T HE prospect for the present is warlike,—warlike, we mean, in the European sense,—in the sense that an extension of the war beyond the number of the present combatants is too...

Lowe urged, in a letter to the Times of this day week, that on Lord Beaconsfield's own showing the country is entirely opposed to the policy of the Government; and that Lord...

the Mussulman excitement at Constantinople is again very great, and that the Sultan and his advisers, unless the fleet is sent up to pro- tect them, and to protect the...

which Lord Beaconsfield's insulting speech at Aylesbury was at first received by the country, has been very gratifying. Meeting after meeting has now taken up that speech, and...

evening of October 1 the Servian troops, having taken from the enemy a position which they had abandoned on the pre- vious night, found there the bodies of Servian wounded who...

spoke with the eloquence of true passion of the Bulgarian atrocities, and of the duty which these outbursts of savagery impose on the Powers which have to deal with the Eastern...

case.

Silver question, which appears to be for the most part an answer to the proposals of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber had recommended that, carrying further what has...

sented with the freedom of the city of Glasgow, and in express- ing his thanks, he made some remarks on the effect of the Artisans' Dwellings Act in improving the health and the...

last to the City Terminus Hotel, to receive from Mr. Goschen an account of his exertions in their behalf, and to decide whether they would continue their confidence in him. Of...

Bow Street, on Monday, "for unlawfully using certain subtle craft and devices, to deceive and impose upon certain of her Majesty's subjects ;" and Mr. Slade and his manager, Mr....

in the dining-room of the Manchester Reform Club-house, on the present crisis, a great part of which was devoted to areview and vin- dication of his old policy of opposition to...

held on Tuesday, and has resulted in a complete victory for the Repub- lican party. They have returned their candidate for the Governor- ship, the single Member of Congress...

beetle which attacks the potato,—in Europe, seems to have been some- what premature. At least, the German specimen turns out on examination to be, not the potato-beetle,...

now appearing in parts, quotes from Mr. N. P. Willis's " Pencil- lings by the Way" an account of Mr. Disraeli's conversation as a young man, the subject of which was "an...

scale to suppress the Cuban insurrection. Troops have been despatched already in large numbers to the island, and a very considerable further force is to be sent. There is a...

He delivered a brilliant address at the Town Hall, Birmingham, in opening the session of the Midland Institute, on educa- tion of all subjects in the world,—a subject which...

and taxation in Ireland is diligently pursuing its investiga- tions, and is bringing to light evidence which strongly shows the need of reform. In Limerick, which is one of the...

not only heard that the Turks in Bosnia were in the frequent habit of impaling their Christian foes, but saw a human body from the deck of the steamer fastened on such a stake,...

obtained last Session in relation to the Vivisection Bill, and two at least of the medical Addresses delivered at the opening of this term have bitterly attacked the Act. At the...

ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. T HE proposal which it is understood that the Czar of Russia has made to Austria,—and, perhaps, to all the Powers, —for an Austrian occupation of Bosnia, a...

it4R. BRIGHT'S speech at Manchester affords additional 1U. evidence of a fact which unfortunately was already quite sufficiently established. In the long array of his great...

T HE Times, which, though with singular waverings and hesitation of tone from time to time, has been, on the whole, favourable to the Slavonic cause in Turkey, began a leading...

we have never been able to discover. It is, we suppose, owing to this defect of knowledge that the criticisms which Mr. Congreve and his friends are in the habit of passing upon...

Athens on Sunday last has happened very opportunely to impress upon forgetful or inobservant Western politicians the wrong and folly of neglecting the in- terests of the Greek...

I T would appear as if, by a singularly exact self-repetition of history, Scotland were to give its verdict on the Government established by the election of 1874 through the...

B ISHOP TEMPLE, with characteristic courage, began his address to the Church Congress on Tuesday by a lively criticism on Zeal, as the quality most likely to bring men far from...

D URING the last few weeks, attention has been directed afresh to the planet which, seventeen years ago, the French doctor, Lescarbault, was said to have discovered. For years...

• A DRIVE IN DEVONSHIRE.—IV. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPICOTETOE:1 Sra,—As far as we have seen it, the only wasty and desolate part of Dartmoor,—the only part where there is no...

THE SPECTATOR:1 SIH,—Will you allow me to state in your columns my reasons for renouncing my profession as minister of the Church of England? Though the step itself may be one...

to insert this, I think those of your readers who were startled by the extraordinary phenomenon quoted from Professor Barrett's paper in your last week's issue will find it...

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR:1 STE,—In the present stage of the controversy respecting so-called spiritualistic phenomena, perhaps you may find room for the following...

[TO TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The "holy work" of Mr. Gladstone and the proprietors of the Daily .News is beginning to bear its fruit. After making ourselves the...

[TO TER EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR.") Sur,—In an interesting article published in your columns last Saturday, you make several most useful suggestions with refer- ence to the...

THE DULWICH GALLERY AT THE BETHNAL GREEN MUSEUM. 1r is now rather more than half a century since the pictures now on exhibition at the Bethnal Green Museum were established at...

WHEN Death with no unwelcome touch Shall free my weary sprite, I would not be lamented much, Nor yet forgotten quite. Let Artstlevise no sounding mask Affliction's voice to aid...

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPEOTITOR.1 L11, —I have had some very close and practical experience of Crete, when I was there, years ago, as the Special Correspondent -of the Daily...

AMONG THE VINES. THE clustering vines spring up through the clear air ; They grow twice over ; once, high up and green, And once deep down in the blue lake, between The...

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR:1 the letter which you were kind enough to insert last faturday, 1 made an error which I should feel very much obliged to you to permit me to...

IN 1873, Mr. Schuyler, then American Consul-General at St.. Petersburg, spent about eight months in travelling through Central Asia and the adjacent Russian provinces. The...

IF Mrs. Hoey had sketched oat the whole plot of her tale when she chose her title, she must have made up her mind to prove to us that expectations cunningly flashed before the...

the thanks not only of his owe countrymen, but of all those interested in Arctic research, for the wise efforts he is making to draw fresh attention to the subject. The...

Garrnacn KELLER'S " Tales" appear to be the only successful work of imagination which German Switzerland has produced since the death of its great novelist, Bitzius (or "...

THE difficulties under which the writers of " time " articles for magazines labour are amusingly exemplified by a paper in Black- wood, on M. Klaczko's "Two Chancellors," which...

London Society for October has so many stories and fragments of stories, that it is difficult to give any adequate idea of its contents. The "Cricket Reminiscences" are not so...

1781-1866. By Rear-Admiral Augustus Phillimore. (Harrison.)—A naval career which began with the war of the French Revolution and lasted till past the end of the Crimean war, and...

Samuel Manning, LL.D. (Religions Tract Society.)—This is a very interesting and entertaining volume. Dr. Manning travelled across the Continent by the Pacific Railway, and his...

intended to contain a series of the greatest devotional works of the " Catholic " class. A significant passage in the advertisement marks a change in the way in which some of...

have ventured to put these three volumes together because they have very much in common, and their " differentiation " would be a work of difficulty. They all exhibit a certain...

vols. (Hurst and Blackett.)—A novelist may reckon it a success if he or she can contrive surprises for "constant readers," such readers becoming very acute in guessing at what...