THE Russians have passed the Danube at last. On the night of the 26th June, at 11 o'clock, the Grand Duke Nicholas threw a division across the river from Simnitza, in boats,...

a society for facilitating the training of Protestant clergymen at our Universi- ties, and have made it look very like an association to form a Church within the Church. Their...

no day has been fixed for its next Session, though the President, in com- municating the Sultan's message, intimated that an extra Session might be called, " to deliberate upon...

case.

by the Grand Duke Nicholas to Colonel Wellesley, the British military attaché with the army on the Danube. It is asserted, on the one hand, that the Grand Duke told him he was...

have entered the country, after terrible losses have possessed them- selves of nothing—even if they have not been driven out, as a recent telegram implies—and will now be...

address to the Bulgarians. He tells them that the sympathies which induced his ancestors to secure a new political existence for the Servians and Roumanians have not ceased to...

Society's Rooms, the Broad Sanctuary, on Wednesday, to protest against the amendment carried last week by a majority of sixteen in the Lords in relation to the Burials Bill. The...

Hono- rary Secretary of the Confederation of Home-rule, was elected for Dungarvan on Saturday, by a majority of nineteen over Mr. Henry Matthews, Q.C., the numbers being,—for...

a letter of thanks for his Birmingham speech, and requested him to assume the lead of the Radical party, Mr. Gladstone has replied in a letter virtually disclaiming any wish to...

Sunday closing of public-houses, the local opinion of a country ought to have the greatest weight; for it is a case in which the grievance either way,— whether in imposing a...

of Indian Judges, and fought hard for their irresponsibility to the Executive, especially on the ground that the independent adminis- tration of justice was the only consolation...

dissolve was taken on the 22nd, and the request of the President was granted by 150 to 130, a majority slightly greater than was expected, and caused by the adhesion of four or...

ea attack of gout that his friends fear he may have to retire from the Cabinet. Such a necessity would be much re- gretted in the House of Commons, where Mr. Hunt is, a...

resolution on Church patronage. Mr. Leatham, in a speech in which he showed that 2,000 livings were now in the market, and denounced the sale of Church patronage in any form,...

mud coming from the south, fell in Rome, which seems to be re- garded as due to sand brought in a dust-storm from the great Desert in Africa, being mixed with the pollen of some...

before the Court of Queen's Bench on Thursday, for the offence of publishing the " Fruits of Philosophy," a book declared by the jury calculated to deprave public morals. The...

Langham Place, in support of the London School of Medicine for Women, the chief object being to raise a sum of £5,000, which will be necessary to enable this Medical School for...

to set on foot institutions of a kind which are much needed,—we mean hospitals and convalescent institutions for those who can piy the full price necessary for them, but who...

the British Government may allow, took another division, and again India was defeated, by 104 to 56. In this special case the Indian Government has possibly been a little...

a crusade against war, has extracted from Dr. Fraser, the Bishop of Machester, a letter sympathising with his aim, and intimating that though there may be wars which are the...

it is announced that Sir Wilfrid Lawson's favourite dread, the Colorado beetle, has succeeded in effecting the passage of the Atlantic, and has landed on German soil, being...

Premier of the Hungarian kingdom, on June 26 informed the Diet that the Austro-Hungarian Government intended, if pos- sible, to remain neutral, but if forced, would act on its...

THE SITUATION ON THE DANUBE. T WO very considerable events have occurred this week. The Russian Army has passed the Danube, and the Austro- Hungarian Government has explained...

THE Government which swallowed the camel has shown itself most fastidious in straining out the gnat. In 1874, Lord Beaconsfield seemed quite to welcome' the pressure put upon...

L ORD JUSTICE MELLISH'S successor in the Court of Appeal is the gentleman to whom common consent had pointed. Mr. Cotton, who has been for many years in the front rank of...

M R GLADSTONE, in his interesting letter to the President of the Tower Hamlets Association, in relation to his Birmingham speech, virtually disclaims any title to be re- garded...

T HE House of Commons passed, on Tuesday, a Resolution which may prove to be a mere "counsel of perfection," or a condemnation of an incurable evil, but may also prove to be the...

M R. (IOLDWIN SMITH, in a paper in the new Fortnightly, on the Liberal defeat, makes a suggestion which, in the existing state of parties, is worthy of discussion. Looking at...

T HERE must be a curious grudge latent in the minds of most Englishmen at the idea of the State benefiting by a pecu- niary windfall, or Colonel Alexander would never have...

TT'is the custom to assert, with Bishop Butler, that there is no such thing in human nature as the love of evil for the sake of evil. But whether or not there be any such...

T HE question whether vitality and organisation are capable of being evolved from dead matter, or must always proceed from a previously existing organism, is one which is older...

JAPANESE CHILDREN. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR-1 SIR,—One of the first problems pre sented to a foreign teacher in Japan is the reason of the great apparent happiness and...

LIBERAL RELIGIOUS POLICY. [To THE EDITOR OF THE EPEOTATOR."] SIR,—Mr. Davies has carried the controversy between us into a "Larger region, ampler air," than the field where we...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—My object in writing to you was not to continue the -controversy about vestments, but to protest against the line -taken by some of...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR-1 Sin,—Mr. Oakley and Mr. Sargon see in the present ecclesiastical disputes " spiritual conviction and energy in conflict with the secular...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPEOTATOR.1 Legal opinion by Mr. Herschel], Q.C., and Dr. Phillimore, in the matter of the Public Worship Regulation Act, 1874, sec. 9 :— OPINION. 1 and...

BILL. (To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In your last number, in commenting on the voting in the House of Lords on the Burials Bill, you state, " The Liberal Roman...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Your very interesting article in last Saturday's Spectator upon the " Walrond Case " recalls to my recollection Baron Bramwell's...

SWITZERLAND, rid PARIS AND NEUCHATEL.. THE EVENING. JINGLE, tinkle, rattle, rumble through the glittering, shimmering street, Hark to coach and carriage chiming with the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR 1 am glad to notice that in your comment on the Walrond case you uphold the liberty of bequest. It does not always work well, but it is worth...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The Lancet assumes that as a result of the resolution of the Senate of the University of London on June 20, women will be allowed to...

JOSEPH VON GORRES.• [FIRST NOTICE.] ON January 27, 1848, on the eve of the great political changes against which he had so often warned his contemporaries, there died at...

Tun is an amusing story from the American "No Name Series," as it is called, i.e., a series of tales said to be written by eminent American authors, but published anonymously....

IN the way of material civilisation, nothing can surpass a satisfac- tory water-supply. As we know well by experience, it is a result not very easily attained, and many of our...

MR. GROSART is the most indefatigable of editors, the most enthusiastic of critics. He discovers exquisite poetical beauty in verses which to most readers appear simply quaint...

The Adventures of Nevil Brooke; or, How India was IlTon for England. By C. J. Riethmiiller. 3 vols. (Bell and Sons.)—This is one of the old-fashioned sort of historical novels....

"Lady Audley's Secret." 3 vols. (Maxwell.)—Miss Wadden mixes up, as is her wont, very potent ingredients,—love, jealousy, revenge, murder, and madness. But she does it with...

Brothers.)—Elizabeth Gordon, who combines the attractions of great beauty and a nice little fortune, has three lovers. Two of them are brothers, sons of Sir John Tyrrell, the...

book as a suggestive inquiry into the philosophy and religion of the future. There is too much of mystical rhapsody about it, to suit our taste. Dogmatic religion, he thinks, is...

J. Elmendorf. (New York, Putnam.)—This is a student's manual or syllabus of philo- sophy. It takes for granted that he is attending lectures in philosophy, and its object is...

creditable effort s n the part of the writer. Her " Edgar " is not the common-place, irreproachable parson, with whose hand, in a certain class of novels, the deserving heroine...