Thursday by Sir H: Stracey, who moved a direct vote of censure, "That the statement of :the Procureur-General deserved the serious consideration of the House "—a motion...

great defeat. The second reading of Mr. Dodson's Bill, for admitting Oxford graduates to the highest Arts' degree, that of M.A., without theological teat—they now sign the...

the week, but the only facts known appear to be these. Denmark intends to accept the Conference, but without the armis- tice, and France will accept if benmark and the Allied...

Mr. H. B. Sheridan, and continued on Friday by Sir J. D. Hay. Mr. Gladstone, in his speech on his Annuities Bill, had somewhat imprudently selected from among many insurance...

voir of the local water company, called the Bradfield Reservoir, covers about seventy-six acres, will hold 114,000,000 cubic feet of water, and is protected by a dam about 90...

clusively of members pledged to continue the war. The ex- Premier, M. Hall, was elected almost unanimously, and in address- ing his constituents on 5th March he made a strong...

TJIHE history of the next of the governing families on our list, 1 the Cecils, is unavoidably postponed for a fortnight.

danced the war dance round the Federal Government and Lord Russell, whom he included in the same political circle. He said that the Northerners were " corrupt, base, cowardly,...

London, which represents a great number of Trades' Unions, has sent a deputation to Mr. Gladstone, introduced to him by Mr. Thomas Hughes, on the subject of his proposed...

this day week, explaining his reasons for not signing the new test imposed by Dr. Rimy and the Recordites on the English Clergy. He declines to recognize the right of any...

given it as their opinion that the new Oxford declaration or test " impeaches the judgment of the Privy Council by affirming the con- verse of the propositions established by...

plaining the disaster of Kagosima, which the official journals consider very triumphant. It would be, if it had anything to do with the accusation. Colonel Neale says the town...

federate General Pickett, commanding in North Carolina, writes to Federal General Peck, at Newbern, that he intends to execute every negro he catches who is proved to have...

letters from both clergymen and laymen on the subject of " Eternal Punishments "—the one real theological interest of the day. To note how many shades of meaning are attached by...

gunnery was achieved last week. We look on now in the frame of mind of the tadpole when his tail dropped off, simply remarking, " What next ?" and preparing for anything. On...

life, and proposed a vote extending the grant to his widow, should she survive. The stamp subscription is not, therefore, needed, but the popular appreciation of Sir R. Hill...

the Duke of Somerset, the Duke of Cambridge, Earl de Grey and Ripon, the Hon. A. Kinnaird, Sir J. Pakington, and Lord C. Paget all strongly advocated legislation to restrict the...

Indies and Australia, the market for Home Securities has ruled firmer, and prices have an upward tendency. On Saturday last Consols left off at 94, 1, for money ; and 911 for...

morning, to ask him to let the Yeomanry have their Annual exercise. As the vote refusing the privilege was only car- ried by a majority of one, the Premier was pretty certain to...

to the present time restricted their operations to between Liverpool and Manchester, are now desirous of extending the system over Great Britain. The new issue is to be to the...

long, with two screws worked by separate engines, has been tried at sea. She did in tolerably smooth water 221 miles in 75 minutes, and ran from Dover to Calais on Thursday, a...

the Federal arms. It appears that General Gilmore was ordered to penetrate into Florida, and, if possible, occupy and revolutionize that State. He was met by General Bragg and...

peti- tion from Birmingham, praying that George Hall might be spared, by an elaborate letter demonstrating that, in the Home Secretary's .opinion, he ought to be hanged. A...

object of erecting commodious offices in the City of London, for the convenience of the mercantile community. The Directors have made arrangements for purchasing blocks of...

stayed in Paris, and visited England to pay his farewell respects to the King of the Belgians and the British Court. , He will, it is imagined, sail in April, and amidst a...

Education's grant to schools " by the amount of any endow- ment," so as to apply only to the schools that are not "rural" schools. Rural schools are those which do not contain...

trial, but it was rather dull. The public has made up its mind that the Horse Guards was right in trying Colonel Crawley, that the Government was right in bringing him here, and...

and on Friday week, were :— Friday, March 11. Frldiy, March 18. Greek Do. Coupons .. Mexican .. Spanish Passive • . Do. Certificates Turkish 8 per Cents., 1854.. 1862.....

M R. STANSFELD is an able man, and an upright, but he does not defend himself very wisely. He does not seem to perceive the true gravamen of the charge which the Catholics and...

THE DIPLOMATIC OPIATE FOR DENMARK. D ENMARK has, it is said, yielded to the proposal for conference without armistice, and it now only remains to secure the assent of the German...

P ROFESSOR JO WETT has been nobly avenged. The last Parliamentary Wednesday in Lent was a day of humiliation for the Ecclesiastical Tories. After a series of Wednesday...

T HERE is not in the House of Commons a member more offensive to English Liberals than Mr. Hennessy. Gifted with a fluency which sometimes rises to eloquence, sad The member for...

"O NCE upon a time, "says an Eastern sage, "there was a farmer, rich in flocks and herds, which the wolves of the neighbourhood regarded with longing eyes ; but they were too...

Jesus" has had a huge popularity But either M. Renan is not yet content with the popularity of his book, marvellous as it has been, or his artistic eye is annoyed at those...

.CIIHE difficulty of punishing crimes of omission, of bringing the j1. moral and civil law into accord in cases of evil negligence, has long been the opprobrium of jurists. If a...

[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] New York, March 5, 1864. - Or news to send you by this steamer there is none of striking im- portance. Perhaps no part of it will interest you...

rebel Congress to the people of the Confederated Slave States, which will reach London with or before this letter, may possibly be deemed of sufficient importance to merit...

TO THE EDITOR, OF THE " SPECTATOR." SIR,-I do not wish to trouble you at any length in answer to your remarks upon my letter; but there are a few [points I should be glad to...

criticism has become so generally interesting at the present moment that you will, perhaps, give admission to a few remarks in answer to one of your last week's correspondents....

Spectator of last week, expresses, I believe, the view held on the subject of eternal punishment by many clergymen in the English Church at the present moment. I heartily...

to which you have given a prominent position in your number of last. Saturday, reprobates in somewhat unmeasured terms a certain epitaph upon Lord Westbury, of which I am the...

To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." SIR,—You describe me in the last Spectator as saying that I find the same ambiguities in the new declaration of Faith as in the Scripture...

as holding the orthodox opinion of eternal punishments ; a daily contemporary of yours has pointed out, with reference to Mr. Lyttelton's letter, that Leibnitz assignedrather...

To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." DEAR Sin,—Last year the Chancellor altered the duty on tea ; he is likely to touch sugar in his coming Budget. One of four courses is open...

CARLYLE'S FREDERICK THE GREAT.* [SECOND NOTICE.] AMONG Mr. Carlyle's minor heroes and heroines Candidatus Linsenbarth, of Hemmleben, must ever stand out conspicu- ously, on...

admirably what it professes to effect, namely, to fill the place between the newspaper notices of Thackeray which appeared upon his death and the larger and completer biography...

THIS volume is a valuable contribution both to American and English archaeology. By one of those strange settings-aside of all ordinary chances and casualties that sometimes...

THESE volumes contain the lamentations of a New York literary man, who is a devoted adherent of the Democratic party, and an • Forty Pare of American gre. By Dr. Thnnae L....

Kimbolton" is an alluring title to the student of English history, suggestive of many new and possibly startling lights on the dark passages of our national story. From the...

Black.) — This concluding volume of the series of works fit for publication left by the lamented author is in no way unworthy of its predecessor;. The geological essays on the...

Analogy Considered as a Guide to Truth and Applied as an Aid to Faith. By James Buchanan, D.D., LL.D. (Johnstone, Hunter, and Co.)— Bishop Butler, in his famous philosophical...

on him. Whether the system of attracting readers rather by the names of the contributors than by the merit of the articles is likely to improve periodical literature is another...

marvel of compactness. Every town containing 500 inhabitants and upwards is enumerated, and you are told the London station from which to start in order to reach it, the county...

H. Godwin. (Samuel Bagater and Sons.)--New translations of the Now Testament are becoming a nuisance. This particular one constantly varies the language of the authorized...

of the public has commenced a new series with the com- mencement of the current year, and maintains its character. In one feature-namely, light humorous papers, in which a...

A Journey due East, by Charles Cooke (Hall, Smart, end Allen.)-Hidden Springs, by Joseph Parker, D.D. (Pitman.)-Rathlynn, by the Author of the Saxcn in Ire- land, in three vole....

of light gossiping matter, yet the articles on Wilke the actor, Alphonse Karr, and Sterne, are hardly as amusing as they might be. There is, however, a curious paper on the...

would be absurd to call this a good novel, but it is infinitely better than half the trash which is published. Mr. Thornbury's story has plenty of incident---rather too much,...

Cantricrusb-On the 15th January, at Neemuch, in Central India, the wife of Lieut-Colonel Carmichael, CB., 24th Regiment, of a sou, prematurely born. DEATH. Comic/last-0n the...

of a novel the merits of which were always too much. obscured by its extravagance. The world, which knows only musical pro- fessors under the name of artists, and finds them...

(William Freeman.)-Alicia Longspde, abbess of Wilton, on her death-bed asks permission of the Bishop of Salisbury to make a written confession that her death may conduce to the...