of the expedition to Madagascar. Every precaution has been taken by General Duchesne to prevent information from the front from reaching Paris ; but nevertheless letters from...

of Dublin on Monday by a majority of 432 over Mr. Pierce Mahony, his Parnellite opponent. For Mr. William Kenny (Liberal Unionist) there voted 3,325, and for Mr. Pierce Mahony...

containing what professes to be the text of Rustem Pasha's 'telegraphic despatch describing to his Court his interview with Lord Salisbury on the Armenian question. !Lord...

P ARLIAMENT was prorogued on Thursday without the reading of any Queen's Speech,—a most unusual if not unprecedented occurrence. The departure from etiquette was, however,...

in Cuba. There are perpetual conflicts between the troops and the insurgents, in which both sides claim the victory, and probably neither gains it. It would seem, however, that...

Mr. Goschen made an important reference to the new- Council for Imperial defence, over which the Lord President of the Council is to preside. The responsibility of the Secre-...

and the new rules in one of his half-rollicking, half- impassioned speeches. They did not want men who posed as the "panjandrums of picturesque personalities." "They did not...

than that on which, nominally, the Anti-Parnellite party appears to have split itself in two. It is nominally the choice of an Anti-Parnellite candidate for South Kerry. Really,...

question to be decided was whether the new standing orders drawn up by the Parliamentary Com- mittee should, or should not, be adopted. These standing orders convert the...

Office came under debate in the House of Commons. Sir Charles Dilke put the point which we put in the Spectator of August 31st,—Is the Commander-in-Chief to be really respon-...

a higher place among Irish politicians than any to which he has as yet attained. Apparently, no Irishman has earned the same reputation for transacting official business with...

of having made the first Irish " bull" in the new Parliament. Complaining that Irish Local Town Commissioners do not possess the same power as English Town Councils to hold...

Chitral ; but, of course, did not venture to take a division. The effect of his speech was weakened by its form, which was that of a resume of the recent history of Chitral ;...

Rothschild, but there are drawbacks, especially in France. It is a very short time since an attempt was made to kill Baron Alphonse by an explosive hidden in a letter, and on...

say something on that great yearning for unity to which the Pope's letter to the English people had testified as one of the great signs of the present time. But we do not think...

on Thursday by a harangue from Mr. Frederic Harrison deAvered with due solemnity, though it appears to as the • anniversary of the close of a life which has never exerted any...

in Berlin, as the twenty-fifth anniversary of Sedan. The Government greatly encouraged the festival, and the only discordant note was struck by the Socialists, who sent a...

dealing with the figures of three years ? It complicates the Budget speech almost beyond bearing. What people want to know is how much was spent and received last year, and how...

New Consols (2) were on Friday, 107.1. a

- t - THE HOPES OF THE RADICALS. T HERE is something more than pathetic, something almost approaching to the tragic, in its old sense of "purifying by pity and by fear" in the...

in, London, denies the authenticity of the despatch published this week in Paris, in which he is reported to- have described his interview on Armenia with Lord Salis- bury. We,...

T HE quarrel as to the candidate for South Kerry is per- f ectly typical of Irish politics in general. It is of the least possible importance if you look only at the nominal...

W HEN the history of the invasion of Madagascar comes to be written, the difficulties which have beset the French will, we believe, be traced mainly to two moral causes,—a...

an amorphous gathering in which gushing Socialists who represented nothing but the quagmire of their own platitudes—" sewing-machine canvassers, publicans, and blackleg...

W HAT is done is done ; but we cannot say that the debate of Tuesday has reconciled us to the doing. The Government have ordered the retention of Chitral, and the construction...

W E return to the subject of curates, because it is one which they themselves are so active in keeping , alive. When the correspondence on "The Bitter Cry of the Church" began...

W E wish we could heartily agree in the views of Mr. Frederick Boyle, but history, we fear, forbids. That gentleman, who has much and varied experience of tropical lands,...

S OME of the late Mr. Stevenson's fables, which have been appearing in the August and September numbers of Longman's Magazine, are almost more remarkable than any of his more...

T " pamphlets and newspapers which deal with the minor forms of live-stock farming are generally amusing reading, even to an outsider. But the columns of Poultry and other...

A CORRESPONDENCE during the recent Election between the Bishop of Darham and a clergyman of his diocese, must have brought home to more than one of our readers a question...

RADICALS AND HOME-RULE. [To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."' SIE,-I have carefully read Mr. Holford Knight's letter on Home-role and the Liberal party, which appeared in the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your interesting criticism in the Spectator of August 31st, of Sir James Crichton Browne's Lecture, you very probably had in mind...

one more instance to your interesting list Some time ago, in passing through a churchyard in Lancashire, I saw a number of flower-wreaths on a newly made grave. One among others...

[To THE EDITOR OF TES "SPECTATOR."] STR,—An odd instance of unintentional meiosis or under- emphasis is the common use of the word " decimate." Journalists say of a body of...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, I am sorry to demolish a good story, and that which Mr. Harington relates is a good one, and has delighted many hearers and readers...

was born, the gardener planted a bay-tree in commemoration. In process of time, Edward's regiment was in great peril in India, and there were great fears at home for his safety....

[TO THE EDITOR OF THI"SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, —This question was set to a young nephew of mine at a school examination : " What do the letters R. I. P.,' often seen on tombstones,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] Sin,—I am surprised no one noticed your article on the assistant clergy in the Spectator of August 24th. I scarcely think that your...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] The " raw Welsh servant's " singular mode of announcing some visitors, reminds me of a Welsh parlour- maid I had at Beaumaris some years...

AT SEA. 'TIs the long blue Head o' Garron From the sea, Oa, we're sailin' past the Garrott. On the sea. Now Glen Ariff lies behind, Where the waters fall and wind By the...

SIR EVELYN WOOD'S "CRIMEA." THE stream of books which deal with the story of the successes, the failures, and the sufferings of our Army during the Crimean Campaign flows...

DR. LEIGHTON COLEMAN, the Bishop of Delaware, has written the volume on the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, for the " National Churches" Series. For the fair...

IT is with a true sense of pleasure that we welcome the collocation of names which heads our present article. We understand it to be part of fizofessor Walker's pur- pose not to...

MR. J. H ROUND has long been known to students of history as a most painstaking and laborious investigator of Anglo- Norman times. In this book be presents to us a further...

WARREN HASTINGS'S career possesses, and will probably long continue to possess, an inexhaustible interest for historians and biographers. Few men have found themselves faced...

THE magazines are very dull this month. In the Nineteentla Century the post of honour is given to the Hon. Mr. Justice Ameer Ali, who, in a very ably written paper, controverts...

F. Brown. (Eyre and Spottiswoode.)—This, the eighth volume of the Venetian State papers, which relate to English affairs, has a peculiar interest of its own. It covers the...

The Exploration of Australia. By Albert F. Calvert. (George Philip and Son.)—In this handsome quarto, dedicated to the Marquis of Ripon, the late Colonial Secretary, Mr....

of the "Favourite Edition" of the "Waverley Novels," with "all the original notes and vignettes." The volumes published up to date (August) are eleven in number, and include...

(Cambridge University Press.)—This handy and admirable volume, which forms one of the "Cambridge Historical Series," edited by Mr. G. W. Prothero, will be found of great...

Prom the Exile to the Advent. By the Rev. William Fairweather. (T. and T. Clark, Edinburgh.)—This is a volume of the series of -" Hand-books for Bible Classes and Private...

Acton is to be believed, there are many more blank spaces than occupied spots in history. But this is not Mr. Wolff's idea in putting together this volume, a reprint of papers...

(Hodder and Stoughton.)—Dr. Trumbull makes a contribution of considerable interest and value to a study which is of prac- tically unlimited extent, the illustrations of the...

(Hodder and Stoughton.)—We may be permitted to congratulate Dr. Stoughton on the intellectual vigour which enables him at an age so advanced—" eighty-seven," he tells us in...