10th inst. that General Donald Stewart has received orders to retire from Cabal, at the earliest moment consistent with the health of the troops. The evacuation will be...

to show that the Great Powers intend sincerely that Greece should obtain her territory, and will upon that subject overbear any resistance; that they will give Montenegro...

the pub- lic had begun to fear. The Powers have agreed to a Conference, to be held at Berlin on the 16th inst., to settle the Greek fron- tier, from which Turkey and Greece will...

case.

Stafford Northcote's surplus of 2184,000 has already been more than swallowed up by an increase of the Estimates to the amount of 2200,000. Next, the condition of our Indian...

O N Thursday, Mr. Gladstone introduced his Supplementary Budget, by which he proposes to abolish the malt-tax, and impose in its place a duty on beer, which would hardly...

Burials Bill to define "the Christian and orderly service' which is to be permitted in the Churchyard, as any service used by any sect or any individual professing to be...

the proposal of the Prussian Government to lodge in the hands of officials discretionary power to apply these laws or not, at the will of the Administration, has decided on a...

a majo- rity of episcopal votes in favour of the second reading. The two Archbishops and eight Bishops voted in favour of the Bill (the Bishops, namely, of Carlisle, Exeter,...

the opium monopoly, and Lord Hartington made his first speech upon it. It was not a very prudent one, for he spoke of his opponents as advocating a "cheap morality," and so...

has obviously come to an end. Mr. Gorst on Monday made a bitter speech, intended to place the Government in a dilemma, in which he recalled all the declarations which Mem- bers...

in the nomination of Mr. James A. Garfield, once an agricultural day labourer, then a teacher, then a lawyer, then an officer in the war, created Major-General for his conduct...

on Tues- day night on a motion by Mr. O'Shaughnessy in favour of dele- gating to the Irish Law Officers the responsibility for some of the too numerous departments now...

compulsory insurance against old age and sickness. His idea, which on this point is, we believe, original, is that every man should insure himself before he reaches manhood, by...

like other people. If a Minister ever understood "business," he was the late First Lord of the Admiralty, who remains among his bestarred colleagues still "Mr. Smith," yet on...

is 'evidently favourable to women's rights. On Wednesday, Mr. Hinde Palmer carried the second reading of his "Married Women's Property Acts Consolidation Bill," without a...

Ferrieres, the Liberal Member for Cheltenham, was withdrawn yesterday week, by the consent of the petitioners, on the ground that - there was no evidence for the petition, in...

Law Amendment Bill, in which he is supported by Sir John Lubbock and Mr. James Howard. At present, there are only certain selected wild birds which are protected during...

T HE Government shows want of tact in its dealings with Sir Bartle Frere. It has done nothing wrong, and no- thing outside its powers, but it has so done everything as never to...

MR GLADSTONE'S SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET. MIL GLADSTONE'S Supplementary Budget is the first great success of the Liberal Government, and it is not every Chancellor of the Exchequer...

IN the Cologne Gazette of June 6th is contained an interesting 1 account of Prince Bismarck's views of his relation to the Prussian Diet, and also to the German Parliament. Of...

T HE Government, it is obvious, will have some difficulty with its Hares and Rabbits Bill. The tenants may be taken, after the vote of the Central Chamber of Agriculture, and...

T HE Memorandum on the policy to be pursued in Afghani- .1 sten read by Lord Hartington in the House of Commons on Monday night, is a very important paper. It should be studied...

U NEXPECTEDNESS is always an element of interest, and from this point of view, at all events, the Mackonochie case is rich in interest. A few months back, it seemed that no more...

T HE undiscovered murder, or at least the evidence which seems to point to an undiscovered murder, in Harley Street, is making every one think that the old maxim, "Murder will...

I T is not very easy to understand the very gradual, but very decided decay of the Society of Friends in Great Britain They now number, according to their own official...

G ILBERTE, the fascinating heroine of the cleverest of the numerous dramatic works of MM. Meilhac and Halevy, must always be associated with the acting of Madlle. Desch% in the...

THE ARAB TRIBES OF BAGDAD. (To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] S1R,—I promised you a sketch of the political situation of Northern Arabia, in view of the coming struggle...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—(1.) The following anecdote, given by a gentleman who had been introduced to Thoreau by Emerson, may, or may not, be taken to illustrate...

(TO THE EDITOR OF THZ “SrEcrAzon. - J :Sia,—As it appears that the Hares and Rabbits Bill is, for want of a better argument, to be opposed by the landowners as interfering with...

THE &memos."] SIR,—" A Hospital Chaplain" cries out before he is hart, for he will not find in my letter any expression of unwillingness to relieve the Clergy from the...

(TO THE EDITOR OF TES SPECTATOR.) the principle of hearing both sides, will you allow a country vicar to offer some remarks on the Burials Bill ? It is easy for Bishops and...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sza,—There is an injustice done by the Burials Bill to the - Clergy which ought to be remedied. They are obliged to bury all the black-sheep...

"THE CRY OF THE TORIES." IN showers of gold and tinsel and enamel, The storms of Fate knocked down our Gessler's hat; But, gorged and fat with Ministerial camel, Say, shall we...

THE GROSVENOR GALLERY. [SECOND AND LAST NOTICE.] THE works of M. Bastian Lepage have excited more comment, and that of the most diverse kinds, than any others in this year's...

WITH the flying scud, with the birds on the wing, We wandered out at the close of day ; Our faint hearts swelled with the life of the spring, As the young buds burgeon on...

THE CIVIL WAR IN HEREFORDSHIRE.* THHEE-FOURTIIS of these Memorials of the Civil War, as it .Afectecl Herefordshire and the Adjacent Counties, are from the pen of the Rev. John...

THE light that never was on sea or land does not illuminate the writings of Mr. Trollope; but there is generally plenty of that other kind of light with which, aftet all, we are...

before the Canon of the New Testament had been fixed, perhaps before any writings outside the old Testament were accounted canonical, each Christian community had, no doubt, its...

THERE are some privileged authors who may publish what they please, secure that whatever they publish will find purchasers and readers. Mr. Haweis has reached this point of...

OUR modern London Club life is undoubtedly one of the most remarkable, and one of the most distinctively English, character- istics of modern English social life. The Club, as...

—We read in " Florian's " preface,—" To those whose ideas of morality run in the groove adopted by the fortunate ones of the earth, I say,—Do not read it. But to the many who...

is a pleasant story of the domestic kind. The character of the heroine is nicely drawn, and the incident is sufficiently interesting to make it very readable.

(C. Kegan Paul and Co.)—Bishop Warburton's "Divine Legation of Moses" has suggested both the title and argument of this book. The Bishop argued that Moses must have had a divine...

3 vols. (Samuel Tinsley.)—M. Alphonse Daudet is unquestionably one of the satirists who hold up a too faithful mirror to vice. Doubtless it is well that good republicans should...

The Story of a Demoiselle. By the Author of "A French Heiress." Illustrated by W. J. Hennessy. (Marcus Ward and Co.)—This, like most of the "Blue Bell Series," is a story of...

Warburton. (Pickering.)—These songs are often spirited and clever. " Hush ! Hush ! Hush !" a ballad in which love and sport are cleverly combined, is particularly good. We may...