clerical party without offending the Radicals. M. Carnot has officially attended mass, which M. Grey) , always refused to do, and on the 5th inst. M. Ferry delivered a speech,...

TT is stated that Prince Nicholas of Montenegro has ordered a complete and immediate reform of his military system, so that the entire population of his Principality may be...

received an address from the Corporation, to which he replied without introducing any question of disputed politics. He paid a cordial tribute to Lord Palmerston,—at whose old...

the 12th inst., on the Great Northern line. An excursion had been arranged on that day for the Sunday- school children of Armagh, and at 9.30 a train of fifteen carriages left...

last. The first definite signal was given by Mr. Asquith, in a speech at the Oxford University Palmerston Club dinner, at the Oxford Town Hall, last Saturday. The retention of...

case.

well-merited panegyric on the merits of Sir Thomas Acland and his son as Devonshire and Cornish potentates, and of Lord Robartes as an influential Cornishman, who were in...

that crimes had been constituted in Ireland out of actions which are fair and lawful, and even necessary, in Eng- land, and declared that the true authors of the "Plan of...

to a telegram from Zanzibar, he was at 1Jruri, the south-east corner of the Victoria Nyanza, on December 2nd, a date which Mr. F. de Winton believes to be a mistake for February...

has broached during his week's speeches, the grant of local Parliaments,—for that is what his speech indicates,—to Wales and Scotland as well as Ireland. "There is a great...

Bodmin. At Truro, he complimented the atmosphere of Cornwall on being saturated with Liberalism. If so, it would be practicable, we suppose, to store the air of Cornwall for...

the Cronin case. The Coroner's jury of Chicago has found a ver- dict of "Wilful murder" against Alexander Sullivan, Patrick Sullivan, his brother, Daniel Coughlin, the detective...

English Poetry," in the hall of Trinity College last Saturday, closing his proper subject with a telling panegyric on Keats, who in only twenty-four years of life had written...

so for the critics who are daily publishing their impressions, sometimes, we fear, with a strong wish to con- ciliate individual exhibitors. Corrupt or honest, able or foolish,...

are current as to Russian negotiations with his Majesty while he remained in St. Petersburg. It is asserted that the Czar told his guest bluntly that if he made any more...

Governments, nominally about the treatment of Herr Wohlge- ninth, a German police agent, really about the right of asylum. The Swiss expelled Wohlgemuth for illegal practices,...

58 ft. broad, carrying thirty torpedoes and all the appliances of a torpedo- manufactory, was launched on Thursday at Portsmouth. She can steam from 18 to 20 knots (say, from 20...

of Edin- burgh on July 20th; but the Lord Provost, justly holding that the Town Council have resolved to pay him this honour against the wish of the greater number of Edinburgh...

Monday, with a rather viewy speech by Pro- fessor Marshall. His most solid points were that Co-operative Societies utilised the great mass of unused ability among 'workmen; that...

New Consols (2i) were on Friday 98i to 98! x.d.

THE NEW DEPARTURE IN RADICAL POLITICS. T HE new departure which we have anticipated from the moment when Mr. Gladstone consented to retain the Irish representatives in the...

M R. GLADSTONE, in expressing at Torquay on Monday his surprise at the assertion that Parliament has lost a great deal of time owing to the obstructive policy of the minority,...

A CHANGE would appear to be passing over the politics of the Continent which is worthy of a moment's careful attention. There is no reason to believe that any one of the...

is again becoming interesting. It seemed at first as though the Exhi- bition would be allowed to have the field to itself, and party manceuvres be suspended beneath the shadow...

of the Irish movement whenever any attempt is made by them to explain how their funds are expended, are just now very much in evidence. In America, the public inquiries...

T HAT the "processes of eviction" should be declared " painful ' to kindly men, is natural enough, and is also, we hope, literally true ; but why they should be declared "...

have certainly indulged with relation to Father Damien, that venera- tion may sometimes be better expressed by silence than by words, or at least that any words one could devise...

I F we may take some recent letters in the Standard as evidence, the fierce reaction against athletics which broke out some years ago, and of which Mr. Wilkie Collins made...

I N the first days of April, the lanes of Anjou were full of primroses and violets, the fields were thickly scattered with cowslips, while over the banks, in wood and hedgerow,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,— " What hinders Presbyterian union in Scotland ?" you ask in the Spectator of June 8th. "Sad to say, nothing more important than the...

THE AMOUNT OF EXISTING LOCAL LIBERTY IN IRELAND. [To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I am convinced that a very small portion of the "civilised world," or even of the...

rr0 THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Your very laudatory article upon this engineer's life com- pels me to say that my grandfather, General Hutton (who, as Captain Hutton,...

Lro THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In your notice of Mr. Chaplin's speech on Bimetallism you remark that "it is evident that when Germany abandoned the silver standard,...

" SPECTATOR?'] Si,-A s my health, now (D.V.) nearly re-established, caused my absence from London, I have only just seen your article and subsequent correspondence on the...

[TO TAZ EDITOIA OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Szn,—Dr. Berdoe has no doubt justly defined the actual bodily pain endured by the monkeys mentioned in my former letter. Any reader,...

"A. D.'s" interesting letter. The belief that a horse-tail hair in water will turn into an eel, is to be found here and there all over the Kingdom. Having lain in water for a...

ENGLISH HUMORISTS IN ART: THE OLDER HUMORISTS. THE present exhibition can hardly fail to prove interesting, the director, Mr. Joseph Grego, having provided food for all tastes....

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECT4208..] SIE, — Raving seen the review which you published in the , Spectator of May 25th, on my little work, " Foreshadowings of Christianity," I...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—In the Spectator of June 8th, Mr. Thomas Hughes appears indirectly to support the popular error that Oak- Apple Day is to be regarded...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—The rustic superstition, mentioned by your corre- spondent, that horse-hairs accidentally dropped into the water will in due course of...

SIR WILLIAM ROWAN HAMILTON.* Tam volume brings to a conclusion the massive and monu- mental biography of Sir William Rowan Hamilton, the pre- paration of which has occupied so...

Robinson's Reminiscences stand out in laudable contrast from other similar productions. The narrator has almost entirely effaced his own personality, and so far from acting as...

the window somewhere in Germany, and in a handsome room saw an editor sitting at his desk with two little books before him, both by new authors and both to be noticed. As he had...

this graceful tale to present the circum- stances of one of the early persecutions of the Christians, the persecution under Trajan, in that accurate and vivid form in which none...

the merit of a translation, for nothing is more relative, accordingly as the work translated is poetry or prose, ordinary fiction or a highly imaginative production. Such an...

to be told, or at any rate, all that we should care to hear, about an expedition the out- come of which, though so much was expected in the far-off days when it took place, has...

Mn. CUTTS does not seem able to urge much in favour of the present attractions of Colchester ; for, he tells us, the one thing for which it is now famous is the oyster-fishery....

Gisborne. (Petherick and Co.)—This volume is full of facts and statistics, culled from many sources besides personal acquaintance with the Colony. The quotations from various...

"Second School Poetry-Book," edited by Miss Woods, opened with a poem of Blake, and ended with " Pictures from the Faery Queene." The third volume - of her poetical series...

by Charles Kent. (Frederick Warne.)—Mr. Kent's intro- duction, sympathetic on the whole, does justice in blame as well as in praise. . The extracts, in [poetry and prose, give...

is a very charming story. Without intending to show any profound study of character, Mrs. Phillips's creations are full of life and personality, the whole action of the story is...

Ferrier.)—This is an exceedingly commonplace little story; it is, however, harmless, and may find favour with very unexacting readers. The heroine, Cecil Wilmot, infected with...

BA. (Longmans.)—Western Canada, the "Wild West" in the States, Japan, and British India are the chief subjects of Mr. Cecil's "Notes." He is always sensible and interesting; but...

E. Bridges, M.D. (J. Hogg.)—Dr. Bridges has given to the public in this volume a sensible, practical guide to physical well- being and the mental well-being which is so closely...

Allanson Picton. (Cassell and Co.)—Coral Reefs. By Charles Darwin. (Smith and Elder.)—The first edition of this work was published in 1842, the second in 1874. The present issue...

Barnett. (Longmans.)—Both the praiseworthy efforts of Mr. and Mrs. Barnett in the direction of social reform, and the various magazine and other essays in which they have...

T. Davidson. (S.P.C.K.)—The Dean of Windsor has here collected the official Reports and Resolutions of the three Con- ferences, with lists of the Bishops present, &c. There is...

one of the best, simplest, and most veracious books dealing with the lights and shadows of Scotch country life that have been published for many years. It tells the story of a...

Hospital, Salisbury Court.)—The title-page describes this book as "containing a review of the position and requirements of the voluntary charities, and an exhaustive record of...

bfullinger. (Longmans.)—Those who have read with great pleasure Mr. Bass Mullinger's large History of the University of Cambridge from the earliest times to the accession of...

a story of America and England, vulgarity and Bohemianism, love and death, slang, senuousness, and occultism. It seems to have been to some extent inspired by Th‘ophile Gautier,...