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It is assumed, we see, almost everywhere, that the popular
The Spectatorfeeling in Great Britain is strongly in favour of Dr. Jameson. There is little trace of this feeling, however, either in Parlia- ment or in the popular Press, which, though it...
It is quite useless to condense the long debate in
The Spectatorthe French Chamber on the Anglo-French arrangement as to Siam which ended on Thursday in a unanimous vote ratifying the agree- ment. The Colonial party are not contented, but...
The French Senate recoiled, as we expected, before the firm
The Spectatorattitude of the Executive and the menacing appearance of the populace, which was brought home to them by the unusual military precautions taken for their protection. On Friday...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorD R. JAMESON and his fourteen companions arrived at Plymouth, prisoners on the 'Victoria' troopship, on Monday. The Government, it is said, were anxious that they should be...
The correspondents of French and German papers have been telegraphing
The Spectatorall the week that the Sultan has reopened the Egyptian question, and has demanded that Great Britain shall " regularise " her occupation of the Nile Valley. It is even affirmed...
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The troops returning from Ashantee arrived at the Royal Albert
The SpectatorDocks on Wednesday, and were received by Lord Wolseley, who made a speech warmly thanking them for their gallantry and conduct. It is remarked that neither they no the officers...
Mr. Goschen made a good speech at Lewes on Wednesday
The Spectatorevening, in which he remarked on the singular disappearance- of party spirit from Parliament. This he attributed partly to the great victory gained by the Unionist party at the...
The elections of the week have gone against the Unionists.
The SpectatorMr. John Morley came in for the Montrose Boroughs on Saturday by a greatly increased majority, namely 1993, where Mr. Shiress Will gained only a majority of 1132 seven months...
In Tuesday's debate, which was, on the whole, of no
The Spectatorgreat moment, the most interesting feature was a speech, warmly in support of the new rules, by Sir Robert Reid, the Attorney. General of Lord Rosebery's Government in 1894....
Sir Francis Scott, who commanded the expedition to Coomassie, and
The Spectatorwho has such expelience of the Coast, is optimist as to the future of the country. Coomassie, he says, can be made healthy, the place beirg situated on a ridge of rocks 600 ft....
The discussion of Mr. Balfour's new rules began on Monday
The Spectatorwith a speech from Mr. Leonard Courtney, more or less favourable, though he asked for twenty-five nights (instead of twenty) for Supply, and asked that Supply should be divided...
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The Moplah outbreak reported from Madras is evidently one of
The Spectatorthe periodical risings of those fanatics. They are not moved by any grievance, but by a desire to reach heaven through battle with the infidel. They suggest no terms, ask no...
Mr. Rhodes's powers in Rhodesia have been more com- pletely
The Spectatortaken away than we had imagined. He has hired a -steamer in Egypt to take him to Beira, the German steamer in which he bad taken his passage having grounded in the Suez...
The Irish banking statistics for 1895 are perhaps the most
The Spectatorsatisfactory ever recorded. They show that the private &- posits and cash balances in the Irish joint-stock banks stood in December last at 239,008,000, being an increase of...
Opinion in the United States is growing rather hot about
The SpectatorCuba. So far as we can asoertain, while there is a party favourable to annexation, the general inclination is not towards that policy. There is even a certain dislike towards...
The Report of the British South Africa Company is sum-
The Spectatormarised in Thursday's Times. The balance sheet, made up to March 31st, 1895, shows that the administration expenses, direct and indirect, including 214,471 Os. 5d, for telegraph...
On Wednesday Mr. Clancy introduced his Bill for reinstating the
The Spectatorevicted tenants under a plan which would involve the use of public money. Mr. Gerald Balfour opposed the Bill in the most masterly speech ever delivered on this tiresome and...
The figures brought forward by Mr. Gerald Balfour showed that
The Spectatorthe Evicted Tenants question was never a large one, and is rapidly settling itself. The reason why so much fuss is made about the evicted tenants is simple enough. The Irish...
We are rejoiced to find that Bishop Alexander, the Bishop
The Spectatorof Derry and Raphoe, is to be raised to the primacy of the Church of Ireland. It is said that the laity of the Irish Church body, taken alone, would scarcely have put him...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorMR BALFOITR AND THE NEW RULES. M R. BALFOUR has the two best qualities of a leader. He is bold and he is gentle. He shows himself to be in hearty sympathy with those whom he...
THE CRISIS IN FRANCE. T HE crisis in France has gone
The Spectatorprecisely as we expected it would go. The Senators, finding that they had against them both the Executive and the populace, yielded, and in a most decorous form of words...
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EGYPT AND THE PROPOSALS FOR EVACUATION.
The SpectatorW E sincerely trust that Lord Salisbury will meet the attempts of the Sultan to begin negotiations in regard to the evacuation of Egypt with a direct and simple negative, and...
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MR. RUTRERFOORD HARRIS'S THREAT.
The SpectatorW E are entirely in favour of justice being secured for the Outlanders of the Transvaal, if it can be secured by peaceful pressure upon the Boer oligarchy ; but we are also...
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POPULAR FOREIGN POLICY. AI R GOSCHEN, in his interesting speech at
The SpectatorLewes on Wednesday, said that "our democratic institu- tions were against contracting" alliances ; that what he called the system of "barter," which had succeeded to the -...
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1 1 J temptation. She is as a nation a trifle too
The Spectatorrich, and is beginning to think that a little extravagance might not only be becoming but even useful. She is half-dis- posed to fling away money, especially on objects which...
THE ELECTION TO THE IRISH PRIMACY. T HE election of the
The SpectatorBishop of Derry to the Arch- bishopric of Armagh, which carries with it the Primacy of the Disestablished Church of Ireland, has an interest extending beyond the communion which...
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MR. HOLMAN HUNT ON THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS.
The SpectatorM R. HOLMAN HUNT, who has the love of a great artist for Palestine and its associations, and of a mystical Christian for the Jewish race, has revived in the Daily Chronicle an...
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CHILDREN AND THE BOOK OF PROVERBS.
The SpectatorA CORRESPONDENT whose feeling and judgment we sincerely respect, has written us an earnest bat private remonstrance against the article on the "Chicago Bible" in our last week's...
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THE WILD GREY-GEESE OF HOLKHAM.
The SpectatorT N a letter written in 1870 to the late Mr. Stevenson, and published by him in the third volume of "The Birds of Norfolk," Lord Leicester says, "As long as I can recollect,...
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CANON GORE'S PROPOSAL.
The Spectator[To saa EDITOR OP TUE "SPECTATOR.'] Sirt,—To disagree with Canon Gore is with me an unusual experience; but I do very earnestly hope that no direct action will ever be taken to...
BISHOP BUTLER'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH DR. CLARKE.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] SIR,—I wish to point out an apparent chronological error in the review of Mr. Gladstone's edition of "Bishop Butler,' in the Spectator of...
DOG-STORIES.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Stn,—The story in the Spectator of February let of the dog 'Nelson,' that drowned the impertinent terrier, recall' a similar one that I am...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The SpectatorMR. PLUNKETT AND THE IRISH PRISONERS. [To THE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR:9 Sin,—In the Spectator of February 22nd, referring to the part which I took in the debate on Mr....
NELSON.
The Spectator[r0 THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—It appears from a note in the "Despatches and Letters of Lord Nelson," edited by Sir Harris Nicolas, that the ex- pression said to have...
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THE BLIND.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Seeing a notice recently in the Spectator of some magazines in Braille type for the blind, your readers may be interested to know that...
IRIS II "BULLS."
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") have been much interested in the Irish " bulls " which you have published, and hope others will follow. Did you ever hear of the Irishman...
POETRY.
The SpectatorMORE HAWARDEN HORACE. AD CASTELLUM TANTALLONICUM —(0d. L 3.) Sic to diva potens Cypri, Sic fratres Helenae, lucida sidera, Ventorumqae regat pater Obstrietis aliis praeter...
ITO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR "1 S/R, - 1 venture to
The Spectatorsend you the following story of an Irish terrier which belonged to my late father, a well-known Cambridge man. One day at lunch, whilst 'Snap's' attention was for a moment...
ART.
The SpectatorTHE GRAFTON GALLERY. THE BARBIZON AND DUTCH SCHOOLS. THE influence of Constable diverted French landscape art from the dreary Arcadia of the classical painters into the...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorDEAN STANLEY'S LETTERS.* THIS volume amply confirms the impression we derived from the letters published in Dean Stanley's Life,—of a graphic power almost unique after its...
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RECENT NOVELS.*
The SpectatorTHE mere ordinary perusal of such a novel as The Dancer in Yellow hardly suffices for due appreeiation of the singular charm of Mr. W. E. Norris's literary manner. For such...
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SIR EVERARD DIGBY.*
The SpectatorWE suppose that by this time the world has made its mind up about the mysteries of the Gunpowder Plot. The service for Guy Fawkes's Day has become a thing of the past ; the...
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MISS ROSSETTI'S LAST VOLUME.* IT is curious to note how
The Spectatorwidely divergent in the main was the undoubted poetical genius of Christina Rossetti from that of her brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Each was alike possessed of a glowing...
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ALMIRANTE COCHRANE.*
The SpectatorTim time calls aloud on the British nation to prepare for defence, and to take thought for the conduct of a war which may come like a thief in the night from the East or from...
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THE RELIEF OF THE POOR.*
The SpectatorMEN'S heads are never more fatally at the mercy of their hearts than when they are considering the terribly difficult problems connected with the duty of society towards its...
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The Year's Music. (J. S. Virtue and Co.)—This is the
The Spectatorfirst of what is to be an annual series, "a concise record," to quote from the title-page, "of musical events, productions, appearances, criticisms, memoranda, 1,:c." The...
The Creed of a Christian. By Charles Gore, M.A. (Thomas
The SpectatorHibberd.) — Canon Gore has republished, with some changes and additions, a series of papers that originally appeared in the Goodwill magazine. They give a terse, forcible...
CURRENT LITERATURE.
The SpectatorPlumbers' Work, Past and Present. A Brief Commentary and a Descriptive Account of the Museum and Workshops Established by the Worshipful Company of Plumbers at King's College,...
The Spectator in London. (Seeley and Co.)—An editor, who does
The Spectatornot give his name, has collected from the Spectator such papers as refer to life in London, a few necessary or expedient omissions, demanded by more decent manners, being made....
