pure and simple. The Times had been "gibbeted with the brand of eternal infamy." The Commissioners had found the Times " guilty in the first degree of the foulest and most...

Labour is so far successful. It seemed at first as if the Governments of Europe, alarmed at its scope, would decline to attend it ; but after explanations, during which the...

relation to some of the gravest charges which were not proven, such as the charge that payments had been made by the League for the commission of crime, the Commissioners...

• fr HE precise results of the German elections will not be known till next week, as among 397 elections, 151 second ballots are required, and will be held to-day. As yet, the...

Due d'Orleans ; but the Radical Deputies took fright, declaring that if he did, he must amnesty the prisoners con- fined for offences committed during the mining strikes, even...

Special Commissioners' Report,—one by Lord Selborne, of very great impartiality and ability ; one by Sir William Harcourt, of the usual description, very slashing, very clever,...

case.

written a letter stating that he cannot find language strong enough to express his horror of "the foul conspiracy to which Mr. Parnell has been subjected," or his opinion "of...

procuring business by tipping—that is, bribing the servants of large customers—has received a sharp check from the Government. At the annual meeting of Bell's Asbestos Company,...

up a more judicial position than Sir W. Harcourt, though even he allowed himself to say that the Judges on the Commission, though they intended to be impartial, were *" not men...

expressing his own individual devotion to the prin- ciple of free schools, but recognising fully the rights of the Voluntary schools and the financial difficulties of the...

Opposition had not the least wish to attack really Voluntary schools, but he maintained that something like 12 per cent. of the Voluntary schools do not now receive a single...

in the form of an amendment to the Address moved by Mr. A. Acland, who proposed to regret, in reply to the Queen's Speech, that no promise was given to extend to England the...

thankful to observe that he is well advanced in his recovery. We cannot spare him yet. "Passing the Bar" indicates so large a reserve of poetical power, that the country would...

to an end within the fortnight,—a great improvement on the precedents of recent Sessions. Unfortunately, however, the debate on the Commission Report, which is to begin on Mon-...

"World's Fair," or great Exhibition to be opened in 1891, shall be held in Chicago. That city had for rivals New York, St. Louis, and Washington, and five ballots were taken ;...

the North London Rifle Club. No one can be more com- petent to judge, and, according to him, the Fighting Services were never in so good a position. "Thanks to the energy of the...

democratic principles will not work. It is one of them that secrecy is bad, that "the people" have a right to know everything their representatives are doing, and that to...

Gas Company cost that Association 233,000, or a third of their profits for the half-year, the directors, however, only reducing their dividend from 13* per cent, to 12. The...

Bishop of Bangor is resigning, the Bishop of St. Albans is resigning, and the Bishopric of Durham has been vacant for the last ten weeks. The filling-up of these Bishoprics is...

on Friday 97I to 97i.

MR. GL.ADSTONE'S AMENDMENT. W E read the notice of Mr. Gla.dstone's amendment to Mr. W. H. Smith's motion of next Monday with amazement. The Leader of the House of Commons is,...

feeling—or, at least, that is how we interpret the masses of Italian prisoners at Sadowa,—and several times under military grievances ; but it does not yield to social pres-...

W E do not understand the strategy of Mr. Morley and Mr. Mundella with regard to the Education Question. They appear to think that it will be easy to force a representative...

I T is useless, and would be most unfair, to blame Lard Knutsford for giving way to the Colony of Victoria upon the subject of the new Divorce Law. He has, it is well...

it, and MR BRADLAUGH AND LORD RANDOLPH when authority has totally ceased, and that Parliament of labour has probably seemed to many people more should gravely consider whether,...

as at once subjects of a Monarchy and citizens of the most democratic State in the world, occa- sionally influences them for mischief. There are great subjects on which they...

T HE article on "Colonial Loans, Finance, and Develop- ment" in " Burdett's Official Intelligence, 1890," published last Saturday, is of more than ordinary interest and...

the death, or rather the life, of John Jacob Astor. He was, in a sense, perhaps the richest private person in the world, our word " perhaps " being inserted to cover two...

YDNEY SMITH'S remark to the child whom he saw fondly patting a tortoise,—" My dear child, you are giving the tortoise no pleasure ; you might as well pat the dome of St. Paul's...

A COMMENTARY IN AN EASY-CHAIR : IT is not a very unusual thing in domestic life to find a discontented Spirit, to whom grumbling is the natural form of expression, greatly...

HOME-RULE IN IRELAND. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] EIR,—A conversation I had lately with a gentleman who is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, a Home-ruler and...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' STR,—I learn with great regret that the National Society, in its advice to the Government about the forthcoming Code, has included the...

[To DIE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In an excellent article on "The Ideas of the German Emperor," there is one statement, which you give on the authority of Lord Brassey,...

OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Has not the Spectator for once been unduly severe in attributing the murder of Mrs. Watson to " hate" ? Her hus- band had long been a hard...

A WINTER SONG. THERE is a break in the winter, dearest, Peace in the blue air's untarnished realm, Snowdrops are out, and an early throstle Warbles ere dawn on our tallest...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—You ask in the Spectator of February 22nd, in your notice of "The Life of William Ellis," for the facts as to the story which he tells...

EDWARD THRING.* THERE can be no question at all but that Edward Thring wag a man of genius, and in many respects, though not in all, a man of genius whose genius specially...

friendly pre- face to M. Riffard's book, is far too clever to set up for this charming writer of fables any rivalry with La Fontaine.- Some comparison, of course, is...

a strictly legal exposition of the Canadian system, and does not challenge comparison with works of wider scope, such as Mr. Bryce's American Commonwealth. The subject is one of...

a con- spicuous figure in history ; and Sir Alfred Lyall, as became one whom we may call an official descendant, has written a sympathetic sketch of a statesman who stands in...

Canon Westcott has been recognised as one of the most profound theologians, and one of the most thorough scholars, of those who speak our mother-tongue. His is one of the best...

may be conveniently, as it is commonly, called Trinity College, Dublin, owes its existence to the Elizabethan revival of letters. There had been earlier efforts to establish an...

and Co.)—We have here seventeen letters, originally pub- lished in the Times newspaper during the years 1887-88. Each of the twelve counties (excepting Radnorshire) is treated...

Lewis goes back to a far past for one or two of his examples of Welsh hymnody, but most of his authors belong to the last century and to this. Some of the biographical notices...

Co.)—In this little volume, Mr. Scarth gives some interesting and, we may say, encouraging details of missionary work,— missionary work, that is, of the kind which is done among...

(Home Words Publishing Office.)—The "three Bishops" are The Lives of Three Bishops. By the Rev. Charles Bullock. (Home Words Publishing Office.)—The "three Bishops" are Fraser...

Vanity Fair Album, 1889. (Vanity Fair Office.)—The editor boasts with legitimate pride that the "Album "has not come to an end, as some prophets have predicted, "for lack of...

(T. and T. Clark.)—We do not intend to criticise these two volumes. They contain, we suppose, the lectures delivered by Dr_ Shedd, who professes Systematic Theology in the Union...

Libister.)—Sir Henry Roscoe recommends this "story of chemistry" as told "brightly and truly, and in a way to interest those who have some knowledge of our science, as well as...

autogravure of Mr. Herbert J. Draper's fresco of Spring. This fresco has been executed, on commission from the Royal Academy, in the Nurses' Refectory at Guy's Hospital. The...

(F. Warne and Co.)—Mr. Wright has prefixed a "Biographical and Critical Introduction," and has added a "Bibliographical Appendix." A few additional facts have been gleaned about...

Marshall.)—This "story of to-day," as the sub-title has it, has its modern element in the determination of the heroine, or one of the heroines (the interest of the tale is...

—With many of the stories in this book, the public—or at least a considerable section of it—must be tolerably familiar. Five of them—" Foggerty's Fairy," "An Elixir of Love,"...

volume have already appeared in the Art Journal, and have, we think, been noticed in the Spectator. Mr. Hatton gives us some pleasant gossip about London Clubs, and though he...

W. Turner, R.A. (J. S. Virtue and Co.)—Rather more than fifty years ago, "Charles Heath, a publisher" (we hope that this once famous person is not conscious of the disrespect),...

Paul, Trench, and Co.)—Mr. Sandwith, who has had personal experience of his subject in the capacity of a "Vice-Director in the Sanitary Department," has written an excellent...

English painters in water-colours, from Paul Sandby, who was born in 1725, down to Turner and David Cox, the latter of whom died in 1859. The interval is occupied with a very...

_Longfellow (Macmillan and Co.), is a very pretty little volume. Some scores of poems may be chosen out of Longfellow which, without being exactly great, are as pleasing in...

journalist is nothing without his Dod, which we have always found far the most useful of the various Parliamentary Com- panions. We are very glad to receive the new issue for 1890.

(Sampson Low and Co.)—There is a certain novelty about this book ; to have twelve French and twelve English poets to -choose from, and these twelve among the greatest, if not...

for Travellers in Prance (Murray) has been published. Provence and - Dauphiny go with the Riviera.—We have to acknowledge "a second edition, revised," of Naturalistic...

Trench, and Co.)—Mr. Ames Savile, whose name is new to us, seems likely to prove an addition to the number of capable novelists of the second rank. The first books of writers...

Phillips, Fleet Street.)—This very useful Clerical Guide, which includes an alphabetical list of the clergy, with their degrees or other qualifi- cations, and the dates of their...