the party which is Conservative, Protectionist, and devoted to the British connection, expired on the night of the 6th inst. The Parliament of Ottawa has voted him a publics...

regard to the authorising of payments "out of moneys to be provided by Parliament of ,a fee-grant in aid of education in England and Wales," which gave him the opportunity of...

T HE Baccarat Case, in which Sir William Gordon- Cumming sought damages from Mrs. Wilson, of Tranby Croft, and others, for slander in alleging that he had cheated at cards,...

Prince of Wales and General Williams, both officers of rank, in con- doning a charge of cheating at cards, and assisting to hush it up. Military opinion on the Continent is...

case.

by the Cortes by overwhelming majorities, and Lord Salisbury on Thursday explained it to the House of Lords. He described the arrangement, as we have always done, as securing...

Purchase Bill passing, and even, if we may judge from some of the language used on Thursday night, of its being hereafter regarded by both parties as a most philanthropic and...

of the Baring liquidation. The liabilities, estimated in No4ember, 1890, at 220,983,000, have, it is true, been reduced to 28,336,000, against which there are assets of...

yesterday week to procure his licence for the incorpora- tion of a Limited Liability Company as an Institute of Preventive Medicine, with the omission of the word "Limited," by...

time vigorously defended the extraction of the school-pence from parents, Sir W. Hart Dyke frankly admitted it for him- self, and said simply that he had changed his mind. The...

Mr. A. Acland commented on the absence of any conditions enforcing improved methods on schools which might gain considerably by the 10s. grant, and Mr. Howorth made his public...

published on Friday, in which he explains his position in regard to the alleged alliance between Great Britain and Italy. He never, be says, asserted that a treaty had been...

may pass before the adjournment or prorogation of Parliament. The tendency in the Opposition is clearly to discourage anything approaching to needless discussion and delay, and...

the part of the Russian authorities. It is, for instance, perfectly true that a considerable number have been -sent to Siberia in chains for living outside the pale. They have...

were signs that classes of the men were anxious to give way. The Companies have granted the twelve-hours day, subject only to imperative exigencies, but declare that they cannot...

was talked out by the opponents of the Bill, and thus, we fear, the chance of passing it this year has vanished, A curious episode of the discussion was a very sharp collision...

in the Province of Verona, during the early morning of Sunday last. Many houses fell in, and a great many persons were injured. It is certain that almost all serious earthquake...

minster Abbey on Thursday, to consider a proposal for raising a fund to meet the very heavy claims on the estate of Archbishop Magee, which are due to his translation to York,...

of Hungary's Great Act of Renunciation" should have been purchased for the nation by the Chantrey trustees, before they were aware of the displeasure with which it would be...

New Consols (2,1) were on Friday 951 to Pn.

• THE FREE EDUCATION BILL. T HE Government measure for setting education free from any special charge on parents during the school- life of their children, is so wisely simple...

S IR J. A. MACDONALD, the late Premier of Canada, has constantly been compared to Lord Beaconsfield, whom he resembled both in face and in the form of his intellectual...

the Chamber on Saturday may prove, probably will prove, one of the most important of the half-century. It is the first serious attempt to introduce the principle of the English...

growing so fast as it did ; but the figures of the Census are still calculated to strike a kind of dismay. There seems no limit to the possible growth of the enor- mous city. It...

C AMBRIDGE, apparently, is about to reconsider its attitude in relation to Greek. At present, no one can take the Cambridge degree without obtaining a suffi- cient smattering of...

the original responsi- bility for the omnibus strike in London. In the first instance, at all events, the blame lies on the General Omnibus Company. It is too often assumed that...

the Solicitor-General which took place on the last day of the trial of the Baccarat Case, has brought home to the public mind the extraordinary extent of the privilege enjoyed...

T HE intellectual interest of the Baccarat Case, the interest which will attract historians, consists in this, that a majority of those within the Court, and probably a majority...

T HE second Mrs. Laurence Oliphant, writing to the Times of this day week, gives what we have no doubt is the true explanation of her late husband's motive in submitting himself...

O N Saturday last, a further extension of some thirty acres was made to Epping Forest, and formally declared open and dedicated to the public by the Duke of Connaught. It would...

EVICTED TENANTS. Ere MR EDITOR OF TIM "SFRCTATOR2' . 1 SIR,—You appear to be in some doubt as to what has beers done under the evicted tenants clause added to the Land Bill on...

[To TIM EDITOR OF TUB " SPECTATOR." J Sin,—Surely it is desirable that the action of the Privy Council in the forthcoming appeal in the Lincoln ease should' be governed by the...

" $PECTAT011.1 SIR,—If your correspondent, Mr. J. Matthews, will kindly read my letter again, he will see that he has made each point of his own argument by leaving out the...

LAMENNAIS.* 'Tiffs is a careful translation, in adequate English, of Lamennais' most characteristic work. It expresses his genius - better than even the Essay on Indifference...

IT is impossible to conceive anything slighter in concep- tion than the five sketches,—they can hardly be called stories,—which make up this tiny volume by the author of...

notice is rather a random collection of cuttings new and old than a book. In spite, however, of its amorphous character, it is capable of affording no small amount of...

added to the "Temple Library," ought to receive a warm welcome from all who, in either sense of the term, can be described as book-lovers. The bibliophile will delight in the...

this remarkable work of Pro- fessor Dioclato Lioy hae been introduced to the English public by so competent a scholar and so enthusiastic a believer as Mr. Hastie. Perhaps he is...

THE two large volumes entitled simply .Tesus Christ, and written by the Dominican monk, Pere Didon, have already gone through many editions, though only published in Paris last...

Brown and A. B. Griffiths. (Heinernann.)—This is certainly a practical book, for, besides the laboratory assays and analysis, there are some of the more expeditious assays which...

Ganey is a typical story of adventure of the third-rate kind. The characters of the story, a Colonel who goes to Africa. to settle a disputed, geographical question, and two...

Life of David Robertson. By his Friend, the Rev. Thomas N. R. Stabbing, MA. (ICegan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—It is always interesting to read of men whose strong passion for...

and Windus.)—This is a very entertaining account of England from a visitor's point of view, as any one who has read the lively account of the British Empire by the same writer,...

The Universal Strike. By William Oakhurst. (Reeves )—Mr, W. Oakhurst writes lucidly and well, and possesses some imagina- tion. He has endeavoured to think out the results of a...

mann.)—Why a "modern marriage" P The story seems to us a very old one, though the circumstances are modern. Substitute a minor poet for Paris, and a pretty woman who wants to...

Wicks. (Blackwood and Sons.)—The saerifice which the heroine inakee in Golden Lives is revolting, to say the least of it ; but though the writer hangs his plot on it, it is the...

" Blue Peter." (The Leadenhall Press.)—Why, when a writer records his adven- tures in a boat, does ho feel bound to be funny ? It is conceivable —with difficulty—that the...

Collins has conceived the somewhat ambi- tious idea of telling again the story of Esther. He has taken much pains with his tale, but has scarcely been successful. In trying, it...

Phis little book has considerable merits, which, moreover, are not .commonly to be found in guide-books of the class to whieh it belongs. It is crisply written, it does not give...

Murray.)—Mrs. St. Maur and her party left Liverpool on May 3rd, by a Canadian steamer, and returned to England aid New York, at the end of the year. They went, says the author...