14 JANUARY 1882

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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TN spite of all the denials, the British and French Govern- ments have addressed.a joint Note to the Khedive, which was delivered to him on the 8th inst. In this Note, the...

Prince Bismarck has taken a long step in the direction

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of absolutism. On the evening of January 7th, the official gazette contained a rescript signed by the King of Prussia, declaring that the Constitution of 1850, though it...

The Cabinet Councils preliminary to the meeting of Parlia- ment

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have been despatched with great speed, and it is said that at present there is no intention of holding more of them till the Ministers assemble in February. If this be so, it is...

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, speaking on Wednesday at Aspatria, in West

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Cumberland, suggested a very sensational remedy for Obstruction, which was that Irish Members should all be slaughtered at the port of debarcation. " That, however, is a large...

The Senatorial elections on Sunday ended in a complete victory

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for M. Gambetta. There were seventy-five retirements by lot and four death vacancies, and of the total number the Republicans have carried twenty-one seats away from the Re-...

Mr. Gladstone has heaped coals of fire on the head

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of Sir John Holker, the Tory ex-Attorney-General, to whom he has offered a Lord Justiceship of Appeal, in the place of the late Lord Justice Lush, which has been accepted. It is...

*** The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript in any

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case.

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The Marquis of Ripon has telegraphed his intention to con-

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tribute £1,000 to the expenses for the contestin the North Biding, and Mr. Rowlandson's candidature is now being pushed by a hearty canvas. Opposed to him is Mr. Guy Dawnay, of...

Details begin to arrive of the persecution of the Jews

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in Poland and Russia, and show conclusively that in widely separated places the mobs plunder the Jews, beat them, and occasionally violate their women ; that the local...

Mr. Gladstone made a speech to his tenantry at Hawarden

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on Thursday on the state of agriculture, and the various specifics- for relieving it. He had hardly any occasion to warn them against Protection,—a kind of heresy which the...

Mr. Anderson, the Radical M.P. for Glasgow, is also much

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exercised in his mind concerning the proposal for the closure of the debate by the vote of a majority, and protested against it to his constituents on Tuesday. Mr. Anderson did...

Lord Elcho has published a most characteristic letter. He affirms

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that it is the easiest thing in the world to buy estates in Britain. In his own county (Haddington) there are eighty-five estates, and within sixty years fifty of these have...

The Lord Mayor of London's Association for the Defence of

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Property in Ireland has judged wisely in deciding at last, as it did yesterday week, to put its funds at the disposal of the Irish Association for the same purpose. Though it...

It is stated that the French Government has taken the

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first step towards a radical railway reform. It has asked the Boards of the different railways to report whether they are willing to reduce the charge for passengers 50 per...

Colonel Stanley and Major-General Fielden addressed their constituents at Blackpool

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on Tuesday, though of the sayings of the latter speaker, who was probably the more amusing of the two, we have unfortunately received no account. Colonel Stanley played the part...

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" F.R.C.S." publishes an unpleasant hint in the Times. He

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says that he recently mentioned a case which had come before him, in which he felt certain that the patient had been poisoned. An eminent London physician present imme- diately...

A most elaborate letter has been published on agricultural depression,

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addressed by Mr. R. Giffen to the Board of Trade. This most exact economist, reasoning from data which we can- not condense, estimates the injury to the farmers from bad...

Consols were on Friday 100 to 1001 x d.

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We regret to see that the honourable understanding by which

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the vacancies in the Senate of the University of London, so far as they are filled up by Convocation, are understood to be alternately filled by the faculties of Arts and Laws...

The Administration of the French Army is incurably perverse on

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the question of disease. It has a theory that if the truth about the amount of sickness were known, the conscripts would not come forward, and the troops themselves would lose...

Experimentalising in the interests of pathological science .does not seem

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to be confined exclusively to the lower animals. In last week's. British Medical Journal, Mr. Jonathan Hutchin- son, senior surgeon to the London Hospital, discourses as follows...

Michael Davitt, the real originator of the Land League, now

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in prison at Portland, has been visited by Mrs. A. M. Sullivan. He remains, as ever, a dangerous Nationalist ; but, like all who have imbibed that injurious, but not ignoble,...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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• THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF LONDON. T HERE is something in the understood resolve of the Cabinet to reform the Government of London this year -which appeals strongly to the...

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PRINCE BISMARCK'S LATEST STROKE.

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T HE "Royal Rescript " published in Berlin on Saturday evening does not involve a revolution, but in advising its issue Prince Bismarck has entered on that broad road which...

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THE CONSERVATIVES ON THE CLOSURE.

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OLONEL STANLEY, in his speech at Blackpool on ki Tuesday, took great care to repeat, almost in the very language of his elder brother, his wish to disclaim ever having been " an...

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THE PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS. N OTHING can be more horrible

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than the account given in the Times of the outrages of which the Jews in Russia have been the victims during the past year. It is natural to suspect that, in some particulars,...

M. GAMBETTA'S POSITION.

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W 14 are not decided supporters of M. Gambetta, whom we suspect of certain designs which we cannot ap- prove, and of certain weaknesses—we mention one of them below—which...

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THE NATURAL DEATH OF THE CULTURKAMPF.

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ir is a good thing for Germany that the policy of persecu- tion,, though for a time only too popular with its natural enemies, the Liberals, was introduced and carried by the...

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A ROMAN CATHOLIC ON THE GLORY OF GOD.

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E NGLISH Christians of whatever Church would do well to follow Mr. Gladstone's example in visiting Mr. Spurgeon's Tabernacle last Sunday, and so trying to learn for themselves...

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THE GLACIAL MOVEMENT OF CAPITAL.

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W E wish some considerable political economist, acquainted with actual business, would explain to the public a puzzle which presents itself every day. Why does money for...

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TITLES OF BOOKS. F: E W outside the circle of

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authors and publishers have any idea of the trouble involved in choosing titles for new books. It is reserved, perhaps, to publishers alone to estimate titles at their full...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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THE MIRACLE PLAY IN WORCESTERSHIRE. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SI11,-I was one of the small number of persons, outside the inhabitants of the village, present at...

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THE CHIEF GRIEVANCE OF THE FARMERS.

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — The farmer at this moment has many advisers who would advise him to waste breath in urging impracticable claims. Let me suggest to...

THE IRISH LANDLORDS AND THEIR. COMPLAINTS.

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To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTLT01.1 SIR, — In your article of the 7th inst., on " The Irish Landlords in Caucus," you altogether miss the chief point of their case, which...

THE IRISH LANDLORDS AND THE LAND ACT.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." . 1 Sra,—The Irish landlords who are asking for compensation for the injustice done them by the Land Act, quietly take for granted in all...

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AGE AND YOUTH.

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[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—In your thoughtful paper upon " Old Age," in the Spectator of December 31st, you, to my thinking, rightly, appre- ciate the joys...

MARSHAL VON MOLTKE.

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[To THE EDITOR OW THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I take the liberty to point out to you a mistake in your most interesting article about " Marshal von Moltke," in your edition of the...

LIBERALISM AND THE IMPRISONMENT OF RITUALISTS.

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ITo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I was very glad to see the letter of " South Warwick- shire " to you a few weeks ago. No one gauged the feeling of the country...

CENSUS OF RELIGIOUS PROFESSION. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "

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SPECTATOR.") SIR,--Will you allow me less than a dozen lines, to contest your dictum that " if a man is willing to be put down Church,' he will vote Church ?' " Assuming that by...

A CORRECTION.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—May I correct an inaccuracy in your paper of December 31st You speak of Dr. Lamson as son of "a clergyman of the Church of England...

? ME BRADLAUGH DIFFICULTY.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—If I were now in Parliament, I would vote against any measure that could be considered a Bradlaugh Relief Bill. It is useless to...

[To TEE EDITOR OF THE ‘` SPECTATOE.1 SIR,—In your article

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on Mr. C. Miall's " Results of the Reli- gious Census," you intimate that the figures cannot be taken as evidence of the opinion of the people upon the question of Dis-...

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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* a * M. D. (Malvern.)—We should be glad to insert " M. D.'s" letter, if be chooses to send us his name and address privately,. not for publication. We can insert no letter...

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ART.

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"TWO ROSES." THE reopening of the Lyceum Theatre has become an event of considerable importance in the Dramatic world, both to the ad- mirers and scorners of Mr. Henry Irving's...

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BOOKS.

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MR. GREG'S MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS.* THIS posthumous volume of Mr. W. R. Greg's Miscellaneous Essays shows no deficiency at all in the charm of style and force of statement which...

THE OLD MASTERS AT BURLINGTON HOUSE.

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[FIRST NOTICE.] THE exhibition of the Old Masters at Burlington House is growing pitiably weak, both in numbers and quality, and this year's collection is both the smallest and...

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THREE RECENT NOVELS.*

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Ti u author of George Geith is not likely to produce a feeble novel. She understands her art well, and if, as iu the present instance, her story is almost wholly without charm,...

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A NEW VOLUME OF VERSE.*

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THAT Mrs. Pfeiffer holds a place of her own among minor min- strels has been thoroughly acknowledged, though, perhaps, her merits have been better discerned by literary critics...

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MR. SULLY ON ILLUSIONS.*

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IT would hardly have been possible for Mr. Sully to produce an uninteresting book on such a subject as that of "Illusions," and this volume of nearly 400 pages has all his usual...

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THE VOYAGE OF THE 'VEGA?*

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THESE two handsome volumes contain the narrative of a voyage which was not only remarkable as an effort in the field of geo- graphical research, but which also promises to prove...

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MR. PALGRAVE'S NATIONAL LYRICS.*

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IN an interesting and highly suggestive preface, Mr. Palgrave observes that the scheme which he has endeavoured to execute in this volume has not the advantage of a direct...

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CURRENT LITERATURE.

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The Portfolio. January. (Seeloys.)—The Portfolio opens the year with a number of more than usual excellence, fulfilling so far the very large promise which it makes for the...

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Persia ; an Essay in Greek. By Lancelot Dowdall, MA.,

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F.R.G.S. —This little book seems worthy of special notice. It is an epitome of the history of Persia from the time of Alexander to the rise of the Saracenie domination,...

Literary By-hours. By H. A. Page. (Marshall Japp and Co.)

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—Mr. Page has republished, with additions, an essay which he con- tributed some time ago to the British Quarterly Review, on " Vera de Societe and Parodies," adding to it some...

Our Ride through Asia Minor. By Mrs. Scott-Stevenson. (Chap- man

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and Hall.)—It would have been better, perhaps, to have written "in " for " through," a preposition which suggests a journey taking in either the length or breadth of the land....

William Ewart Glads'one, Prime Minister of England; a Political and

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Literary Biography. By G. A. Emerson. (Ward, Lock, and Co.) —We cannot profess to have much liking for these biographies of living statesmen. But if the thing has to be done,...

The Story of Penelope. By Emma Jane Worboise. (James Clark

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and Co.)—Penelope tells her story in a great many words, which are not always well chosen. She talks, for instance, of "a wonderfully felicitous period," when she means what...

Blacks, Boers, and British. By F. Reginald Statham. (Macmillan.) —Mr.

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Statham, who has edited newspapers in Natal and Capetown, may be taken as a well-informed and intelligent exponent of colonial opinion. The general purport of that opinion is,...

A Grammar of the Latin Language, for Schools and Colleges.

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By Albert Harkness, Ph.D. (Bell and Sons.)—We do not exactly see what place this grammar, for which we are indebted to one of the Professors of Brown University (Providence,...

The Churchman, January. (Elliot Stock.)—The paper of this number is

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a learned essay on the words "alms and oblations," in .the Prayer for the Church Militant,—quite conclusive, it seems to us, as a refutation of the common notion of the High...

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The Two Hemispheres: a Popular Account of the Countries and

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Peoples of the World. By G. G. Chisholm, M.A. (Blackie and 'Sons.)—This handsome volume of nearly a thousand pages is, in fact, a sort of universal geography. It does not...

The York Town Campaign. By Henry P. Johnston. (Harper Brothers,

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New York.)—We in this conntry naturally do not take so keen an interest in the York-Town campaign as do our friends on the other side of the Atlantic. But if any one wants to...

Handbook for Women Engaged in Social and Political Work. Edited

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by Helen Blackburn. (Arrowsmith, Bristol.)—Miss Black- burn gives here a brief account of the laws, enabling and disabling, which affect the condition of women. It is a useful...

Non-Miraculous Christianity, and Other Sermons. By George Salmon, D.D. (Macmillan.)—The

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majority of these sermons are such es might be addressed to an intelligent congregation of believers. They are able and practical ; the preacher puts his point clearly, and...

fact of its containing an etching by C. 0. Massey

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of " Mr. Carlyle in his Garden at Chelsea." The other plates are the " Dancing Children " of Luca Cangiagio, and " Cromwell at Marston Moor," after E. Crofts, A.R.A.—Part 7...