he gave an account of the...

and the- English, represented by Mr. Burt, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Woods, and others, are taking a leading part. The English meet with their customary fate. The Germans, Austrians,...

a step or two this week. The American Government has notified officially its wish to relinquish its share in the tri- partite protectorate, and the future of the island rests...

of Great Britain was held on Saturday in the City Hall, Liverpool, under the presidency of Mr. T. P. O'Connor, M.P. We have dealt elsewhere with the facts made public, the...

and has withdrawn the Brazilian Minister from Lisbon. His ostensible reason for the rupture is the conduct, of the Portuguese in protecting the Brazilian insurgents who. took...

address being delivered by Mr. Tweddell, the chairman of the Newcastle branch of the Wholesale,—a co-operator noted for his share in the establishment of a great flour-mill at...

a Radical improvement made in the interests of economy. It appears from a Parliamentary paper just issued, that during the past year the Attorney-General drew a sum of over...

-desert the Government on the ground that Welsh D;sestab- lishment has not been given that important position in the procedure of the Session which they had been promised that...

does not obtain the full advantage obtainable from the canal system of the United Kingdom. That system now in- cludes 3,813 miles of canal, which cost about £32,749,000, and...

contains some curious figures. It appears that the disparity between the sexes is even greater than in England, but it is the other way, the males exceeding the females by...

the exception of the Bishop of Worcester) have signed a protest against Mr. Asquith's Bill for Disestablishing and Disendowing the Welsh Church, which is very moderate in -tone,...

his warning against turning the pulpit into an organ of political propagandism, in terms which show that he does not know, or even guess, what Dr. Barrett means by personal...

that admirable account of all stocks and shares dealt in on 'Change, gives an estimate of the amount of foreign stocks held in Great Britain. This can be gathered pretty...

New Console (2i) were on Friday, 100i.

THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. TA ET us take advantage of the Whitsuntide holiday to review the situation for a moment, if possible, with- out prejudice and without bondage to any...

the other day to Lord Rosebery that he could hardly do better than keep his party amused and out of mischief by setting them to work, or rather to play, with the reform of the...

positively that M. Carnot has finally made up his mind not to offer himself in November for re-election to the Presidency, and has even announced this to his friends, so that no...

suspended dis- integration. The law of their being, the force of circumstances, the genius of the race, all demand that the Anti-Parnellites should be shattered into a thousand...

T HE public is rather in a fog about this Cab-strike. It misses two leading points, one of them telling against the drivers, and the other very strongly in their favour. The...

W HIT-MONDAY brings consolation to newspaper correspondents as well as to bank clerks. We were inclined to think that Dr. Percival's letter on Disestablish- ment in Wales, which...

newspaper now which does not contain the record of some remarkable suicide, often of more than one. And we have suicides of all ages. On Thursday, there was the story of a...

Hugel, one of the most learned and subtle of the critics of Biblical literature in the Roman Catholic Church either in this or any other country, and to most of us, at least,...

I F the public wish to settle the Cab-strike, as they settle most strikes, by paying a little more, they can, we ima- gine, manage it without much difficulty. At present they...

T HE largest pair of horses shown at the Cart-Horse Parade last Monday were two bays owned by the Thames Bank Distillery. These gigantic animals stood eighteen hands, and...

" AM very fond of the study of character," was the remark- of a young girl, once made in our hearing. "That is all very well," was the answer of the person addressed, "but you...

THE PAPAL ENCYCLICAL AND MR. GORE: [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—May I comment on Mr. Gore's paper in the Guardian (April 11th), and the powerful, because...

MISS SHAW ON AUSTRALIA. [The following is a letter from a successful workman in Sydney to a friend and patroness at home.] Sydney, March 1st, 1894. MADAM,—Having had the...

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE " EPECT•7011." . 1 Sin,—In connection with your recent remarks upon the above question, you may care to learn the opinions of one from a:nong the lower...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The following authentic figures may interest your readers :—The gross annual value of the ecclesiastical endow- ments of Wales is,...

I To THE EDITOR OE THE " SPECTATOR: P i do not read the Spectator, because I cannot accept its premises, and fail to follow its logic ; but I have always looked upon it as a...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — It will be curious to notice what effect the recent political change in Egypt will have upon the Philm question. The advocates of...

SPECTATOR:] SIR,—In your very kindly notice, in the Spectator of May 5th, of my artiae in the Nineteenth Century, you say, "If a minimum wage can be paid in order to...

THE SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The following instance bears on the subject discussed in the Spectator of May 5th. We had for a newcomer to our circle a little terrier dog. I was...

Stn,—Apropos of the recognition of pictures by dogs (Spec- tator, May 5th), I think you may be interested in the two following facts which came under my notice a few years...

I TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The tale quoted by your reviewer in the Spectator of May 5th from "Church Folk-Lore," may be found in Mr. Baring-Gould's interesting...

[To THZ EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—In these days, when Churchmen are awakening to the great Church principle of Brotherhood, patronage obtained by money or...

SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Had Mr. Asquith stated the whole truth in his reply to Mr. Morton in the House of Commons, I am certain that a journal of so high a reputation as the...

M. DE HEREDIA.'S " TROPHIES."* IT is rare that a previously unknown author, on the strength of a single volume of verse, should attain at once to the con- siderable position...

HE DISENCHANTED LAKE. I DO not wish on that isle-flowering, fair, Moon-lighted water e'er to float again, The ghosts of golden summers would be there Piercing one's heart with...

THE theories of Rousseau, the purposes of Rabelais, and the special character with which the sea invests the verse or the prose that springs from it, the architectural...

much whether this book ought ever to have been published; its author, an acute and clever observer who had travelled widely, was frank and courageous in opinions and very...

THE story of the earliest geographical discoveries in the Northern Continent of America is more or less identical with the story of the first French settlements upon the St....

Y.* Audi alteram, partem is a plea to which the average Briton never turns a deaf ear, and since the results achieved by the Chartered Company in East Africa have of late been...

taste, the present writer must confess to a keener relish for those stories of Mr. Marion Crawford's which have a strong romantic interest, than for those more recent novels in...

HISTORY repeats itself, and we have once more an oppor- tunity of refreshing our memories over the fable of the mountain and the mouse. Flourishes of trumpets heralded a...

2 Treatise on Wines. By L. L. W. Thudichum, M.D. (G. Bell and Sons.)—Dr. Thudichum, who, some twenty years ago, pub- lished an exhaustive work on wine, in conjunction with Dr....

be said about this volume. It gives a variety of information which the compilers have no doubt taken a great amount of pains to make as correct and complete as possible. On many...

tale of the extravaganza order. A mild-mannered parson becomes possessed of a dog who ought to get him into all kinds of scrapes, but somehow contrives to benefit him. There is...

and Co.)—This volume contains, as usual, all information that concerns the legal status of the medical profession. Some interesting statistics are given on p. 83. The number...

Co.)—Miss " Terry " O'More is a "wild Irish girl" ; Mr. Trefusis is a calm Englishman, whom Miss Terry consents to marry, because it would be a good thing for her brothers. He...

(Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.), will be found most useful by those who hold mothers' meetings, or who have friends among those who come to them. It is a book which will appeal to...

Sons), is a valuable addition to the legal periodicals of the country. It is well conducted and well written, and contains papers upon a great variety of subjects. It was...

quarterly, continues to discharge the important, if matter-of-fact, duty of marking the progress made by County 'Councils and cther local authorities in the administration -of...