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THE LAST NEW FORGERY.
The SpectatorTHE LASUI' NE\V FOIUERY. T IllS last foraerv on thec fllak of Kidland is by far the most T i:)g;)r~1lio9 as n 11 as l'loSt SmlCecssful, that hias il; thisi country been...
THE FARM LABOURERS OF DORSET.; [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
The SpectatorLETTERS TO TIHE EDITOR. THE FARM LABOURERS OF DORSET. [TO TILE EDITOR OF THE ASPECTATOR.:] Sir.,-Between three and four months have elapsed since I last wrote to you on the...
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[Dr. Lyon Playfair's was the ablest speech of the evening, and...]
The SpectatorDr. Lyoii Plhyfair's wnts the ablest speoecl of the evenini. and though its drift was unfavourable to the Bill, it wavas so ternperate and caiidid as to leave the impression...
[Monday's debate on the Irish University Bill was very heavy.]
The SpectatorAlon(Liv's (clolatQ Ii thi TIlisii I UniveiSitv V ill war. v1ryv licavv. Mr. G;adt one IJ. bty enminrating a few pri]pos(( iliang(2 es il- thtU Bill. '11w eCZ1.ii'e (r'f the (...
[Mr. Bourke's speech was heavy; he insisted that with-...]
The SpectatorMfr. Bourke's spccll swas licavv: lie insisted that w-ith- I out knowing the intellectual calibre of the Council, the character of the Bill was completuly in(leteriiiinate. and...
[The Strike in South Wales is believed to be at an end.]
The Spectatori The Strike in South Wales is believed to be at an end- The colliers have not yielded everywhere, but the ironworkers have gone in on the masters' terms, and some collieries...
[The Irish Bishops at their meeting last week declared them-...]
The SpectatorI is Tile Irishl Bisho0ps at their ineetingr last Meek, declared thlem- I selves agiainist the Bill (1). for encouraging the mixed Education ;which the Church deprecates (2),...
[Mr. Gathorne Hardy closed the debate with one of his most...]
The SpectatorMr. Gatllorno Hlardy closed the debate with on l of his illost successful party speeclhes,-easy, good-humiou red, vigorous, and skilful, though, of course, in grain and...
[Mr. Horsman opened Thursday's debate with much life, and...]
The SpectatorNIr. Ilorsiman opened 'rhuisdays debate with much life, andI more political malice. Ile impuited to the Government that. iI thiss matter they had supposed themselves the agents...
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PRESIDENT GRANT AS A PHILOSOPHER.
The SpectatorPRESIDENT GRANT AS A PHILOSOPHER. G ENERAL GRANT'S second inaugural address is the windiest document we have lately received from America. The President seems to have felt that...
THE "QUARTERLY" ON ADMIRALTY ADMINISTRATION.
The SpectatorTHE "QUARTERLY " ON ADMIRALTY ADMINISTRATION. TE hoped that we had heard, during the Recess. the last W' 8 of the well-threshed tale of Sir Spencer Robinson's and Mr. Reed's...
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[General Grant forwarded his annual Message to Congress on...]
The SpectatorGeneral (Grant forwar(led his annual I\es~sale to Congress on the 4th March. it is thle first year of his second termi, and in vriting of foreign politics lie lhas thought it...
[William Morgan, aged forty-nine, appears to be for England...]
The SpectatorAVilliaii M\organ. agei forty-niine, appears to be for Englan(l what Artenius Ward called Brighlain Youngf, - the most married inanl known to himi. HIe was prosecuted ou...
[The American Congress has taken a step which may be very...]
The Spectator4 The American Congress has taken a step which may be very wise hbut which makes their governing machine cost more than our Monarchy. They have passed a Bill raisilng the...
[Lord Malmesbury on Wednesday made a great speech about...]
The SpectatorLord Mfalinesbury on Wednes lay made a great speech about -the value of rabbits. Ile believed rabbits were favourite articles I wvith the poor for the Sunday's dinner, and...
[A debate on Irish Juries commenced on Thursday in the...]
The SpectatorA. debatc on Irish ,Juries COlflmCenCe4l 011 T!riS-1v i l the0 Loris, but it was stopped by an admni ssi urn r Or l ( llaa n. The practical pith of the matter seemu t l)e...
[The Khiva Expedition will, it is said, start earlier than was...]
The SpectatorThe Kiti-a Expedition will, it is said. start earlier than wa.,i expected, and be accompanied by both Eln-lish and American special correspondents.
[It seems pretty clear that Messrs. Cockerell and Co.'s statement...]
The SpectatorIt seems pretty clear that Alessrs. Cockerell and Co. s statement ii -that the price of W Wallsend " coal at the pit's mouth has beenll :P)(s. was true. for Messrs. Newton,...
[We regret to notice the death of Mr. H. T. L. Corry, Mr....]
The SpectatorWe regret to notice the death of Mir. 11. T. L. Corr-. 'Mr. 1 l)israeli's First Lord of the Admiralty, and one of the oldest MIembers of the House of Commons. lIe sat for...
[On Tuesday Mr. Plimsoll, the Member for Derby, introduced...]
The SpectatorOn Tues.lav AIr. P'linsoll. the Member for 1)erbv. il lln-(lleed his long-menace(l motion for a Royal (Conuiss'ion to imtquire into shipwrecks caused by the greed of...
[The City has been alarmed by a large and most ingenious...]
The SpectatorThe City has been alarmnel by a large and Inost il-ceniouls forgery, or rather series of forgeries. It appears that an Anieri- i can. respectably introduced. recently opened a...
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THE IRISH UNIVERSITY DEBATE.
The SpectatorTOPICS OF THIE DAY. TIlE IRISH UNIVERSITY DEBATE. T HERE is something not quite intelligible about the sudden T transformation scene which the House of Commons has wlitnessedl...
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AN IRISH POLITICAL NOVEL.
The SpectatorAN IRISIH POLITICAL NOVEL. TuE political novel is not a sort of work that flourishes in every soil; perhaps it may be said that it has flourished nowhere so well as in England....
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THE ATHANASIAN CREED.; [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
The SpectatorTHE ATH-IA.NASIAN CRE1ED. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SinR,-Your correspondent, " M.A.," asks me whether I "' believe that an English Churchman, brought up to believe...
THE MID-CHESHIRE CONTEST.; [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
The SpectatorTIHE MID)-CIIESHIRE CONTEST. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] in-I read in a paragraph of yours upon the Mid-Cheshire cont2-t that this election is to ascertain the secret...
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
The Spectator[TO TILE EDITOR OF THIF ';SPECTATOR."] Sin,-In an article on the Irish University Bill, which appeared in the Sj)ectatuL of February 22, I was astonished to find it stated that...
THE UNIVERSITY BILL.; [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
The SpectatorTHlE UNIVERSITY BILL. [To THE EDITO OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Smi-Grant me space for a few lines, not by way of rejoinder to your observations, but in explanation of matters of...
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[IT looks very much as if Mr. Gladstone were likely to "burn his...]
The SpectatorNEWS OF THE WEEK. T looks very much as if Mr. Gladstone were likely to " burn his fingers " once more,-to use his own expression,-with the Irish University question and if he...
[The Prime Minister showed what he thought of the gravity of...]
The SpectatorThe Prime Minister showed what he thought of the gravity of I The crisis in his powerful speech at the banquet given to Mr. Locke King on Wednesday, to celebrate what Mr....
[The news from Spain, though rendered obscure by telegrams...]
The SpectatorThe news from Spain, though rendered obscure by telegrams inspired by Carlists, must be accepted as very bad. The "Radicals" and Republicans have quarrelled-that is, in...
[M. Thiers has won another great victory.]
The SpectatorMAr. Thiers hasb won another great victory. I , , .,." I On Friday last, mhenl everything seemed smooth, both Right and Left agreed that the President must tell themn plainly...
[It is stated that all the Courts have informed the Government...]
The SpectatorIt is stated that all the Courts have informed the Government of Spain that they will not recognise a Federal Republic. Will not any Peer ask Lord Granville if that statement...
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MR. RUSKIN ON NATURE AND MIRACLE.
The SpectatorAIR. RUSKIN ON NATURE AND MIRACLE. f[R. RUSKIN, in a curious and (as is usual with him) I1l delicately-written paper on " The Nature and Authority of Miracle," in the current...
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RAMBLES.
The Spectator1IAAIBLES.* WN'E think we may venture to promise to this patrician pedestrianas to his name, by the bye, we are more than sceptical, and inclined to remind Patricius of a less...
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The Sons of Eire. By Fergus MacEire.
The SpectatorThe .`''ns of Fire. By Fergus MNacEire. 3 vols. (Newbv.)-It is conimonlv believed. we understand, in Dublin that * Dublin English is, mneh bVtter than any English spoken...
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EUTHANASIA.; [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
The SpectatorI ' I-II.I\ I A IA. , TO THE EDiT.)-' (iX: l Sir; T .. ISir,-Th'rim of your readers W1o User! as minvvh horrifies1 a-. I was, will remember the account which cauli to England...
THE IRISH LAND ACT.; [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
The SpectatorTILE IRIS 311 1 DI) AcTr. [rO THE EDITO . OF THE 'iSi'ECrkTT:)%."] Siiz,-In the current number of the .S1jetbtUr you remark on M1r. Gladstone's statement. in answ er to Mr....
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WILD WEATHER.
The SpectatorAVILD NVEATIlEI.* LADY WVOOD is more happy in choosing titles for her stories thans most of her contemporaries. Nothing could better epitomise her present one than the two...
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POLITICAL PORTRAITS.
The SpectatorBO OK S. POLITICAL PORTRAITS.* THESE brilliant essays, which have recently appeared in I the Daily Newvs, and are attributed to its editor, have but, one grave defect,-they...
A NON-EXPERT'S QUESTION.; [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
The SpectatorA NON-EXPERT'S QUESTION. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE 11 SPECTATOR."] SIR,-Mr. Ball's letters in the Tines on Coal and its exhaustion have been very instructive. It made it plain that...
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LAST WORDS ABOUT HAWTHORNE.
The SpectatorLAST WORDS ABOU r IIAW'FIIORN E.- Pn. PAGE'S interesting volume, which will find a welcome from all who appreciate the writings of Hawthorne, is hardly so much a memoir of the...
THE PRESS MILITANT.
The SpectatorTHE PRESS AIILITA N\T.* THE hero of these autobiograhical memoirs, Monsieur Jean, Hippolyte Cartier Villemessant, has founded no less than seventeen newspapers in thirty years,...
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M. THIERS' LAST EFFORT.
The SpectatorM. THIERS' LAST EFFORT. IA 7E doubt if England has ever produced such a Parlia-, 1W' mentary strategist as M. Thiers, and France certainly never had one. The position when he...
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A SCOTCH BROAD-CHURCH TEACHER.
The SpectatorA SCOTCH BROAD-CHURCH TEACHER.* DR. WILLIAM PULSFORD -not the author of a volume that has had i* ,'Z!mn.i Prwhf i,> Trinity C(harch. GIa' oleW. By William Pulsford, D.D. I...
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THE COUNTY-COURT SKIRMISH.
The SpectatorTHiE COU-NTY-COURT SKIRMISH. rNE of the many causes which weaken this Government is a hi~hiy- choracteristic qiuarrel with the Legal profession. The late Lord Chancellor had a...
