T HE Royal Wedding went off admirably, to the disgust of the prophets of evil who went about repeating that the Princess was unlucky, and that the ceremonial would be inter-...

closing the Labour Exchange by military force. This establishment was founded by M. Floquet, and was intended to be a labour centre, where those who wanted work, or wanted...

the world. The members of the Latin Union are to hold a conference ; and it is supposed the Union will be abolished,—a rumour, we think, premature. The American silver-kings are...

in a very sensible and moderate speech. His Majesty regretted that the Military Bill had not been approved by the "popular representation," and that he had consequently been...

ease,

a .thscreditable student-quarrel with the Prefect of Police, M. Loz6, having been taken up by the ruffianly classes, though not by the body of workmen. A student was killed on...

been revealed. Admiral Tryon, who had only left the sick-list on the morning of the disaster, committed a blunder which cost the country his ship and his life. He ordered a...

com- partments was concluded yesterday week, when Mr. Glad- stone's gagging resolution was carried by a majority of 32 (299 to 267). There had been several amendments, each of...

to create an executive force in the Irish counties such as exists in the United States for the purpose of carrying out the orders of the Federal Government, was discussed,...

prevent Members of the Irish Executive Com- mittee sitting in either Irish House, on the ground that our Cabinet system might very likely not bear transplantation. The Irish...

under which the Viceroy will veto or assent to Bills "on the advice of the Executive Committee," on the ground that this singular limitation is not contained in any of the...

Mr. Arnold-Forster, who objected,—very justly,—to allowing the prerogative of mercy to be exercised by an Irish Minister who might be committed to the policy of regarding...

of the new County Hall. The Deputy-Chairman (Mr. W. H. Dickinson) moved to accept the Report of the Committee, which was in favour of buying the Westminster site for 2750,000....

letter to Mr. Cowan, which was read at the meeting of the Midlothian Liberal Association in Edinburgh on Wednesday, and printed in Thursday's Times, he not only confidently...

of Devonshire appeared in the Times of this day week. The Duke had quoted Mr. Gladstone's celebrated warning to the Liberal Party in 1885, that unless he could be given a...

Friday 991.

neither Catholics nor Protestants were to blame in the recent contest, and hoe divided powers and provinces between them. The Catholics receive back all their territories ; and...

annually between Mussulmans and Hindoos, has this year been again perplexing the Government of India. We reported a fortnight since the outbreak in Rangoon, and this week...

very passionate one, and for a moment it seemed as if matters would go even beyond " booing " and hissing. The motion that Clause 5, though only half discussed, stand part of...

SCOTLAND AND THE NINTH CLAUSE. T "plot thickens. Next week is to be the great week of the debate. The Ninth Clause comes on for dis- cussion, and the Ninth Clause deals with...

supposed possible would have been that Mr. Gladstone would employ the latest years of his great political career in the ignoble work of teaching his party how to drive the...

"in ancient and in modern books enrolled," there is such a thing as the truth. Plain people know that there is such a thing as red or green or blue or black or white, in spite...

circumstances of Europe combine to give importance to the riots which ended on Thursday night. No one, however well he may und.er- stand the decline in the power of mobs, swing...

within this peculiar province an irreconcilable diver- gence of view between the German Sovereign and the German people might prove pregnant with difficulty and disaster. The...

too complex to be written about dogmatically, more especially at emoment when the greatest experts audibly acknowledge hesitation ; but there are some general considerations...

W E fear it must be admitted that the loss of the ironclad 'Victoria' in calm weather in the Mediterranean was due to a blunder of Admiral Sir George Tryon. We regret it deeply,...

speech which he made at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, last Satur- day, in opening the National Workmen's Exhibition, lamented the effect of the subdivision of labour in...

J UDGED by the standard of our everyday necessity and comfort, the member of a household who stands next in importance to the actual bread-winner should be the one who is...

of the Zoological Society for the sixty-fourth year of the existence of its " Gardens " in Regent's Park will be read with interest by those whose curiosity extends beyond the...

ECHOES FROM AUVERGNE. La Bourboule, July 2nd. WE had heard through telegrams and short paragraphs in the French papers of the sinking of the ' Victoria ' before the Spectator...

THE COST OF PRODUCING SILVER. [To THE EDITOR Or THE "EIDECTATOR. ° '_ 1 SIR,—In one of your "Notes" in the Spectator of July 1st. you express the following views in regard to...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—Mr. Gladstone's tiny majority has enabled him to prac- tically stop all debate on the most important clauses of his Bill for the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEOTATOIL."3 SIR, — Your admirable article on " The Archbishop of Canter- bury on Church Schools," in the Spectator of July 1st, is specially grateful...

Fro THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] agree with Mr. Fletcher (in the Spectator of July 1st) that a good deal of mischief is done by the absurd habit of identifying Shakespeare...

ETO THE EDITOR OF THE 0 SPEOTATOIC."1 SIR,—Mr. Roche, in the Spectator of June 24th, writes :— "Why, men ask, should we permanently increase (lurch endowments merely to provide...

[To TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR,'] have read with mach interest and pleasure the re- marks in your article on Great Characters of Fiction," in the Spectator of July 1st, and I...

A RHYME OF THE WESTERN SEA. COME, Love, into the radiant eve, That witching page of Renan leave, The western lights are o'er the land, The sun-lit waves chime by the strand,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATJR.1 am glad to find myself able to infer that we are at one upon a primary concern of the English life. For the rest, let me say that I have...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Silly — It seems to me that the instances given by your correspondent, in the Spectator of June 24th, of the use of " Jack " as the prenomen...

Mr. J. J. Murphy's "Theological Essays," in the Spectator of July 1st, would hardly, I think, have quoted the words, "Good were it for that man if he had never been born," as...

[To THZ EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE, — I have been very much gratified by the favourable and appreciative review, in the Spectator of July 1st, of my "Natural Selection and...

MR. DE VERB'S "RELIGIOUS PROBLEMS OF THE. NINETEENTH CENTURY."* CANON WENHAX has selected five essays of Mr. De Vero's, —of which three are to be found in his published essays,...

contains a most interesting Life of Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria, who was born in the reign of Henry VIII., and died in the reign of James I. The biography is written from...

Gilman means the spirit which is not socialistic in the sense of the absorption of the indi- vidual in the aggregate. It is a many-sided and many-tongued spirit,—like American...

little book, and it gives evidence like- wise of considerable literary capacity in its author. It is free from the evident bias which disfigured the pages of Mr. Symes's work...

which Sir Stephen de Vere published in 1885 were increased in the following year to thirty ; now we have eighty-seven,—i.e., eighty odes and seven epodes. We gather from the...

experiences so typical of pioneering life in a new country, tells us a little about himself in the introduction. He was born in Copenhagen, and worked at his father's trade,...

volume contains the Manchester Quarterly for 1892 and also the Report and Proceedings of the Club. The thirty essays forming the bulk of the work are of very varied merit, but...

Essays on Naval Defence. By Vice-Admiral P. H. Colomb. (W. H. Allen and Co.)—Books dealing with the question of Naval Defence are rare, and we must welcome Vice-Admiral Colomb's...

and Co.)—Mr. St. George Mivart knows how to com- bine scientific accuracy with lucid and fascinating description, and in this handsome volume he has selected the most striking...

This is a most excellent, readable, and useful work of a kind which the author has now become quite an expert in producing. The title is borrowed from Mr. Henry Drummond's...

H. Low, M.A. (Clive.)—This is one of the text-books of the "University Correspondence College Tutorial Series," and em- braces the period from the accession of Elizabeth to the...

Co.)—The process of artistic evolution in mankind is admirably described in these hundred and odd pages. The three stages— adaptive, copying, and variation—are illustrated, and...

Flagg. (Bentley and Son.)—Mr. Allston was an, artist of American birth who spent a considerable part of his early life in England. He was something of the Hayden type ; but, it...

Allen.)—" How farmers may best be benefited" is the question which Professor Sheldon proposes to answer in this little volume. "British live-stock interests are of far greater...

writes about men, of whom he ha soon many since early in the fifties, and matches, quorum pars magna full He is a veteran player, considerably senior to any one who still...

W. J. L. Wharton. (Elliot Stock.)—It was quite right to publish Captain Cook's Journal in &dense. Indeed, it is strange that this has not been done sooner. At the same time, it...

and Cheshire Wills and Inventories, 1572-1696, edited by T. P. Earwaker, M.A.; and Notes on the Churches of Lancashire, by the late Sir Stephen R. Glynne, edited by the Rev. J....

(William Heinemann.)—Mr. Jeaffreson tells again a story that has been told before. He tells it, however, with variations. He applies, for instance, the "higher criticism" to the...

like Mr. Stevenson better when he has his foot upon his native heath than when he is among the palms and corals of the Pacific. There are three stories in this volume, one of a...

is the story of a life spoilt by the commission of a sin in early life. It would be more effective but for the manifest extravagance of the character of Byrne. Such elaborate...

Hopkins. (Ward and Downey.)—Guy the " adventurer " is a capital character with his insouciant gaiety, but of the story we cannot make much ; perhaps that is the meaning of the...

and Co.)—These short Irish stories, excellently illustrated, are the pleasantest to read that we have seen of the kind for some time. An Irish story, which used to be full of...

simple story told with Mrs. Marshall's customary skill and sensibility. The ending, when Christopher Castlewood, returning after fifty years to his native country, has the past...

was originally proposed to publish the records of the S.P.G. in extenso. The pecuniary risk, however, seemed to be greater than the Society, having regard to the demands upon...