20 JULY 1867

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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rilHE week has been full of festivity for everybody except the Prince of Wales, who has been worked off his legs. The Sultan has been " entertained " at Windsor, at the Crystal...

Of Lord Cranborne's powerful, and in parts really fine speech,

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on occasion of the third reading on Monday, we have spoken at some length elsewhere. As regards his anticipations of evil from the Reform Bill, we can only say that they are...

The Reform Bill was read a third time on Monday,

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and passed the Commons at two o'clock in the morning, amidst the silence of the Conservatives, the cheers of the Liberals, and some enthusiasm among the strangers present. It...

Mr. Lowe's speech, which followed Lord Cranborne's, was by far

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the poorest of his Reform speeches. It was pitched in an arti- ficially high key, and reads more like a parody of the last century's bombast, than an expression of sincere...

held that it was advantageous to make great changes by

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steps, suggested that unless the village boroughs were disfranchised the agricultural labourers would want votes, and generally talked more like - a Whig than a Republican. It...

The Afoniteur of the 13th inst. contains an autograph letter

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from the Emperor to M. B,ouher, enclosing a Grand Cross in diamonds, worth 60,000 francs. "I take this means," says his Majesty, "of publicly giving you a new proof of my...

The grand ball given to the Belgian Volunteers on Thursday,

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at the Agricultural Hall, is said to have been a success. The inunense barn was turned, by the use of paint, gilding, draperies, and gas, into a splendid reception-room, and the...

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Berezowski, the Pole who shot at the Czar in Paris,

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has been found guilty and sentenced to penal servitude for life. So great was the impression produced by the speech for the defence, an eloquent description of the " violation "...

The Emperor of the French has this week done one

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of those acts which induce French workmen to pardon or even appreciate his re'gime. He had built 48 houses, at a cost of 20,0001., as model houses for the poor, and has now...

Two great scandals are agitating Paris. The editor of the

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Journal de Paris, M. Weise, recently condemned M. Dump, Minister of Public Instruction, for closing the Normal School. Thereupon M. Duruy's two sons challenged him, and on his...

On Friday week also, Mr. Berkeley's motion to embody secret

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voting, or the ballot, in the Reform Bill, was rejected by a majority of 49,-161 against 112,—Mr. B. Osborne being the only person who spoke for it except the mover, and he...

Sir John Bolt has been appointed Lord Justice of Appeal,

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Sir J. B. Kerslake, Attorney-General, and Mr. Selwyn, Member for the University of Cambridge, Solicitor - General. The change is a good one, both for the Bench and the Ministry....

Lord Carnarvon virtually admitted, on Monday, in the House of

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Lords, in a speech marked by his usual candour and sincerity, how right we were in saying a fortnight ago that his prejudices against the New Zealand Government had utterly...

Mr. Ayrton on Thursday expressed formally the annoyance felt by

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the public at the Queen's partial retirement from public life and total retirement from London. He objected to the large vote for Palaces, 41,9151., none of which were ever...

The two great Universities appear to be very anxious not

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only to return their own members, but to have a large share of the influence in returning the members for the boroughs in which they are situated, as well. Mr. Cardwell moved,...

The American House of Representatives, fearing that the President may

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pervert the Reconstruction Act, has passed a Bill establishing military rule in the South during the interregnum, and declaring that the registrars shall decide on the...

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Birmingham seems to be greatly agitated by its coming elec-

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tion, and the Conservatives are moving heaven and earth to return a Tory. Mr. Bright has made a great speech to his con- stituents in favour of filling up the late Mr....

Lord Russell has republished his recent speech in the House

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of Lords in favour of dividing the revenue of the Irish Church among all the different religious bodies of Ireland in a given proportion to their numbers and needs, with an...

The Lords have finally decided that the title and estates

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of Breadalbane belong to Colonel Campbell of Glenfalloch, the pre- sent possessor. The single point of issue was the legality of his grandmother's marriage. His grandfather took...

Mr. Kendall, a relative of Sir. J. C. Rashleigh, on

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Monday ex- plained in the House the reasons which induced Colonel Beard to sentence six persons, one of them a young married woman far advanced in pregnancy, to twenty-one days'...

The following is the list of "offices of profit" an

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interchange between any two of which by Ministers of the Crown may be henceforth made without a vacating of the seat :—Lord High Treasurer, Commissioner for Executing the...

Miss Burdett Courts has obtained a private Act authorizing her

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to build a market-place in Bethnal Green, for the convenience of the poor. The buildings are making much progress, and in a short time Bethnal Green alone among London districts...

The Trades' Union's Commission seem to have made a very

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great -mistake, out of deference or subservience to one of their number, Mr. Roebuck. A Mr. Connolly, an artisan, who has watched the 'proceedings of the Commission on the part...

On Monday, Consols for money were down at 94, ;

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ditto, for account, 94j, 95. Yesterday, they closed at 941, 1, and 941, respectively. Reduced and New Three per Cents. were 93, 94; Exchequer Bills, 20e. to 27s. prem.; India...

The closing prices of and on Friday week are The

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closing prices of and on Friday week are Mexican •• Spanish Passives .. • • Do. Certificates .. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1853 „ 1862 • • • - United States 5.20's .. •• • •...

Yesterday and on Friday week the leading British Railways left

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off at the annexed quotations :— Friday, July 12, Friday, July 13. Great Eastern.. ••I ••• 261 .. 227, Great Northern .. • . 1141 .. 1111 Great Western.. •• 43 - .....

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE LORDS AND THE BILL. A RUMOUR has suddenly sprung up that the Lords intend to make serious alterations in the Reform Bill. Earl Grey, by far the most able and most...

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THE VICE-EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. T HE letter addressed by the

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Emperor of the French to M. Rouher, and published in the Moniteur of the 13th inst., is a very noteworthy document. For months past, indeed over since the death of the Duke de...

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THE TRANSMUTATION IN LORD CRANBORNE.

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S OME one said of Lord Cranborne, in days when he was known rather as Lord Robert Cecil than as Lord Oran- borne, that his speeches in the House of Commons always gave the idea...

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11:111 COLLAPSE OF THE CAVE AND ITS MORAL. L ORD ELCHO'S

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funeral iloge over the departed Cave was perhaps the only foolish interlude in the debate on the third reading of the Reform Bill. Lord Elcho has a certain ability and vivacity...

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SIR S. NORTHCOTE ON BRITISH LIBERALITY.

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Q IR STAFFORD NORTIICOTE makes a very bad hand of 1.) an official defence. He does not bewilder people enough, has an invincible respect for facts, and is apt to let out the...

THE IMITATIVE SIDE OF NATURE.

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A VERY remarkable article in the new number of the Westminster Review, on the protective mimicry of the animal world, gives us a great number of most instructive illus- trations...

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EUROPEAN WILL AND ORIENTAL VOLITION.

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T HE most characteristic incident in the Sultan's visit, at least the most characteristic of those which have reached the public ear, is the stoppage of the train just outside...

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THE NAVAL REVIEW.

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I F the Naval Review at Spithead cannot be absolutely pro- nounced a success, it is at least gratifying to reflect that crowned heads, the Admiralty, and the public were in...

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THE INTERNATIONAL REGATTA.

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E XCEPT for the utter absence of the important items of audience and applause, everything connected with the late rowing on the Parisian course of St. Cloud was complete...

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THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CLERGY—WHITE AND [To THE EDITOR OF THE

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"SPECTATOR."] Sm.,—Allow me now, in this my third and last letter on the subject of the Orthodox Church, to give a brief sketch of the life, spiritual and temporal, and of the...

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SCOTCHMEN AND JOURNALISM.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I read with real interest and satisfaction your article on ".Why Scotchmen Get On." With marked insight you point out the causes, and in...

WHY SCOTCHMEN GET ON.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,--The article on Scotchmen in last Saturday's Spectator being one of very great interest to the people of Scotland, and contain- ing...

B OOKS.

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A NEW PROMETHEUS UNBOUND.* Tars is a singular and striking drama, one of the many which have shown us of late years how keenly the thought of to-day strives to throw itself...

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THE LAST DAYS OF LOUIS PHILIPPE.*

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To all who remember politics before 1848, that is, to all readers above forty, this book, which is a condensation of M. Guizot's Memoirs, will be one of exceeding interest. It...

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STILLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES' SANITARY COMMISSION.* AMONG the

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various organizations which the late American War brought forth, none is better known in Europe than the United States' Sanitary Commission, and those who followed with some...

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TRAVELLING IN SPAIN IN THE PRESENT DAY.* THIS is a

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book of notes, and nothing more, except that the volume is irreproachable, and the illustrations neat. But then the notes are unaffected, sensible, and readable. We are not...

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CURRENT LITE RAT URE.

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The British Quarterly Review. July. (Jackson, Walford, and Hodder.)—The title of the article which opens this number is at first a little disappointing. By "the Roman question"...

THE QUARTERLIES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT.

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TT is time, we think, to warn the managers of the Quarterlies that they are falling into a mistake, exaggerating a truth until they run the risk of impairing the influence of...

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Holy Seasons. By the Rev. Thomas Tylecote, B.D. (Longmans.)— This

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is a charming little book of verses, written for the several festivals and notable occasions of the Christian year. It is doubtless treading oh dangerous ground to follow where...

Angling. By J. T. Burgess. (F. Warne and Co.)—A practical

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and handy guide for those who have not Mr. Francis's far more complete work on the subject. Mr. Burgess does not go so deeply into all the questions connected with fishing as...

Cambridge Characteristics in the Seventeenth Century. By James Bass Mullinger,

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B.A. (Macmillan.)—This is an essay which gained the Le Bas Prize in the year 1867, and which, unlike the typical prize essay, compared by Macaulay to cattle fattened for a show...

Shaw's Medical Remembrancer ; or, Book of Emergencies. Fifth Edition,

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rewritten and much enlarged by Jonathan Hutchinson, F.R.C.S. (Churchill.)—In this valuable little book, the treatment to be at once adopted in cases of poisoning, drowning,...

An Essay On English Municipal History. By James Thompson. (Longman.)—We

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cannot say that the contents of this book correspond at all strictly with its title. Mr. Thompson has collected many curious and interesting facts with regard to the early...

The Dublin Review. July. (Barns, Oates, and Co.)—The organ of

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the Ultramontane party is not unfaithful to its principles, and keeps up the traditions of style and thought which it has imbibed with its inspiration. Perhaps there is a little...

Examples and Exercises in English Parsing, Syntax, and the Analysis

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of Sentences. By William Davis. (Longmans.)—As a general rule, "i books of this kind are notorious for the folly of the sentences they pick out for the instruction of learners....

The _Inspiration of Scripture: its Limits and Effects. By George

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Warington. (Skeffington.)—A careful and learned argument against the theory of verbal inspiration. Mr. Warington examines the texts which have been cited to prove that every...

A Practical Dictionary of the German and English Languages. By

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the Rev. William Lowery Blackley and Carl Martin Friedlander. (Long- mans.)—Mr. Blackley tells a story in his preface of a German teacher who received a letter from a former...

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Origin and History of the Books of the New Testament.

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By Professor- C. E. Stowe. (Low, Son, and Marston.)—The object of this volume is to trace the title-deeds of the books of the New Testament up to the Apostles, beginning from...

Never Caught: Personal Adventures Connected with Twelve Successful Trips in

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Blockade-Running during the American Civil War, 1863 - 4. By Captain Roberts. (J. 0. Hotten.)—Such a title-page prepares us for adventure and braggadooio, and Captain Roberts...

The Romish Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception Traced from its

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,Source. By Dr. Edward Pronss. Translated by George Gladstone. (Edinburgh, T. and T. Clark.)—At a time when the Pope and those who surround him are attempting to force another...

An Outline of the Early Jewish Church, from a Christian

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Point of View. By the Rev. S. C. Malan, M.A. (Saunders and Otley.)—If Mr. Malan would keep clear of argument and abase, his work would gain general applause for the knowledge of...

Artingale Castle. By T. Adolphus Trollopo. Three vols. (Chapman and

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Hall.)—The old, old story of a secret Scotch marriage preceding the grand, orthodox, English marriage, and vitiating the descent of a thoroughly aristocratic family. Mr. T. A....

The White Lie: a Novel. By F. Devonshire. Three vols.

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(Skeet.) —We should say this novel had been written after a careful study of the case of Charlotte Winsor, and of the contributions made by some of our contemporaries to...