that Lord Beaconsfield, who is very weary, and in spite of the official denials, very much out of health—we do not mean dangerously ill—has sent in his resignation. We can...

case.

Pouring across the Danube, have occupied Biela to the south- east and Tirnova to the south, are moving in some strength to a point from which they could prevent the passing of...

to the Upper House of Convocation in relation to "the Society of the Holy Cross," the general effect of which was as follows :—The Society, which had just held a meeting,...

Ex- chequer why the Fleet had been sent to Besika Bay, and repeated the question later in the evening in the form of a motion. Sir Stafford Northcote at first told him, with...

T HE St. Petersburg correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette on Thursday informed the world that orders had been issued to the Russians "to retire from Turkish Armenia." We do not...

to the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer on Thursday, when he asked whether, "after the condemnation of the Society of the Holy Cross by the Upper House of Convocation, the...

responsible Executive of "the Society of the Holy Cross" might probably be a very small one, and that the extreme views sanctioned by the book in question may possibly be held...

Exchequer from the Conservative Organisation at Manchester, to express their confidence in the Government, especially as regards- its colonial and foreign policy. Sir Stafford...

effect that the Upper House of Convocation bolds the Society of the Holy Cross "responsible for the preparation and dissemination of the book called The Priest in Absolution,'"...

of 1203,774 on the estimate for last year. During the year, the number of public elementary schools in England and Wales had been increased by 1,056, and had risen to 14,273,...

Bluecoat School. A little boy of the name of William Arthur Gibbs, who had run away for the second time, and had been flogged for it on the first occasion, hanged himself last...

Sir John Lubbock, as usual, took the opportunity of complaining that so much less discretion is now allowed to school-managers and teachers in relation to what they shall choose...

and accordingly has begun to issue a series of despatches accusing the Russian troops of all possible crueltiee, for which, however, it offers no independent evidence. On the...

the frontier of Mexico in pursuit of marauders. They did not effect much, but the cavalry rode for a two days' march across the Rio Grande, and attacked Indians who are Mexican...

had landed on the quays in Dublin, but Sir M. Hicks-Beach assured the House of Commons on Thursday evening that the intelligence was erroneous. Another beetle, twice his size,...

has been lost in the Commons, having been talked out on Wednesday by the Irish Members, who pleaded through Captain Nolan that the Bill would bring up the question of the right...

C. Marsh- man, of Redcliffe Square, almost the only Anglo-Indian not lathe service, of the State who ever made himself a visible nWare. in the peninsula, and certainly the only...

which at one time threatened to assume serious proportions. The shares in one Company fell sixteen per cent., and in almost all the average fall amounted to a twelfth of their...

now M.P. for the Pembroke Boroughs, has carried his point at last, after a bard struggle, as to the 'Inflexible.' He has always maintained that an independent scientific...

THE WAR IN ARMENIA. W E would advise our readers to suspend their judgment for a few weeks about the war in Armenia. All the facts and most of the telegrams point to a great...

T HERE is much anxiety in the French situation, but there is more hope. That Marshal MacMahon's Government is strain- ing every nerve to alspw what a government of combat can...

A MERICAN affairs, which, after all, are just now only party affairs, have of late very much escaped attention, but the present position of politics in the Union is not a little...

T HE Bill allowing the Colonies of South Africa to constitute themselves a Federal State passed its second reading in the House of Commons on Monday by 81 to 19, after the...

C ONSERVATIVE Manchester, on Wednesday, sent a depu- tation to Sir Stafford Northcote to express its confidence in the Government, "particularly in relation to their foreign and...

M R. BOURKE'S reply to Mr. Shaw Lefevre suggests that he was either conscious that he had a bad case, or stricken with unusual inability to manage a good one. Most of the...

I.—THE NEGATIVE SIDE. T HE answer to the Comtist proposition that the immortality of the soul is only a misdescription of the posthumous life of man, contained in the last...

T HE weak spot in this argument appears to me to lie here,— that it treats the future life too much from the side of the hypothetical purpose which God has had, or may have had,...

T HE season is now rapidly approaching when we islanders are in the habit of systematically scattering ourselves over the face of the neighbouring Continent, in search of...

TRUSTWORTHINESS OF CONSULAR REPORTS. [TO 'THE. EDITOR Or THE SPECTATOR,"] SIR,—In the debate initiated last Monday by Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Bourke is reported to have declared...

—I have been in the habit for many years of reading your valuable journal, and of looking upon it as my chief authority on all political questions. But ha ., 'ng resided in...

[TO TER EDITOR OF THE "SPROTATOR.1 SIR,—In one of your last week's articles, you asked how it was possible so to bet on a horse-race as to be sure of winning, and if so, why...

[To THR EDITOR OF THE "SPEOTATOR.1 SIR, — Sir E. Strachey accuses me of casting a slur upon the' memory of Mr. Maurice,—of the man, that is to say, to whom I am under deeper...

[TO TER EDITOR. OF TEE SFROTATOR."] Srn,—Cannot Sir Edward Strachey, or Mr. Davies, be persuaded to turn his serious attention to the publication of Mr. Maurice's. biography ?...

THE MELANCHOLY OCEAN. "Far off, amid the melancholy main."—MuiroN. "Inhabiting an island washed by a melancholy ocean." — Vivian Grey. Ou! the salt Atlantic breezes, How they...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR"] Sin,—In noticing a paper by me in the Contemporary Review, on what is styled" The Religious Upheaval in Scotland" on Saturday last, you say...

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR, —I have no claim to speak from any special knowledge of the opinions of the late Mr. Maurice, for whose character, indeed, have always...

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPEOTATOR.1 'Sin,—Please permit a constant reader of the Spectator to offer a few remarks on your deeply interesting article on "The Church of England and...

THE BLACK-AND-WHITE EXHIBITION. Trus exhibition which is held annually at the Egyptian Hall, and chiefly contributed to by members of the Dudley Gallery, has always a special...

'I'm is is the sabbath season of the year, When summer silence falleth on the earth,— When truce bath come to husbandry and mirth, To mower's scythe and wanton wood-notes...

ALL the world in flower, Lies about me now, Light on every bower, Bloom on every bough ; But where are the roses In my dreams that grew ? Rose that never closes, - Rose whose...

MATTHEW ARNOLD'S POEMS.* Mn. AnNoLn has not only arranged this new edition of his poems with taste and judgment, but has done well in restoring many of the older readings for...

WE have risen from a perusal of this book with a somewhat pain- ful feeling,—that uncomfortableness which yet cannot be called dissatisfaction. Mr. Page, who does whatever work...

was almost an event, both in the world of literature and in that of pictorial illustration. The book was full of talent, full of life. It ran over with the most genial fun, the...

Ix the winter of 1873, the learned author of the Egyptian Princess passed some weeks in one of the tombs of the Necropolis of Thebes, in order to study the monuments of that...

National Rifle Association is now being held on Wimbledon Common, and we presume that the issue of the present volume at this precise time is not accidental. At any rate, if it...

The We of Napoleon Ill. By Blanchard Jerrold. Vol. III. (Longmans.)—Mr. Blanchard Jerrold escapes some, at least, of the censure which a critic e'rho has any respect for...

from the Sea." (.7. W. Allinglutru.)—It would be bard to say that the Rev. Mr. Charteris is not a possible character. Bigotry and ignorance com- bined are capable of much. Yet...

give anything like an adequate notice of this admirable publication. To give an account of its contents, and generally to say that every portion is most carefully executed, is...

(Tinsley Brothers.)—G won Leslie is turned out of her home for refusing to marry a gentleman who is presented to her as an eligible husband, by a parent who developes suddenly,...

and Hall.)—A story which seeks to exhibit the truth that prosperity is not the necessary reward of goodness, and that we are not to judge of a man's life by its success or...

That all the Imperial world should taxbd he." These linos are about the best, because the simplest, that are to be found in this volume. We hoped, when we came upon them,...

a Preface by J. M. Ludlow. (Macmillan and Co.)—The problem of flying, which has exercised the ingenuity of man for so long a time, is still practically unsolved. Wo say...