these telegrams, or as to the howl of exultation with which they will be received on the Continent, and, indeed, by all enemies of Great Britain. The Temps, however, attempts to...

which bears the date of April 21st, was published in London on April 29th. It is rather lengthy and entirely devoid of literary merit, but its meaning is perfectly clear. The...

the Transvaal published a set of cipher tele- grams which they had seized, and which were deciphered by aid of a key found in Dr. Jameson's baggage. These tele- grams suggest...

,E VENTS in Pretoria have advanced rapidly. On the assembling of the High Court in Pretoria on Monday a statement was read on behalf of the Reform leaders, Colonel Rhodes, Mr....

any ease.

as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and, in a terribly windy declaration to the Chamber, has announced that his Government will put down revolutionary designs, will work with the...

Rating Bill was concluded, but not until Mr. Balfour had moved the closure. The figures of the division were 333 for and 156 against the second reading,—majority for the...

reading of the Rating Bill, but with little increase of illumination. On Monday Sir Henry Fowler returned to the attack, and pleaded that the whole urban population was being...

at the Grand Habitation of the Primrose League on Wednes- day; indeed, he gave the impression of low spirits. Yet he had to congratulate the Primrose League on the great impres-...

was chiefly concerned with the Government's Educa- tion Bill; but of that part of it we have said quite enough in another column. In the earlier part of his speech he attacked...

to July 6th, 1895, is now lying on the table of the House of Commons. At that date there were 14,781 shareholders owning the 2,000,000 £1 shares. Among these are many...

every country with a conscription, and the Prussians have of late years greatly desired two particular reforms. These are pub- licity in the proceedings of military Courts, as...

of the German Emperor in South African affairs, but we can see no common-sense in the suspicious jealousy just now manifested as to German emigration there. Germans are...

column on a general Court of Arbitration for the settlement of disputes between nations without war, seems to think that any difference between nations which had not actually...

of having been concerned in the murder of Mr. Henry Smith at Muswell Hill on the night of February 13th, namely, Albert Milson, has made a confession of his share in the...

S aturday, for at their annual dinner they managed to secure, -among other guests, the Speaker, Lord Wolseley, Mr. John Morley, and Sir F. Lockwood. Neither Lord Wolseley nor...

New Consols (2k) were on Thursday, 111j. •

THE SENTENCES ON THE OUTLANDERS. T HERE has not been in our history an affair at once so discreditable and so disastrous as this plot of the Rand capitalists for seizing...

T ORD ROSEBERY impresses us as rather too arti- ficial in speeches where he deals with a solid subject like the Education Bill. He seems to say to himself, 'I must make some...

W E wonder whether the democracy will ever com- pletely trust a Government. It has repeatedly displayed a readiness to trust individuals for a time, Louis Napoleon, Abraham...

between Austria and Hungary will be exceedingly interesting, and may even prove to be of European importance. It will probably be settled easily if the present Emperor lives,...

T ORD SALISBURY seemed in his speech to the Prim- 4 rose League on Wednesday to regard the Tory party as having just passed through a new birth. The Primrose League he treated...

sort of difficulty in believing in two or even three religions at once,— and religions which contain mutually destructive prin- ciples as their doctrines. When confronted with...

W E all of us show great judgment in spending a millionaire's money. We know so well what ought to give him pleasure and what he ought to recognise as that which satisfieth not....

interesting paper on "The Theory of the Ludicrous '' which Mr. Lilly contributes to the May number of the Fortnightly Review, he gives us twenty-one species of the genus "...

M R. MORLEY missed a grand chance on Saturday evening, when speaking at the annual dinner of the Press Club, of interesting every editor in the country. The profession would...

T HOSE who, after the death of Mr. Thomas Hughes, have once more turned to the opening chapters of " Tom Brown's Schooldays," will not lose an occasion of visiting the author's...

T HE Weald—that is to say, the range of forest-country lying between the South Downs and the North Downs, and reaching from Tunbridge Wells on the east to Hasle- mere on the...

OBJECTIONS TO A PERMANENT INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL ANSWERED. [To TH1 EDITOR. Of TEl Bricoraros."] Sin,—In a "News of the Week" paragraph, appearing in the Speetvtor of April...

THE NEW GALLERY. THE charge often brought against the New Gallery that it ie only the Academy on a small scale, is no doubt partly true. Bat the hanging here is more...

[TO 28Z EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTATOR. " ] Sra,—The account, in the Spectator of April 11th, of the prevalence of ophthalmia in several of the Metropolitan pauper-schools is...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—So insufficient is our legislative protection of bird life that too much publicity cannot be given to any improvement that may be...

SONG. APRIL, April, Laugh thy girlish laughter ; Then, the moment after, Weep thy girlish tears! April, that mine ears Like a lover greetest, If I tell thee, sweetest,. All my...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPZOTATOR.'9 SIR,—I should very much like to know whether any of your readers have witnessed episodes similar to the following. While driving yesterday...

[TO THE EDITOR 07 THE SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In your review on Mr. Spears's book, "The Gold-Dig- gings of Cape Horn," in the Spectator of April 25th, I see that it is asserted that...

[To THE EDITOR OF TUE " SPECTATOR." ] Sta,—No one can regret more than I do myself the publica- tion of the exaggeration as to the leech-swamps at Bordeaux. I thank Mr. Colam...

CASTELAR.* WE in England know more of the public men of foreign countries than the inhabitants of any foreign country know of ours. Yet we know exceedingly little, and no...

distinguished because, while it is impossible to doubt that both of them possess a certain remarkable faculty for verse, neither of them carries away the reader in their present...

THIS is a pleasant and readable account of the Republic of Venezuela, written by an American from personal knowledge. The old tag of every prospect pleasing and only man being...

in the course of hie preface, there can be no fear that the exploits of Sir John Franklin will ever be forgotten. His name is written too frequently upon the map of the Arctic...

power of research, and apparently equal accuraoy, we are bound in justice to appreciate his labours, and he would be an unduly stern critic who would withhold from conscientious...

of war turned the thought of all to the turmoil of life, our gardens slept in the peaceful winter night which their lovers welcome as the prelude to the " joys of spring." In...

Traces of Past and Present. By the Rev. R. Staveley. (W. McGee, Dublin.)—This is a book of anecdotes, in a way entertain- ing, but hardly as funny as we should expect a...

most clear and succinct history of the growth of Egyptian art is Mr. Petrie's little volume. It is copiously illustrated by scarabs, walls, ceilings, and other structural...

Sohn Macfarlane. (Alexander Gardner.)—These collections of verse have always a special interest when they are centred in one object. The "Solemn League and Covenant" is one of...

do not know whether " Dagonet " can exactly be called an u Innocent," but the title which Mr. Sims has given to his book naturally suggests Mark Twain's well-known volume. "...

Co.)—This volume of curious odds and ends of thought and anecdote was first printed for private circulation. Its author now gives it with " diffidence" to the public. Who be is...

and Hall.) —The character of Collinson. of Collinson's Mill, his simplicity, good faith, courage, and touching belief, born of his own honesty, in the wife who has deceived him,...

Lawyer. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—" A yachting cruise " means, not a cruise in a private yacht - the private yacht non cuivis contingit — bnt in one of the joint-stock enterprises, so...

is a curious book, carrying out in a way what might make an interesting record. There are states of delirium wherein the imagination works in an orderly fashion. If one could...

S. Cumberland. (Blackwood.)—This is a very bright, informing, and, above all, " real " book. In the year 1839, the author, Major C. S. Cumberland, "carried out a long-projected...

and Co.)—Mrs. Meade has never drawn three more lifelike and vivid girls than Helen and Dorothea Channing and Emmy Thorn, who live together in a flat Helen is a. girl of fine...

—We have not often read a more melancholy story than A Late Awakening. A stern, intellectual Scotch minister marries the daughter of a dead friend to give her a home. It is a...