T HE Conservatives could not be content on Thursday with- out obstructing the Prime Minister's motion to suspend the Standing Orders, in order that he might give his account of...

with stately ceremonial. On Monday, Mr. Gladstone moved a vote of thanks to the retiring Speaker, Sir Henry Brand, and spoke of his zeal and ability, his judgment and fairness,...

it is not creditable to the Conservatives that on a motion fur leave to introduce such a Bill as this, they should have insisted on ad- journing the debate. Every opportunity...

the opinion of the Government. Redistribution has always been the dangerous part of Reform Bills, and there was much less cause now for insisting on knowing the proposals of the...

He spoke of the household franchise as sanctioned by both sides of the House, and of the many rural districts which are nomin- ally called boroughs as proving that the rural...

case.

kitat, it was fully expected that General Graham, with the Expedition under his command, would on Friday morning march from Fort Baker, which had been occupied to protect the...

by an impressive incident. Mr. Whitbread, himself so often named for the Chair, moved the election of Mr. Arthur Peel, in a speech in which he showed that connection with...

should not ask that of Washington to aid in sup- pressing these villains, by signing a Treaty binding both nations to make conspiracy to injure foreign cities, or incite- ments...

covery of a plot to blow up three great railway-stations- Victoria Street, Paddington, and- Charing Cross—with dyna- mite. According to the Home Secretary, the plot in all three...

readers, and will, of course, affect the whole position in Egypt and the Soudan. If General Graham is victorious, the Mandi will lose half his prestige ; but if he is repulsed,...

are displeased with M. de Lesseps's proposed compro- mise with the British shipowners. A Committee representing them has, therefore, drawn up a counter-proposition, which will...

nit. which is believed to be of importance to Europe. A special mission from St. Petersburg, headed by the Grand Duke Michael and General Gourko, just appointed to the highest...

Anti-Corn Law Leagne,—died on board his yacht' Resolute,' at Algiers. He was born in 1807, so that he was in his seventy- seventh year at the time of his death. Mr. Milner...

of the Statute opening some of the University examin- ations, under certain restrictions, to women. The Provost of 'Queen's and the Warden of Merton spoke in favour of the...

raised on Friday week the whole question of Merv, and was assured by Sir C. Dilke that Her Majesty's Government were negotiating with St. Petersburg, that they dreaded con- tact...

surprise, the Debate on the Address was finished yesterday week in time to take the Report and get it agreed to, so that after only four- teen nights' debate,— in very recent...

Act which punishes Cruelty to Animals, so as to put down the pigeon-shooting clubs, was resumed on Wednesday at five o'clock, but talked out for the day. Mr. Stuart-Wortley and...

lively way, and is diversified by cock-and-bull stories of Mr. Schnadhorst's in- terference from Birmingham, and the despatch of Birmingham roughs to Brighton. It is, indeed,...

THE FRANCHISE BILL. M R. GLADSTONE, as an orator, has often been accused of diffuseness, and the late Lord Beaconsfield, in a celebrated attack upon him, described him as...

T T is not only useless, but it would be impertinent for us to discuss seriously the composition or the plan of the British Expedition which on Friday advanced, under the com-...

I T is pleasant to notice, amidst the gradual vulgarisation of politics, that the House of Commons still retains the power of transacting a stately ceremonial with dignity and...

M R. PARNELL'S Resolution respecting an Irish Grand Committee, moved on Tuesday by Mr. Molloy, and after- wards supported by Mr. Parnell in a singularly moderate speech, was...

T HE Constitutional Crisis in Norway is not of any imme- diate or exciting interest. It will not cause any fall on the Bourses, or set diplomatists in motion, or lead to any...

R AILWAY Accidents are destined to furnish a very curious chapter to the history of English Law. It is difficult to resist the conviction that, in applying the doctrine of...

T T is very remarkable that the greatest deference ever paid to public opinion, appears to be paid by those who do the least for the formation of a sound and manly standard of...

O NE of the oddest manifestations of the influence of rank in this country—rank, we mean, by itself, and apart from every other qualification—is the desire of Peers for steps in...

I N " C. S. C.," the world of letters has lost one of the most skilful and ingenious of writers. Mr. Calverley (in these days, Mr. Blaydes) won a Scholarship at Balliol, then,...

TORIES AND CONSERVATIVES. (To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sra,—In discussing the Conservative Leadership, you ask,— "Will the suburban villa-residents, who rallied with...

[To THE EDITOR OE THE " SPECTATOR.".1 SIR, —You may remember that, on the occasion of the death of my friend, Thomas Paterson, you allowed me space for a short account of him. I...

L're THE EDITOR OP TEE " SPECTATOR." J SIR, —I am a very little girl, but I wish to tell you a story. A short time ago we lived upon the shores of the Lake Lnpioma (Clear Lake),...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. " ] S111,--I have looked with interest for the comments of the Spectator, supplementing those of the ably-edited organ of Liberal opinion in...

[TO THY EDITOR OE THE " SPECTATOR.""] SIR, —I quite agree with the Duke of Argyll's argument to the effect that a landlord who drains land should be entitled to the entire...

" SpEcuroa.") SIR, —I am glad to know that Mr. Orby Shipley has not left the Catholic Union, as that body could ill spare a zealous worker; but I saw it stated in a Catholic...

WHERE Aysgarth's arch spans lire's resplendent river, Where down the rock the shining cataract leaps, And flashing from between its marble steeps, From ledge to ledge the...

MARSHAL BELLE-ISLE'S RETREAT FROM PRAGUE [In the last chapter of his "Etudes Diplomatiques," published in the Revue des Deux Monde of January 15th, the Duo de Broglie reprints...

GEORGE ELIOT'S ESSAYS.* WE are not sure that it is a wise fashion to preserve all the minor efforts of great writers, especially when these minor efforts are not distinguished...

Miss Octavia Hill set herself, in a very modest but eminently practical way, to solve the problem with which a Royal Commission of an exceptional character will shortly be...

THE literary ability of Miss Helen Zimmern is in itself a sufficient reason for Mr. Ingram's entrusting the biographer of Schopenhauer and the interpreter of Carmen Silva with...

book is significant. It indicates the main point of view from which be regards the life and work of Jesus Christ, and it strikes the note which pre- dominates throughout these...

MR. MANVILLE FENN increases steadily in power. No one with any discrimination would expect to find in a " Legend of the Iron Times " a novel of the favourite modern type,—that...

variety of the matters that come under their attention, politicians and publi- cists are forced to depend almost entirely now-a-days on works of reference for the data of their...

The Oxford Magazine, for February 27th. (Published for the Pro- prietors by E. Pickard Hall, M.A., and Horace Hart, Printers to the University.)—This is a very interesting...

Alberg. 2 vols. (W. H. Allen and Co.)—"Leah" is a writer who, though . popular in Sweden, where she fills a place second only to that of Frederika Bremer, is unknown in England....

Michael Warner, who has done very little in the way of good works during his lifetime, bequeaths £5,000 for the building of a new church, and £7,000 for its endowment, if the...

Low and Co.)—It is probable that not many people, not being obliged to do so, have ever started in a sailing-vessel from Liverpool, and sailed round Great Britain till they came...

Messrs. Macmillan's "Classical Series." The Hiero of Xenophon, by the Rev. Hubert A. Holden, is an edition for which everything that care and industry, and a scholarship that is...