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The accounts from Constantinople show that up to the last
The Spectatormoment the Sultan was most unwilling to proclaim Arabi a r ebel, or to sign the Convention fixing the conditions under which the Turkish troops might land. The occupation of...
The accounts of popular feeling in Egypt vary greatly. The
The Spectatorpeasantry have returned to their labours, and are quiescent; but the soldiery are not satisfied, and the populace of the cities are decidedly hostile. So strong is the feeling...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorA CTUAL war in Egypt is not entirely over. It was announced on Wednesday that Damietta had surrendered, but on Thursday it was known that the 6,000 negro troops there concen-...
The Government have announced that they have prohibited the Khedive
The Spectatorfrom carrying out any capital sentence on any of the Egyptian leaders, without their consent. We do not object to the assumption of authority, as while we occupy Egypt it is...
The feeling of Europe on the occupation of Cairo is
The Spectatormuch divided. The Germans and Austrians apparently intend to support British proposals, if they involve no annexation. The Russians, French, Italians, and Spaniards are all...
The Khedive, acting, of course, under British instructions, has issued
The Spectatora laconic decree declaring that, "in view of the military rebellion," the "Egyptian Army is dissolved." Nothing is said of the conscription, nor is any hint given as to the...
Sir Garnet Wolseley has given the Khedive a guard of
The SpectatorBengal cavalry. He is right, and will be right if he takes very rigorous, or even excessive, precautions for Tewfik's safety Egypt is not fanatical, but there are a good many...
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The Social Science Association opened its twenty-fifth annual session on
The SpectatorWednesday at Nottingham, and the speech of its president, Mr. Hastings, was not unnaturally tinged with optimism. He pointed to the Settled Estates Act, and the Married Women's...
The mania for assassination now threatens the Emperor of Austria.
The SpectatorHe has been visiting Trieste, which has now belonged to his House for exactly 500 years, to open an Exhibition. A party among the citizens, however, wish for annexation to...
All negotiations with Spain for a Commercial Treaty have for
The Spectatorthe moment broken down, and the relations between that country and Great Britain have become a little strained. Lord Granville asked that, as a preliminary to a treaty, England...
It is just possible—not probable, but just possible—that the Chistesequeetien
The Spectatorwhich has so perplexed America and Australia may be raised in England also. It is said that a number of merchants in the City have resolved to commence the importa- tion of...
The Church has lost one of its most considerable personages.
The SpectatorDr. Pusey died on Saturday, the 16th inst., in his eighty-third yeax. Of the eminent men who led the Oxford Movement of 1832-45, he was almost the only one who remained true to...
The Archbishop of York has not been very successful in
The Spectatorhis Thanksgiving Prayer for the Egyptian victory. He words it thus :—" We glorify Thee for the late victory granted to our Army, whereby, as in a moment, peace has been restored...
The Tories cannot contain their wrath at being compelled to
The Spectatoracknowledge that Liberals will, on due cause shown, protect civilisation and the great interests of the country by war. Very few of them, however, we hope, would consent to...
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The very stars in their courses combine to keep that
The Spectatorunlucky Mr. Green in prison. It appears from a correspondence between Mr. Talbot, Member for Oxford University, and. the Rev. R. T. Davidson, that the Archbishop of Canterbury,...
A remarkable exhibition of loathers is proceeding at the Agricultural
The SpectatorHall. Every kind, of leather is here shown, front the tanned skins of reindeer to the commonest thick leather used for ploughmen's boots. Every known method of tanning is also...
The shop assistant s in East London hope to carry a
The Spectatorplan of closing earlier on Thursday, but are told by the Times that they idle, dle, and do not sufficiently define the limits of their demand. 'The last remark may be true, but...
The Liverpool Daily Post gives an account of a new
The Spectatorgas, patented by a Mr. J. Dixon, which • will, it believes, supersede coal gas. The gas, which is called " metallic gas," is pro- duced from metals or their constituents under...
It is difficult to interest Englishmen in Peru, but the
The Spectatoramount of human suffering now endured there should not pass without notice. The Peruvians either cannot or will not form a govern- ment able to conclude peace with Chili, and...
. The Lord Chancellor made a striking, though quiet speech
The Spectatorat Exeter on Thursday. After some warm expressions of his friend- ship for the Lord Chief Justice, who was entertained with him, he passed. on to defend. the peculiar office be...
The Archbishop of Canterbury still remains seriously ill, and. the
The Spectatorlatest medical reports are, if anything, a little less favourable.
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE GOVERNMENT POLICY IN EGYPT. T HE Government will probably not declare its policy in Egypt until Parliament meets. It is impossible to make permanent arrangements until the...
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THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY.
The SpectatorD UMB majorities, guided by instinct rather than reason, are sometimes wiser than the wisest men ; and the conflict which is arising between the French people and. their most...
THE LATE DR. PUSEY.
The SpectatorN ATIONS are rarely mistaken in the nicknames they fling, and English Churchmen were justified in attach- ing Dr. Pusey's name to the "Oxford Movement" of 1832- a845,—the...
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MR. GIBSON.
The SpectatorN O Parliamentary speaker on either side has advanced to the front with greater rapidity than Mr. Gibson. Having filled, little more than two years ago, with no apparent...
THE LESSON OF RECENT LEGISLATION.
The SpectatorA LARGE part of the presidential address delivered by Mr. Hastings, at the opening of the Social Science Congress this week, at Nottingham, was taken up with an elaborate...
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THE OATH SYSTEM.
The SpectatorT HE article contributed by Cardinal Manning on Parlia- mentary Oaths to the September number of the Nineteenth Century strikes us as both feeble in argument and superficial in...
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MENTAL IMPENETRABILITY.
The SpectatorN OTHING is more wonderful than the success of some religious ideas, except their failure. The events of the week have induced men to reflect on Puseyism, its beginning and...
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ANGLING IN THE HIGHLANDS, PAST AND PRESENT.
The SpectatorI T is difficult to imagine life without its familiar appliances and conveniences; to conceive, for instance, how commerce was carried on when, not to go back beyond the memory...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The SpectatorTHE FUTURE OF EGYPT. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your article on "The Future of Egypt," in your last impression, amid many remarks concerning the future of Eng-...
THE FATE OF ARABI.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " EiFICOTATOR.") Sia,---So the Spectator, and the Times' Correspondent, and Sir Samuel Baker are all in one mind that Arabi and his confeder- ates must...
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MR. BRIGHT.
The SpectatorL'ro THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEOTATOR."1 SIE, — In your last number, you say that, "The House will, ap- parently, meet in October, with all Tories, all Whigs, and all Radicals on...
THE TRUTH ABOUT OPIUM.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THIO " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — It is interesting to note that, in your review of Mr. Brereton's work, your objections to the Opium traffic are based on the...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorA ROUND TRIP.* [SECOND NOTICE.] Or two lines of steamers that connect the Far West with the Far East—a third started and owned entirely by Chinamen is now in full work—the...
PRESENCE AT A DISTANCE. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "
The SpectatorBPROTATOR."] Sat,—Mrs. Gilbert told me the story which Mr. Josiah Gilbert has contributed to your columns under the above title (p. 1,138). in 1848 or 1849. As his account...
READING ALOUD AS AN INDUSTRY FOR WOMEN. [To Tun EDITOR
The SpectatorOF THE "SPECTATOR."] have read with great interest all that has appeared in your columns of late concerning employment for women. I do not remember to have seen anything...
MR. GREEN'S IMPRISONMENT. [To TEE EDITOR Or Tan "SPEcTaron."] Sin,—"
The SpectatorH. G-." says that the Spectator has, more than once, assumed that Mr. Green's benefice becomes void at the end of three years from the monition. If the Spectator has erred, it...
A CORRECTIONS
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " firEcrwron."1 SIR,—Will you permit me, whilst thanking you very gratefully 'for your flattering review of my book, "A Royal Amour," to point out two...
HOW TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
The Spectatorere TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The Passenger Duty presses heavily (viz .,£800,000 a year) especially on the passenger lines. Its total abolition seems as far off as...
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MR. LESLIE STEPHEN'S "SWIFT." *
The Spectator:WriEss Sir Walter Scott published his Life and Works of Swift, he observed that the Dean of St. Patrick's was the most popular . *author in the English language. We question...
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SELECTIONS OF POETRY.* AranoLocazs are never wholly satisfactory, either to
The Spectatorcom- piler or to critic. No editor probably has made a selection without some after-consciousness that he might have done the work better, and no reviewer with an adequate...
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IN QUEST OF THE FRANKLIN RECORDS.*
The SpectatorALTHOUGH we have been for some time familiar in a general way with the proceedings and results of the Schwatka Search Expedition, which, as our readers will remember, returned...
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THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ESSAYISTS.*
The SpectatorTHE art of Essay-writing seemed to reach its perfection in the .1 i,st century. It was an at which afforded the opportunity of writing pleasantly about nothing. No subject was...
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CURRENT LITERATURE.
The SpectatorOwlet Ash. By Monica. (Marcus Ward and Co.)—Monica is the youngest of that bright sisterhood whose austere leaders are known to the brutal Philistine as Ouida, Rhoda Broughton,...
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A Summer in the Azores, with a Glimpse of Madeira.
The SpectatorBy C. Alice Baker. (Leo and Shepard, Boston, U.S. )—Miss Baker describes what she saw in the way of scenery and manners with a certain vivacity, and makes of her observations a...
Egypt under its Khedives. By Edwin do Leon. (Sampson Low
The Spectatorand Co.)—Mr. do Leon published this book for the first time about five years ago, and it is a testimony to its merits that he is now, though events have moved rapidly in the...
Psychol^gy of Salem Witchcraft. By George M. Beard, M.D. (G.
The SpectatorP. Putnams' Sons.)—This book is not at all what one might have expected from the title. About "Salem Witchcraft," which would be a really interesting subject, treated from the...
How They Loved Him. 3 vols. By Florence Marryat. (P.
The SpectatorV. White and Co.)—Mrs. Lean has written a powerful and unpleasant novel on the subject which the English public do not like to have brought before their notice, even when it is...
