perhaps the most turbulent and dangerous tribe on the Indian frontier. For more than a year their raids into British territory have continued unchecked, property has been...

in the House of Lords by Lord Sanderson, who, in expressing approval of the arrangement, regarded it as of hopeful augury that Russia had for the first time evinced a readiness...

Special Committee of the Prussian Upper Chamber. The Berlin correspondent of the Times says that the amendments provide for exemption from expropriation in the case of lands...

questions to the Government about affairs in Morocco. His accusation that unnecessary military operations were being undertaken commanded very little sympathy among the...

O N Saturday last the bodies of King Carlos and of the Crown Prince of Portugal were buried in the Royal Church of Sao Vicente. All the impressive customs of the house of...

case.

a running fire of questions about the expedition against the Zakka Khels, the cause of which appears per- fectly clear, and its undertaking justifiable, to all but Mr. Morley's...

for a further amount of £100 to meet experldittire on Volunteer corps and the new County Associa- tions came under discussion. Mr. Haldane explained the smallness of the...

first reading of what is known as the Children's BilL Certain questions, such as those of children in public-houses, the employment of children in factories and their education,...

has resulted in the return of Mr. Middlebrook, the Liberal candi- date, by a majority of 359 over Mr. Neville, the Unionist. At the General Election the Liberal candidate's...

returned the Unionist candidate, Mr. Goulding, by a majority of 1,292. In 1906 the Unionist majority was only 129. Mr. Goulding, who is a prominent member of the Tariff. Reform...

Prime Minister's Resolution for restricting within very narrow limits the discuesions On the Small Landholders (Scotland) Bill and the Land Values (Scotland) till. the...

financial burdens involved in the Government's legislative prograname for this Session. We note, however, in Friday'Ei paper att announcement which adds yet another serious item...

whose name appears among the new list of King's Counsel, is remarkable in itself, including, amongst other dis- tinctions, a Double First and a Fellowship at All Souls'. But it...

trial, Mr. Justice Phillimore sentenced Kurtze, alias von Veltheim, to twenty years' penal servitude for attempting to extort large sums of money from Mr. Solomon Joel under...

British Constitution Association held in London on Wednesday afternoon. His address was one of the ablest exposures of the fallacies and perils of Socialism delivered in the...

a statement made in an article entitled "The Story of the Naval Feud" which appeared in the Daily Mail of Saturday last. The Spectator is therein described as a supporter of the...

the event was rightly commemorated by the congratulations, not merely of personal friends, but of all who honour great literature. Mr. Meredith is the last of a great...

Royal Institution yesterday week on "Napoleon and the Louvre." The Muse° Francais at first only contained the works of art which had belonged to the Crown, but three years...

the Central Criminal Court, attended the Court last Saturday, and, after giving certain undertakings, was bound over on his own recognisances in £50 to come up for judgment if...

Jan. 23rd. Consols (24) were on FriLLy 87—on Friday week 87. Bank Rate, 4 per cent., changed from 5 per cent. Jan. 23rd. Consols (24) were on FriLLy 87—on Friday week 87.

A WISE Imperial administrator once said to the present writer that he was always having admirable schemes for reform, and for the development and improve- ment of the country...

I T cannot be said that the future of the Congo is one of those problems which get easier the nearer you approach them. For example, the more one examines the facts, the more...

W E have always supported the Cowper-Temple system of religious teaching in Provided primary schools. There is no need to repeat our arguments. The course of events has...

understanding between Russia and Austria, which has been the basis of recent remedial action by the Powers in Macedonia, is not on the point of breaking down. Yet the policy...

A NY one who takes the trouble to look through the files of the Spectator would find that a few years back we congratulated the London County Council on their enterprise in...

T HE awakening of China, of which a good deal has been said and written lately, is a stronger challenge to missionaries than perhaps to any other body of men. Now is their...

" B E determined to succeed, and let no one—no con- sideration whatever—divert you from the road that leads to the goal." This is the gist of the new volume by Mr. Peter Keary...

" TT E that bath once drunk of the Tigris returneth yet again until he cornpleteth seven times." So runs the Arab saying, and he that wrote it was a wise man. There is that...

THE STATE OF THE NAVY.—LORD ESHER'S LETTER. LTO ma EinTos OF THE " SPROTATOV:] Sin,—Lord Esher, in a recently published letter, has ranged himself with those who oppose the...

THE CONGO. [To THR EDITOR Or TUN " se genToR.-i SrE,—The gravity of the position which the Congo question has now reached must be my excuse for again troubling you. I believe...

offer a few remarks with reference to your excellent article on this subject in last Saturday's Spectator? In the first place, I believe that all thoughtful officers will...

[TO THE EDITOR OT THE " SPECTATOR." Szu,—With reference to your interesting article in your issue of February 8th on Lord Esher's suggestions in the United Service Magazine, is...

article on "A Problem in Military Education " in the Spectator of February 8th, I should like to point out that the excellent suggestions therein contained are rendered...

[TO TUE EDITOR. Or PUS " SPROCAT011.1 SIE, — Permit ins to congratulate you on the Spectator article of the 1st inst. on the subject of "County Guards. " The suggestion comes...

LTO THE EDITOR Or THI " SMUT...TOR:1 SIE,—On February 8th were passed in the Italian Parliament —without a dissentient voice—two amendments to the Act creating "national...

[To Tea Eorron. or TH IC " SP RCEATO IL"' Sin,—Tariff Reform has weakened the power in proportion as it has strengthened the purpose of the Unionist Party. Reconstruction on a...

that the County Associations should as soon as possible turn their attention to con- stituting a Reserve, I think a separate corps, in the shape of a County Guard, as suggested...

LTO VIII EDITOR OF Till "SPICTAT011."] Snt,—Although the exact origin of the maxim to which Mr. Oswald Crawford draws attention in your issue of the 8th inst. may not be wholly...

answer to a letter addressed to the editor of the Spectator headed by the words, "Wanted, a New Woman's Party," I am thankful to say that there is already in strong existence a...

LTO THZ EDITOR OF Till "SPECTATOR.' _I do not propose to discuss the conclusions set out in your review in last week's Spectator of Mr. F. H. O'Donnell's "Paraguay on Shannon...

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR." _I SIR,—Mr. G. T. Lowe (Spectator, February 8th) does well to quote Queen Elizabeth, but it seems strange that a speech as stirring as Nelson's...

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] March, 1877, nine Trinity (Cambridge) men who had oome up together in 1873, and had just finished their papers in the Classical Tripos,...

MAN. VII. — THE STATE AND THE INDIVIDUAL. BEAR Mn. I hope you will not suppose, because I offer so strong an opposition to Socialism, that I am an Individualist sun mad, and...

THE SALMON RUN. VAGUE space, and in the hush Dawn's pencil drew On the damp clouds of darkness, line by line, Peaks and vast headlands, and a fresh wind blew Sharp with the...

THE FIRST DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO CHINA.* THE Mission of Lord Macartney to China (1792-1794) is one of the notable incidents of diplomatic history. He went out with a large staff...

Wonderland has expired, and the illustrators have fallen upon the prey. As Sir John Tenniel is happily still with us, his illustrations are beyond reach. Therefore new editions...

WILLIAM CLARKE died at Mostar, in Herzegovina, in 1901 at the early age of forty-eight. For years he had been a brilliant and most laborious journalist, writing leaders for the...

but a small part, the editors tell us, of Lord Acton's literary "output." • Th e Hi s t ory. o f F ree d om , an d other Essaus ; and Historical Essays and Studies. n By John...

certainly interesting and picturesque book, was to put himself "as little as possible into these pages." So at least he tells the lady to whom his dedication is addressed. In...

reign of Queen Victoria, of events of which many of us have been, in one way or another, a part, and perhaps the ideal testimony to its merit would be that it should please no...

often that Mr. Benson can be accused of want of courage, but he must be conscious that in his present novel he sets a problem, and then runs away from its solution. To kill your...

UNDER the above title Professor Elton gives to the world again in permanent form articles which he contributed to various journals, "with many changes and enlargements." The "...

A SHEAF OF CORN.* THE list of novels standing to the credit of Mrs. Mann has already reached a score; but it is not as an industrious and prolific writer that she claims...