V ERY little intelligence has been received from Egypt this week, and that little is not, on the whole, satisfactory. The Khedive has returned to Cairo, and the Egyptian...

with a wise lenity in dealing with the rebellion. A general amnesty will, it is stated, be shortly published, from which none but a small number of leaders will be excluded....

that a Government like that of Mr. Gladstone has sanctioned the appointment of Baker Pasha as head of the new Egyptian Gendarmerie,—that is, virtually, Commander-in-Chief in...

officially announced that both General Wolseley and Admiral Seymour have been offered and have accepted peerages. Honours to sub- ordinates cannot, of course, be distributed...

plan which the Government will propose for Egypt, and it is probable that none as yet has been decided on. The cause of delay is partly the necessity of consulting local...

detail by telegraph occurred at Cairo at four p.m. on Thursday. Two trains of ammunition, on two separate lines of rail, which had just come into Cairo, exploded, killing one...

Mr. Villiers Stuart, Member for Waterford, mot his constituents on Wednesday, and boldly declared himself a thorough supporter of Mr. Gladstone's Government. That Government, he...

has saved Europe from a ghastly contest with the whole Mahom- medan world. We mentioned last week that the Moors in western Algeria on hearing the news gave up plans of...

intentionof quitting politics. His health, he says, has so failed that it is impossible for him to do his work as it ought to be done. "I am sure it will not be possible for me...

political organisation. He wishes to form a National Industrial. Union of Ireland, with branches in every parish, with county councils, and with a central executive, which shall...

occasion of the Czar's visit to Moscow on the 20th of September were of the most exhaustive kind. The day and hour of the visit were concealed. All cellars along the St....

which illustrates what we have said elsewhere,—that no Conservative will oppose Mr. Gladstone the less for the Egyptian victory. He quite admitted the need of the Expedition,...

ment " means in Asia, if they will read a letter from the Tele- graph's correspondent at Cairo, printed on Thursday. When the citadel of Cairo was occupied, an Egyptian Major...

plication of electricity as a motor. On Thursday, the Electrical Power Storage Company tried on the Thames a launch twenty- six feet in length, five feet in beam, and drawing...

Regius Professorship of Hebrew at Oxford from the Canonry of Christ Church, and permitting the Crown to appoint a lay- man to the Chair. We should heartily support its recom-...

his consti- tuents on Tuesday. After referring with just pride to the improvements in his Department, and telling his hearers that he would not give them the Parcel Post till...

but his condition has decidedly improved, and distinct hopes are now entertained of at least partial recovery. His case is another argument for the old belief that men who reach...

'trades- Union Congress in proposing to prohibit the payment of wages in public-house s by legislative statute ? What prevents them prohibiting it for themselves P Even...

svhich he described Ireland as recovering, the Closure as abso- lutely necessary, and the country as contented with the Ad- ministration, put the argument for extreme moderation...

able example of the difficulty, not to say the impossibility, of obtaining accurate facts about the condition of any place. It has been reported, apparently with the full...

THE PARTY RESULT OF THE EGYPTIAN SUCCESS. T HERE is no reason for doubting, though Tories do keep saying it as if they liked the argument, that the Liberal Government has...

T HERE is only one mistake in framing a " settlement " for Egypt which the Liberal Ministry are likely to make but that is a serious one. They may think that they can do without...

T HE-announcement made this week that the Master of Balliol, Professor Jewett, will be nominated by Lord .Salisbury at the beginning of Michaelmas Term to succeed Dr. Evans in...

W E are inclined, on the whole, and with a full recognition of the futility of predictions about Ireland, to expect a short term of comparative tranquillity there. The signs are...

which met last week at Manchester, have been generally and deservedly commended for the sobriety of their debates and the spirit of practical common-sense in which most of...

II ARDLY any question of Philosophy has so pressing and immediate an interest as the relation of the theory of Evolution to the belief in the Supernatural. This relation, at...

W HEN Mr. Dickens was making his last tour in the United States, the following incident occurred at one of the Western towns, where he gave a series of reading. The programme...

to degenerate, under Medical treatment, into a more phrase. To talk of the aim of good government as the assurance to each individual of the freest possible exercise of all his...

THE REBELLION IN EGYPT. Dram A CORRESPONDENT.] Alecoandria, September 19th. Sut,—In this country of surprises and of unlooked-for solu- tions of difficulties, nothing ought to...

MR. BRIGHT. [TO THIC EDITOR OF TUE " iSPECTATOR,1 SI11, — The enclosed explains itself. I wrote to Mr. Bright on Saturday last, discussing certain points in connection with the...

"STECITATOR."1 SIR, — I venture to solicit the aid of a little of the space you can spare in your correspondence columns, to expose the extravagant incorrectness and absolute...

reference to a remark to the above effect in the article on "Mental Impenetrability," in the Spectator of September 23rd, may I be permitted to say that an Earl, but lately de-...

[To TER EDITOR OF max " SPEORLT011."] Sin,—Permit me to add a few words to your correspondent's comments on your able review of Mr. Brereton's book, "The Truth about Opium." It...

[To TEE EDITOR OF THD " $pscrwron."] Sms — Whilst thoroughly agreeing with the last sixteen lines of your article on the above subject, I should like permission to point out an...

SPECTATOR.") &n,-.-Will you allow me to make your columns the medium of an nouncement, to such as have any interest in the fact, that some members of my family have discovered a...

KUENEN ' S HIBBERT LECTURES. * MERE is much to be said in favour of the custom which the Hilibert Trustees have followed, if they have not introduced it, of appointing to their...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR-1 I answer, though tardily, "H. G. ' s " letter, in your issue of the 16th? The pleas he has been kind enough to offer for the Church...

Tun success of Mr. Beresford-Hope's first novel, Strictly Tied Up, which was published anonymously, but whose authorship was an open secret, was unequivocal, and it was achieved...

WHIT will be the definite place taken in literature, by the- singular author whose latest volume lies before us for review ? The present writer, in approaching the subject,...

Mn. FRANK BUCKLAND, who is already well known as the author of "Curiosities of Natural History," has left some papers, which have been arranged and edited by Mr. Bompas, under...

FIELDING, in vain endeavour to. trace the lineage of one of his chief characters, affects to boast that "it is sufficiently certain that he had as many ancestors as the hest man...

MRS. CRAM, who is best known by her novel, him Ilallfax, Gentleman, presents us, under the title of Plain Speaking, with u nmber of detached papers, which we should shrewdly...

POETRY.—A Garland from Greece. By George Francis Armstrong, M.A. (Longman.)—Mr. Armstrong maintains, and even improves, his position among the English poets of the day. This...

(for we presume that in this case "Shirley" Is a feminine name) makes a point against the critics, when she points out that a story which begins with the marriage of the hero...