14 NOVEMBER 1885, page 14

The Church Defence Movement. [to The Editor Of The...

SIR,—You have on previous occasions done me the favour to insert some remarks of mine in reference to articles in the Spectator, and I would once more crave a hearing, in reply......

The Set Against Mr. Goschen.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—You ask in your issue of November 7th, what is the root of the antagonism to Mr. Goschen ? Is not this an adequate answer ? The......

The Madonna Di San Sisto.

MOTHER ! what means that rapt and wondering gaze ? Hear'st thou, from out the heaven encircling thee, The cherub-bands with liquid harmony "Ave Maria" quiring to thy praise ?......

Lord Rosebery And The House Of Lords.

rro THE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR." I SIE,-If the House of Peers were appointed by the Crown, it is conceivable that the opinions of one party would be unduly, if not......

Poetry.

THE BIRD AND THE SHADOW. AFTER THE PERSIA.N. THROUGH the blue heaven, with sunlight on its wings, The free bird flies and sings ; Beneath upon the ground its shadow plays In......

The Bishopric Of Derry.

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—I have just read in the Spectator of the 7th inst. an account of a paper of Mr. W. H. Porter, on Disestablishment and Disendowment, in......