26 OCTOBER 1889

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At the Assembly Rooms in the Belle Vue Gardens, Man-

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chester, Mr. Balfour on Saturday last addressed an audience reckoned to consist of some ten or twelve thousand persons. Earlier in the day he presented a requisition to Mr....

Great expectations had been formed as to a speech to

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be 'delivered by Mr. Gladstone at Southport. It was said that a council of his colleagues had been held at Hawarden, and that he had decided to say something of importance,...

To the question : Has the Irish policy of the

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Government been a success P—Mr. Balfour gave no uncertain answer. " Every expectation which in my most sanguine moments I ever ventured to frame with regard to the results, the...

• ** The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript, in

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any ease.

Mr. Labouchere has been stamping Scotland for the last few

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days, saying always the same things,—that the people are Radical, that there will be a Radical majority at the elections, that then there must be a Radical Ministry, and that a...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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T ORD SPENCER on Thursday made a speech at Stockton, 4 which was remarkable because it does contain one hint as to the substance of the next Home-role Bill. He said, while...

NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

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With the " SPECTATOR" of Saturday, November 2nd, will be issued, gratis, a SPECIAL LITERARY SUPPLEMENT.

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M. Ferry has published a long reply to Signor Crispi,declaring

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France quite friendly to Italy, and denying that be intrigued with Prince Bismarck to obtain Tunis. France had always intended to take Tanis, and, in fact, settled it with...

The County Council on Friday week decided the dispute as

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to the music-halls in a rather unexpectedly sensible manner. A test vote was taken on the renewal of a licence to the Trocadero, and the Council by a vote of 81 to 34 renewed it...

Speaking in Aberdeen on Tuesday, at a meeting held under

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the auspices of the Scottish Liberal Association, Sir George Trevelyan attacked the representation of the Universities, on the ground that Oxford had not elected Mr. Bryce, and...

The German Reichstag was opened on October 22nd in a

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speech, read by a Commissioner, the interest of which consists in heavy new demands for the Army and Navy, and in the announcement that Germany is to have a separate Colonial...

King Louis of Portugal died at 11 a.m. on Saturday,

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at the age of fifty-one, after a reign of twenty-eight years. He was• a well-meaning King, not illiberal, who had some ability for choosing competent advisers. His Kingdom...

Greece is a little State, but it may have a

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future, and its present King, being the brother of the Princess of Wales and of the Empress of Russia, has very grand connections. His heir, -therefore, has been allowed to...

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A jury has at last been empanelled at Chicago to

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try the alleged murderers of Dr. Cronin. The unscrupulous use of the right of challenge has not helped the accused, and though upwards of eleven hundred jurymen were summoned,...

Friday was the anniversary of the charge of the Light

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Brigade, and Colonel John Shakespear, late Royal Artillery, who was on that day second-in-command of Maude's Horse Artillery, publishes in the Chronicle an account of what he...

The trial of William Coll, the man charged with the

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murder of District-Inspector Martin, ended on Tuesday, at the ad- journed Maryborough Assizes, in a verdict of "Manslaughter." Mr. Justice Gibson, in summing up the evidence,...

On Tuesday, the Primate of all England began his quadrennial

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visitation of the clergy and laity of his diocese at Canterbury Cathedral. In his first address he dwelt specially on the duty of the Church in regard to social improvement....

On Thursday, the Parnell Commission resumed its sittings. Mr. Davitt,

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who read from a voluminous manuscript, stated that he stood there "to defend as well as he could the name and character and cause of the peasantry of Ireland." " Their Lordships...

There is reason to believe that Emin Pasha and Stanley

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are at last safe. Captain Wissmann, the German Commissioner in East Africa, has informed his Government of their approach- ing arrival at Mpwapwa, which lies within the German...

It is very rare for a distinctive personality to emerge

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from among the lower ranks of the European reigning caste, for, as a rule, individualism is crushed out there by the terrible weight of Court etiquette, and of those strange and...

Bank Rate, 5 per cent.

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New Console (29) were on Friday 96. to 97,

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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MR. LABOUCHERE'S MANIFESTO IN SCOTLAND. T HE Unionist newspapers, the Times more especially, make a mistake in not reporting Mr. Labouchere more carefully. They cannot, we...

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MR. GLADSTONE AT SOUTHPORT.

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M R. GLADSTONE'S speech at Southport will be a disappointment to the country. People are weary to nausea of his lieutenants' speeches, all of them palpably stop-gaps, and most...

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MR. BALFOUR AND THE PEOPLE. T HE welcome which Mr. Balfour

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received at Manchester, not from the upper and middle classes, but from the mass of the people, is a symptom from which no small amount of encouragement can be drawn. The men...

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WHITES AND BLACKS IN AMERICA.

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O N the last occasion —some few months ago—on which we dealt with the subject of the coloured population of the United States, we drew attention to evidence recently forthcoming...

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THE PORTUGUESE.

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E easy succession of the Duke of Braganza to his father's throne matters little to Europe, and not much to England, though Portuguese policy in Africa annoys and impedes us at...

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RUSSIA AND EUROPE.

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O NE consequence of the Czar's visit to Berlin is, in its way, a genuine political curiosity. We refer to the optimistic reports which have sprung up in so many quarters...

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THE ZALINSKI GUN. T HOUGH the Government Board appointed to test

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the efficacy of the Zalinski gun have reported against its introduction into the United States Navy, it looks very much as if the use of dynamite or some other high explo- sive...

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THE GOSPEL OF AMUSEMENT.

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I S not the theory that amusement is an indispensable part of life getting pushed nowadays a little too far ? It has always existed among us. of course, since the days of that...

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THE RATIONALE OF GOLF.

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-W HAT at one time was considered the game peculiar to Scotland, in virtue of the facilities afforded for its play by unrivalled hillsides and sea-links, threatens to become the...

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4‘ GOING WITH THE DEAD :" AN IRISH POPULAR SUPERSTITION.

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'B ELIEVE me, your Reverence, Maurice is going wid the dead ;' all the people says it av him, so there's the truth for you now." This peculiar expression requires explana- tion,...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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MRS. WATTS HUGHES'S " VOICE-FIGURES." [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOE."1 SIR, — Mrs: Watts Hughes's Home for Little Boys at Islington is known to many. Mr. Augustus Birrell's...

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IRISH CATHOLIC INTOLERANCE.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—As an Irish Catholic, I hope I may appeal to the tradi- tional fairness of the Spectator in asking insertion for a pro- test against...

" DIANA."

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —Will you allow me to make a brief statement in reference to the kind critique on my book " Diana," which appeared in your last issue?...

COURTESY versus SINCERITY.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIB, — . 11 propos of your remark as to "Not at home" having a definite conventional meaning, I was calling some short time ago at the...

THE MORALITY OF HOURS OF LABOUR.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] seems to me that your article last week under the above heading brought the important point into prominence which is too often lost sight...

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POETRY.

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A MOTHER IN SPARTA. THE dawn wakes, and softly, as in sleep, Pale fingers thread the raven hair of night ; Now o'er the tender blue faint blushes creep, And day arises clad in...

ART.

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THE GROSVENOR GALLERY.—SECOND PASTEL. EXHIBITION. THERE is unusually little in the present exhibition to interest or occupy either the public or the critic. The average quality...

WELSH TITHES.

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[TO THE EDITOR. OP THE " SPECTATOR."' Sin, — Surely the letter of the Bishop of St. Asaph, in the Spectator of October 19th, is a better proof than aught else that the Church...

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BIRD-LIFE IN ART.

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MR. STACY Manna's pictures of birds are not less remarkable for their intrinsic excellence than for the severe limits which the artist has set himself in dealing with his...

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BOOKS.

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THE WORKS OF J. G. WHITTIER.* IT was well that J. G. Whittier's works should be published in a collected form. He is not a poet who appears to advan- tage in extracts. No one...

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MEMORABLE LONDON HOUSES.* To those who are fond of wandering

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about London at large— that is, of walking in the streets as one walks in the country, not merely to get somewhere or to do something, but in order to enjoy the chances of the...

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PARISH LIFE IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND.* `WE have no

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hesitation in saying that this is the most interesting historical work dealing with the socio-religious life of Scotland which has been published for at least a quarter of a...

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THE BLUE FAIRY-BOOK.*

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IT is really difficult to find words cordial enough to welcome The Blue Fairy-Book. A giant with three heads, and a witch riding on a broomstick, the ornaments of the cover,...

THE DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY.*

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REGULARLY as quarter-day arrives, comes a welcome instal- ment of the Dictionary of National Biography, the more welcome because we are now quite certain that there will be no...

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A UNIVERSAL MONEY.* So little notice was taken outside the

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world of pure business of this interesting booklet at the time of its first appearance in 1869, that it seems quite worth while to call our readers' attention to this second...

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Past Forgiveness. By Lady Margaret Majendie. 2 vols. (Bentley and

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Son.)—This is a well-written, we may say a powerful story, probably the best thing that the accomplished author has y done. The two volumes differ widely in character ; the...

History of the Presbyterians in England. By the Rev. A.

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H. Drysdale, M.A. (Publication Committee of the Presbyterian Church of England.)—Mr. Drysdale expresses the hope that though his book is a sectional, it may not be found to be a...

Robert Leeman's Daughters. By J. Fogerty. 3 vols. (Bentley and

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Son.)—This is a story of what we may call the " leisurely " kind, and admirably suited for a seaside lodging on a wet day. It is quite readable from " cover to cover," but not...

CURRENT LITERATURE.

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A Century of Continental History, 1780-1880. By J. H. Rose, M.A. (Edward Stanford.)—In the preparation of this concise and admirable summary of the epoch-making facts and forces...

By - Ways in Book - Land. By William Davenport Adams. (Elliot Stock.)—Some of

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the ways which Mr. Davenport Adams treads are scarcely by-ways. This need not hinder a reader from enjoying these " essays on literary subjects." If some things that he finds...

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Our Friends in the Hunting - Field. By Mrs. Edward Kennard. (F.

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V. White and Co.)—Mrs. Kennard gives us here fourteen sketches of more or less common types from the hunting-field. The " Melancholy Man " and the " Man who has Lost his Nerve "...

Addresses on Educational Subjects. By S. S. Laurie. (University Press,

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Cambridge.)—Mr. Laurie, in respect of his educational views, may be described as a Liberal-Conservative. It would, he thinks, be a "national misfortune" if the Humanistic cause...

All the Russias. By E. C. Phillips. (Cassell and Co.)—A

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good deal of information about Russia and Russian people and things is here given, in a series of conversations between certain Russian children, and in a narrative of their...

Skill Wins Favour. By Mrs. George Elliot Kent. (Roper and

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Drowley.)—This is a story constructed on the usual lines of an intended surprise. Paul Sudbury, a poor artist, wins the heart of the well-born Miss D'Avonmore, and, after a...

The London Charterhouse ; its Monks and its Martyrs. By

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Dom Laurence Hendriks. (Kagan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—The author has not much that is new to tell us about the Charterhouse martyrs, but he corrects, in not a few important...

The Rambler Papers. By Jeffery C. Jeffery. (W. H. Allen

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and Co.)—If the reader should expect to find in this volume anything like the essays which are to be found in the famous Rambler of the last century, he will be disappointed....