in order to call attention to Mr. Forster's strong censure of his Kildare speech for its wickedness and cowardice. The latter charge he said he was indifferent to, but the first...

no intention of asking for further powers to preserve the peace in Ireland at present. He was not without great uneasi- ness as to the outrages, but he believed we had...

and Dulcigno is not surrendered, and the Naval demonstration has not taken place. There is, however, some appearance that this joint demonstration will really come off, and that...

Monday, in relation to the recent order given to the Constabu- lary to load their guns with buck-shot instead of bullets. Some of the Irish Members treated this as a change for...

T HE Afghan news is far from pleasant. First, we hear of a sally from Candahar, on the east side, on the 16th, which cost us seven officers, a chaplain, and 180 men all killed,...

or what unmanageable spirit they are provoking by their conduct. They kept up the resistance to the vote for the Irish Con- stabulary,—a vote essential to the peace of...

as in 1835, when a Session which began at the same time, and found much serious work to do, did not end till September 10th, so also in this case the best course was necessarily...

the text furnished him by the House of Lords' rejection of the Compensation for Disturbance (Irish) Bill. The Government, he said, expressed their willingness to grant liberal...

four,—con- sisting of Lord Raudolph Churchill, Mr. Gorst, Sir H. D. Wolff, and Mr. Arthur Balfour,—made yesterday week a reconnaissance, not exactly in force, say rather in...

succeeded in alleviating the extraordinary tension of the situation, chiefly by measures of relaxation ; and the Czar is so well satisfied with the result of the Special...

the Burials Bill. We regret to hear that the Government are not likely to accept Mr. Illingworth's amendment substituting "any Christian or orderly service" for " Christian and...

changed to the "Ground Game Bill," passed through Com- mittee on Wednesday, and may have been read a third time in the House of Commons, and sent up to the Lords, before this...

by an inaugural address from Professor Ramsay, the chief idea of which was to defend the opinion that since the beginning of the geological history of the earth, as written in...

for his Peerage by doing all the Tory work he can in the House of Lords. On Thursday he carried an amend- ment to the Employers' Liability Bill, the intention of which is to...

of the President and Prime Minister of the French 'Republic are peaceful, has,—whether wisely or foolishly, we -cannot say, without knowing what its ultimate object may...

Church of Marston, and on being asked to er...r...ecrate an addition to the churchyard, he said, " /Co, excuse me ; I cannot, now. If the Burials Bill passes, consecration would...

a week round the English coast, in order to re-establish his health firmly before resuming the duties of his office. He embarked at Gravesend on Thursday in one of the Donald...

Wed- nesday, of Dr. W. B. Hodgson, Professor of Political Economy and Mercantile Law in the University of Edinburgh, and very far, indeed, from a dismal teacher of" the dismal...

him on Monday, declared the intention of the Government not to prosecute the persons named by the Judges as having given bribes, in any case in which a Commission had been named...

the French Prime Minister, M. de Freycinet, has been attracting a great deal of attention this week, both in France and outside France. M. de Freycinet's speech at Montauban, on...

W E have much reason to be thankful that a Minister of the " staying " power of Mr. Forster is now Chief Secretary for Ireland. In Mr. Gladstone's absence, he- has to fight,...

THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN. T HE position in Afghanistan is certainly grave. The mutiny of the Khan of Khelat's troops will weaken, perhaps very materially, the force at...

I T is a remarkable sign of the political times, and not one of good omen, that now, for the third or fourth time, the leaders of parties in the House of Commons have taken to...

opportune moment for passing in brief review the principal facts and incidents of the "forward policy" in Afghanistan. The ostensible cause of that policy was the Russian...

N O two debates could have illustrated more curiously the perplexities of the Irish question than those of Monday and Tuesday nights. Dangerous as we think Mr. Parnell, it is...

O UR correspondence columns show how much interest has been excited by the Bournemouth case. The incident itself is one that happens every day, or it would not be so interesting...

T HE study of Byron which Mr. Nichol has just completed for Mr. Morley's series of" English Men of Letters" closes with this remark,—" We may learn much from him still, when we...

A RECENT number of the Guardian contains a letter from a clergyman, on which we wish to make some comments to our readers. It is written to call attention to "a new departure on...

BULGARIA AND EASTERN ROUMELIA. [TO TUE EDITOR OF TOE `• SPECTATOR:] SIR,-A Parliamentary paper (" Turkey, No. 1 , 2 ") has been re- cently issued, containing" correspondence...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 should like to make one or two observations on your article of last Saturday on the above subject. There are two, or rather three, very grave...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." Slit, — The Lords complain that "they've got no work to do," and accuse the Government of mismanagement in not introduc- ing more of its...

SIR, — We observe that in a notice of our serial publication "Our Own Country," you remark that you have an impression that some of the materials here employed have been taken...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sta, — It is impossible to touch a tithe of the topics raised in your article of the 14th inst., without trespassing unduly on your space....

Sra, — In your article on "The Bournemouth Case," on the 14th inst., you remark that the patron was presumably prevented, by conscientious scruples, from presenting a clergyman...

" SFECTATOE1 STE,—I have read with much interest two very able articles on ladies' dress in your paper, and would gladly adopt the advice given, but I cannot find enough in the...

UBI MISER, IBI crausTtrs. Ii was the eve of Easter po,y, Her heart within was sad; They have taken away lily 'Lord, she said, And how should I be glad ? I see the thorns, the...

MR. J. A. SYMONDS'S NEW POEMS.* EVERY really conscientious reviewer now and then encounters a book which compels him to realise all the difficulties of his calling. His work...

the subject on which Mr. R. Nelson Boyd has written, for not a year passes without the recurrence of colliery accidents of peculiarly dis- tressing character. No other mining...

? the author of this book, and the greater part of the world also, would probably reply, "Simply and solely a machine for producing as much milk, cream, butter, cheese, veal,...

dozen or so of railway carriers' vans might have been seen wending their way along Cheapside, freighted with "raw produce" for the colonies. Each waggon was filled with bedding...

TAKING these Guide-books in the order as numbered below; we come (1) to Mr. Bevan's Kent. Like all of the two- shilling handbooks published by Mr. Stanford, it consists of about...

Stoughton.)—The objects proposed by the writer are, flrst, to present in a condensed and popular form the elements of this study ; secondly, to point out the number, variety,...

The Letters of the Younger Pliny. Literally translated by J. D. Lewis, M.A. (Trilbner.)—This is, on the whole, both a faithful and readable translation of one of the most...

have a favourable recollection of " Kilcorran," which was, if we remember right, Mrs. Fetherstonhaugh's first novel; but we can say nothing for Alan Dering. The author might...

vols. (Chapman and Ifall.)—Mr. Low knows very well how to tell a story of adventure by field and flood, as thousands of readers, both young and old, can testify. He has, too, a...

Promoting Christian Knowledge.)—This little book forms one of the series re- cently brought out under the name of "Natural History Rambles." It contains descriptions of precious...

A. Churchill.)— The author calls these lectures "a series of interpretative essays on the history of matter, from the atom to the flower." There are seven of them, one entitled...

Christian Knowledge.)—This is one of - the beat of the "Natural History Rambles" series. It is popular, but, we are glad to add, also accurate. The illustrations are numerous...

and Co.)— This is not a monograph on the English crayfish, nor on crayfishes in general. It is an introduction to the study of zoology, in which the common crayfish is taken as...

Putnam's Sons.)—There is so much easy grandiloquence in these three hundred pages, so mach strong denunciation of scientific men and their con- clusions, that one is tempted to...