little the conduct and proposals of the Government really irritate the community. Criticism was left to Lord Granville, who, having little to say, said it in his humorous,...

on Tuesday, with a Message in which her Majesty first of all alludes to the dispute with Portugal. An armed force from Mozambique had in the autumn invaded territory where...

Parnell in his Ennis speech in 1880, is very impressive and pithy:—" We are of opinion that the combination of which boycotting was the instrument was illegal both in its...

T HE Report of the Special Commission on the connection between Parnellism and Crime, was presented on Thurs- day night to the House of Commons, and is a singularly pithy and...

case.

a statement rather than a speech—was, as usual, quiet and conciliatory, but it was full of important matter. We should gather from it, for instance, that the Sugar Convention...

Gazette of Friday week, contribute much to the discussion. One shows conclusively that the Portuguese have been warned for two years, and therefore attacked British dependants...

family, has undoubtedly increased his reputation, and sud- denly made him a personage. A French Minister's exclama- tion, "Boulanger has been floored by a boy !" expresses that...

many notices of Bills, of which the most important was Mr. Balfour's notice that he would next Monday ask for leave to bring in a Bill to provide further facilities for the...

rush. On Friday, 7th inst., the Due d'Orleans, eldest son of the Comte de Paris, and therefore heir of the French Bourbons, arrived in Paris, and presenting himself at the...

of Lanarkshire on Tuesday by a majority of 219 over Sir Charles Tennant, the Gladstonian candidate. This is a very satisfactory majority considering the circumstances of the...

had been exhibited under limelight in that very hall, Sir Henry James produced his evidence that many of the most impressive of those evictions had been got up under the...

the outside leaders as well as the men perceiving that the Union formed by the employers makes a strike dangerous, and that the public . is - not. with them. The sudden...

consider the question of Australian Federation has unani- mously. accepted- Sir H. Parkes's proposal in favour of that measure. The great importance of this news consists in the...

as to the .Arklow pier, and his second reply is almost more damaging to Mr. Parnell, at least on one point, than his first, —the storm which Mr. Parnell led his Liverpool...

on Saturday to the electors of Bury, in the Liberal Unionist Club, formerly known as the Trevelyan Club, adjoining the Philips Hall. The founder of the Club, Mr. R. N. Philips,...

New Console (2,1) were on. Friday 971 to 97-1.._

of Durham is very naturally attracting attention. It is sup- posed by some to be due to Lord Salisbury's illness, and the consequent difficulty in his having that audience of...

THE LORDS. M EN turned this year to the debate on the Address in the Lords with much more interest than usual. In the first place, the Premier sits there, and though Lord...

M R. PARNELL'S short speech made more impression on the House of Commons than any other delivered in the Privilege debate,—partly because it was so angry, which a speech from a...

W E should say, on-the whole, that the Due d'Orleans, the young Prince who is the future hope of the Bourbons, understood France and his own position better than most of his...

T EE Report of the Special Commission on "Parnellism and Crime" will be quoted as conclusive in favour of its own view by each of the parties in the great contest. Nevertheless,...

of Commons is failing, as all thoroughly democratic assemblies fail, in the function it once served admirably, as a political school. It fails doubly,— first, in getting a...

I F the readers of magazines ever turn to the miscel- laneous advertisements which usually come at the end, they have probably been struck by the contrast between the offers...

I T is impossible to read Mr. Stanley's reports of his • adventures, and especially the official one published - this week—a masterpiece of unpretentious lucidity, though...

M RS. OLIPHANT, in her touching and graphic account* of the Hospital for Incurables on West Hill, Putney Heath,—formerly a grand mansion belonging to the Duke of Sutherland, and...

T T is quite possible that during the next ten or fifteen years we shall witness a new development of crime in England. It is true that the volume of crime is diminishing, as...

A COMMENTARY IN AN EASY-CHAIR: STRIKES: THEIR DRAMATIC POSSIBILITIES-THE STRIKE OF THE EMPLOYED-THE STRIKE OF EMPLOYERS. THERE are so many dramatic elements in a strike, that...

[To THE-EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1• Stn,—There can be no doubt, as my friend the.Dean. of Wells has pointed out, that the Prayer-Book of 1549 is the guide by which the rubric...

GENERAL GORDON'S MISSION. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." J SIE, - I -read the other day an article in the Spectator of December 28th last, in which Mr. Gladstone's...

OLD MASTERS MASTERS AT BURLINGTON HOUSE. WE do not propose at this date to enumerate or describe the pic- tures at this winter's Academy Exhibition, but taking a general...

To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —Having spent part of my youth in Normandy, I read with interest the letter of "M. M." in the Spectator of February 8th. I concur in...

PRINCE KRAFT'S LETTERS ON CAVALRY AND . INFANTRY.* ANY one who may think it easy to train soldiers in peace and conduct them successfully in war, would do well to correct his...

any one feature which had especially struck us in reading Dr. Corson's Introduction to Shakespeare, we should at once answer,—its common-sense. Upon reflec- tion, and in dread...

THE question of Protection as it affects the Colonies is one which is bound to interest profoundly the inhabitants of Great Britain. Sir Charles Dilke's conclusions as to the...

IT is rather singular, and to ultra-patriotic Scotchmen ought to be somewhat humiliating, that this writer, the note of whose style is indubitably not distinction but sobriety,...

are full of curious and interesting matter, it must not be supposed that they are in any real sense a contribution to autobiographical literature. The memoirs of a great...

IT will always be one of the mysteries of criticism why Macaulay "jumped on" Horace Walpole and his letters " like a costermonger jumping on his mother." Probably it was for no...

Idylls of the Field. By Francis A. Knight. (Elliot Stock.)— The word " field " must be taken as used in an extended sense. It includes marsh and mountain and forest, and the...

by his Children. Vols. III. and IV. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—These two volumes conclude what is probably one of the largest biographies in existence. There are nearly a thousand pages...

Penton describes this book as "a companion volume to ' From Kitchen to Garret.' " It deals with the same subject of "household management and house decoration," but is intended...

and Norgate.)—The translator endeavours to realise for his readers the play as it was acted. He describes the theatre, the stage and its machinery, the scenery, and renders the...

LL.D. (Hamilton, Adams, and Co.)—Dr. Laing published his edition of the Metrical Tales more than sixty years ago. His preface was the work of a man who knew his subject well....

Bishop of Salisbury conceived the happy idea of obtaining a return of all the Church plate in the various parishes of his diocese. The volume before us represents the results as...

presumed, has heard of " Delmonico's," the famous New York restaurant ; a happy minority have been privileged to dine there. The less fortunate majority may now have the...

London.)—The "Nominee of Bishop Huntingford," as he styles himself, has much to say about Winchester, chiefly about its Scholarship, and quotes some very interesting specimens...

1882 - 1887. (Longmans, and others.)—This is an octave of more than eleven hundred pages. The manuscripts acquired during these six years, which must number many thousands, are...