impossible for us to do more than chronicle the preparations. The ceremony takes place in the chapel of Buckingham Palace, an old conservatory converted by the Prince Consort...

Government and ground the Opposition to powder. The Government had originally proposed to say that the precedents of George HI.'s reign would authorise - the Sovereign in...

on recognising the Queen's abstract right to apply for more grants, while they record the waiver of that right; that Kr. Gladstone objects to recognise it, but otherwise votes...

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rapidly growing more serious, and on Friday the Vienna correspondent of the Times telegraphed that the revolt was spreading over the whole island. The inhabitants seem in two...

T HE military situation on the Nile is better than it was a week ago. It is now certain, if ever uncertain, that the Dervishes have been sent by the Khartoum Khalifa, and conse-...

moving that the Speaker leave the chair to consider the Royal Message as to Prince Albert Victor and Princess Louise of Wales, made a statement which showed that while in 1837...

who supported Mr. Parnell. Mr. Childers warmly panegyrised him. Mr. Shaw-Lefevre talked of "the infamy" of the Times. Thereby these gentlemen qualified themselves, so far as...

the vote in his favour was, however, sufficiently enthusiastic. At the meeting in the council-room, where Bailie Walcot made a speech marked by great good taste, considering...

and weighty protest had been signed, on behalf of the 17,813 citizens who objected to the conferring of the freedom of the city upon him, by Mr. John Harrison, the honorary...

moderate and almost apologetic address from the chairman, Lord Aberdeen, and he too adopted a tone of apology for some of the earlier proceedings of the Land League. "The...

493, Mr. Boulnois gaining 2,579 votes, against 2,086 given to Mr. Leveson Gower. The poll was rather lighter than in 1886, and considerably lighter than in 1885; but the...

made a very clear and reasonable demand that no abstract claim should be conceded the surrender of which might at some future time be made the equivalent for an increase in the...

of the London County Council, and subsequently approved by six others, has been addressed to Lord Rosebery, in his capacity as Chairman. The main ground of the protest is the...

in tone, but he directed the jury that even if Lord Salisbury's language was not true, it might still be of the nature of fair and reasonable comment on Mr. O'Brien's speech ;...

have been trying to devise a workable scheme for puttingthe cost of permanent improvements on the ground-landlords. These Committees, however, though specially anxious to...

the High Court should grant a mandamus to compel Mr. Bridge, the Police Magistrate, to hear and deter- mine an application made to him by Mr. Simms for a summons against the...

Friday 98 to 981.

H. Selwin-Ibbetson, M.P., in which the latter, who is retiring from Parliament, offers to pay the expense of sub- mitting the accounts of the National Agricultural Labourers'...

funds and expenditure of the Land and National Leagues on Tuesday. His answers were curious specimens of the Non mi ricordo order. For example :—" Is it not the fact that the...

in Manchester yesterday and this day week, before Mr. Justice Stephen, and ended, as might have been expected, in a verdict for the defendant. The ground of the action was a...

THE DISPUTE ABOUT THE ROYAL GRANTS. M ONEY questions, as they bear upon the Throne, seem to affect Englishmen in a peculiar and not altogether intelligible fashion. We cannot...

W HETHER Mr. Parnell was or was not desirous to mislead Edinburgh last Saturday concerning his ultimate designs in Ireland, as we know, on his own authority, that he probably...

frHE shrewd saying of an experienced Austrian diplo- matist, that there never is an Eastern Question unless some among the Great Powers want one, though uttered under political...

A CORRESPONDENT whose letter we publish in another column, charges us with being apparently unconscious of the great change which is taking place in the Irish people as regards...

M R. GUNNINGHAME GRAHAM, whatever his shortcomings, has one great merit. He is perfectly honest and perfectly straightforward, and when he speaks in public gives the true and...

fierce and prolonged con- troversy, other controversies often ripen unnoticed. We have seen something of this in the case of the Royal grants. While the Irish Question has...

I N the very interesting and skilful article on "Old Age" in the Quarterly Review, which shows so intimate an acquaintance with the literature bearing on the praise or censure...

H AS the New York Herald got a new Gaborian on its London staff P If not, and if the whole of the gx columns of its Monday's issue devoted to the Whitechapel murder was not in...

relationship in which Angling and the Muse stand towards each other is very curious. Although some of them refrain from verse, most anglers regard themselves as being poets....

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."1 Si,—The comment you make at the end of my letter in the Spectator of July 20th, calls for a further reply from me. You say,—" Surely the...

1.11.b CONVERSION OF IRISH .P.b.NALING. [To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—To many, as to myself, who in old days used to value the Spectator for its quick and sure...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR•1 SIR,—It is interesting to compare the opinions now expressed by those who claim to speak for the Liberal Party, with what was said by the...

hope to convert" Dr. Edward Jessop to a more rational view of M. Pasteur's imagined discovery for the prevention of hydrophobia ; but I should like to ask how it comes to pass...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—One of the best modern sun-dial inscriptions which I have seen is by the Rev. E. Z. Lyttel, Vicar of Woodville. It could hardly be more...

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—As you are so kindly admitting letters from corre- spondents protesting against the compulsory muzzling of dogs, will you allow me to...

SIR, — Mr. Victor Horsley has evidently been misinformed. There is no truth whatever in his assertions respecting my views as to rabies, or my sentiments regarding M. Pasteur....

SDir,—There is one point in the interesting correspondence in your columns on the inscriptions on sun-dials that has not been touched on,—namely, the preservation of the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.' Srn,—A fortnight since, I was looking over the papers of some theological students, one of the subjects being the Epistle to Philemon. The...

and was written down in an examination on July 22nd :—" Cena ministratur pueris tribus" —" The cane is being administered to three boys."—I am,

rTo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—May I be allowed a word or so on behalf of a position which seems to justify antagonism to any form of gambling I can allow the...

[To THY EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The interesting article under the above heading in your issue of July 20th prompts me to beg for space in your columns for one more...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sm,—In your review of Mr. Russell's "Dampier," in the 'Spectator of July 20th, you say that that worthy "sailed the Spanish Main, and...

HEED not the lures of copse or lea, Or bushy dell, But skirt the rising tide with me, Ringed Dotterel. Black veil drawn close athwart the eye, Black collarette, And white...

THE PEAR-TREE. AN APOLOGUE. ["Why have the Radicals lost heart ?"—Spectator, July 20th, 1889.—" We always call ourselves Radicals."—Spectator, passim, before 1885.1 " So, they...

THE SCOTTISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.* THE former of these two curious books has, to say the least of it, been unfortunately entitled by its author or compiler. It cannot be said in...

Victor Horsley's letter, in our last week's issue, the word " points " should have been "prints."]

OLTPHANT'S contributions to fiction may be divided into at least three classes, and A Poor Gentleman is one of her stories of slow movement and minute observation. They are...

THE Rev. Hugh Chapman and Mr. Clifford have had the credit of making Father Damien's unique self-sacrifice known to the Anglican Church. Indeed, the former has materially aided...

us qui embrasse et un qui tend la joue," is one of many truthful but sceptical sayings which the French seem to have a peculiar faculty for coining, perhaps because they have...

MANY people are glad to know of a French book which does not offend English taste or moral feeling, and to them we should like to recommend this new book by the author of that...

TELE author's plan has been to expand the fragments of Sappho into lyrics, a plan which the literary friend to whom she submitted it considered, she tells us in her preface, to...

(Longmans.)—Those who are meditating travel among the Swiss Alps will do well to make themselves acquainted with this volume. It may be best described in the author's own words...

periodical, the Scottish Art Review, June, 1888—May, 1889. (243 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow ; Elliot Stock, London.)—When we speak of this new venture as an "art periodical," we...

The July number of the Edinburgh Review is notable chiefly because it contains several articles of the character, if not of the special literary quality, which used to make...

Paul, Trench, and Co.), we have Field Works, from the pen of the editor. The subject comprises more than the inexpert reader would suppose. Chapters 7-12, for instance, are...

is a rather audacious attempt on the part of Pro- fessor Hodgetts to defy history, or, at all events, what are generally regarded as its recognised facts. Not only does he to...

shudder to think that in these comparatively unconventional days it ihould still be necessary to write books of etiquette, to discourse on "Receiving Callers," "Dinner,"...

difficult to see how any literary object of genuine im- portance can be served at this time of day by reproducing in print, verbatim et literatim, the holograph MSS. in the...

K. Johnston.)—A good atlas certainly, giving a quite remarkable amount of information for the very low price. The additions con- sist of two classical maps ("Orbis Veteribus...

of an Heir-Apparent who is unpopular with his family and his future subjects, must indeed be an unpleasant one. Prince Roderick's struggles against intrigues are sufficiently...

Scott.)—If we had an Academy of poets, Mr. MasziSls ought certainly to rank among the "Associates." He has always something to say ; commonly this something is fresh and...

short tales. The chief tale, "Schwartz "—the tale of a dog—is written with extraordinary skill and pathos, showing that Mr. Christie Murray can enter into the troubles of animal...

Oates), we have Logic, by Richard F. Clarke, S.J.; and The First Principles of Knowledge, by J. Rickaby, S.J. To discuss these two volumes in detail would take us far out of our...