Govern- Ment of the American blockade-runner, the Virginius, with 165 smile on board, it has turned out that the ship is at least priraii facie an American ship, that there was...

the 9th falling on Sunday, and a great number of Ministers attended. All, however, with one accord exerted them- selves strenuously to say nothing,—and all succeeded. Mr. Glad-...

Mr. Monsell ; but at all events, it has replaced him by perhaps the best ally it could find, and certainly one of the very strongest men in the House of Commons,—Dr. Lyon...

THE state of affairs in France is bad. The Left Centre have deserted the Liberals, have accepted a proposal that Marshal MacMahon shall reign till the sixth year after the...

shown in the debate on M. Leon Say's interpellation about vacant seats. M. de Broglie only proposed its postponement till the prolonga- tion of powers had been settled, and M....

Turks, who have been pushing their conquests in Arabia very fast for the last two years, are now attacking Lahej, a city thirty-eight miles north of Aden, surrounded by an oasis...

The Times' correspondent states that prices are rising and the new crop being sent to market, while thousands of labourers are already employed upon the relief works. He says...

case.

Bradford, in a letter to Sir Titus Salt, in which, as every one will regret to hear, he pleads infirm health as his reason for declining again to engage in the excitement of a...

week, but it seems certain that the King has left Coomassie to crush the British, and was already on his march, when Captain Glover, learning the facts through the friendly King...

those who favour Mr. 0 2 Keeffe, have made and published a protest against the action of the Board, which assumes that the majority ought not to have embarked " in inquiries and...

of the evening, and made a speech which delighted his audience, mainly because it was so untrue. Ile said the Liberals intended to substitute cauliflower-growing for...

he means by "free land," to a gentleman at Stockton-on-Tees—Mr. G. W. Sanders, who made the inquiry. He means by it "the abolition of the law of primogeniture, and the...

Vernon-Smith, son of Bobus. Smith, who died on Monday, at the age of seventy-three. Mr. Vernon-Smith was considered by the public almost a fool, so indiscreet - were his...

held their annual banquets at Bristol, and said various things, none of them much worth reporting. The Liberals were out of heart with Mr. Gladstone's speech, and the Marquis of...

funds left in the hands of the Committee for the relief of the wounded in the Franco-German war, should now be applied for the use of the wounded in the Spanish war,—of course...

a settlement there, and acknowledging the yeoman's life there to be a good one, though over hard-worked. Mr. Clayden, who accompanied him, however, does not like the place at...

the falling-off in the interest taken in it by the voters since 1870 -which at first appears. There were only about 27,000 persons who voted out of some 60,000 - entitled to...

Athenmum very curious evidence that Mr. Disraeli, when in his novel of " Venetia " he sketched Lord Cadurcis,—who is, of course, intended for Lord Byron,—had before him at least...

at Sheffield this week,--a speech shrewd, humorous, and racy. He compli- mented Sheffield (very justly) on the character of its represen- tatives, remarking that " when a cause...

on Saturday in favour of her sister, Mrs. Cowell, and of female can- didates generally for School Boards, which was most enthusiasti- cally received. She was utterly opposed to...

pointing out to them that though there was no Conservative reaction, in the strict sense of the word, no desire to undo what has lately been done, there is a very strong desire...

THE FRENCH CRISIS. Av . have still a hope, but it is a very thin one. To all appearance, the Left Centre have betrayed both the Republican cause and the people of France ; and...

O NE point of weakness emerges in all the recent politica history of France, which is, we suspect, very near indeed, to the heart of the present political feebleness and...

W E sincerely hope that the news from Aden reported in the Times of this week is not correct, for if it is, the Govern- ment will have an account to settle with the country such...

R I7MOURS of wars fill the air, and one of the most threat- ening of them is that which concerns the relations of the United States and Spain. It is fortunate for the Spaniards...

T is an unfortunate thing for those Tories and Whigs who I still dream of a Middle party that Earl Grey cannot lead them. The most moderate of Conservatives and the purest of...

observed that the emotions, Ai govern the whole land from Coomassie, we freely admit that passions, and impulses of youth are very frequently disturbing Earl Grey's plan would...

T HE latest contribution to the literature of the Iron Mask does not clear up the secret which so many authors—urged, we suspect, mainly by the passion for guessing by rule,...

LITERARY SANSCIJLOTTISM. (TO TRH EDITOR Os THR " SPECTATOR:I Six,—Much as I may fail in that modest repose which gives a charm to the political utterances of the Spectator, my...

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.") SIE, —I have been at some pains to ascertain how much truth there is in a statement which we have all frequently heard, viz., that the...

[TO THB EDITOR OF THR "SPECTATOR.') SIB, —Will you permit me some remarks upon your very able and thoughtful and, on the whole, kindly article on Mr. Mill's " Auto- biography,"...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR."] SIR, —You probably hold, as so many persons hold, that the great variety in the forms of patronage has been and is of material advantage to...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE'SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I have not the pleasure of Mr. Tidman's acquaintance, but I think I can gather from his letter that be is not a clergyman. The liberty...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'? Sin,—The argument in your paragraph on Canon Heurtley last week is based on the assumption that Dr. Manning is a foreign ecclesiastic. He...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —In quoting a sentence from the first half of my essay in St. Pawls on Byron, and commenting upon it, you have uninten- tionally...

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,— Perhaps you will grant me a little of your space for a few words in answer to your appreciation of an article on French Catholicism...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEOTATOL1 SIR, —A paragraph in the second page of your present issue (November 8) reminds me of a conversation respecting the Ballot, which I have...

your defence of Dr. Manning's usurped precedence, will you permit me to reply to it ? It is urged that courtesy required that a dignitary of high foreign rank should be placed...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] :Bru,—In your article on the Ritualists and the Bishops, you say that " the Protestants may fairly point to the public services, and...

icit,--For several years I was intimately acquainted with an 4 ' Independent " minister, whose character and work received the 'warmest expressions of esteem from all classes...

De mille yeux la nuit scintille, Et seul is jour n'a qu'un cell ; Mais quand le soleil ne brille, Le monde eat en deal!. De mile yeux l'esprit nous arme, Un seul an cosur...

Sons sec voiles in nuit a des regards sans nombre, Et le jour n'a qu'un ceil sur son disque vermeil ; Pourtant la terra est froide et sombre Sans le soleil. Le cceur n'a qu'un...

HOLLAND HOUSE.* THE Princess Marie Liechtenstein tells the story of the old house in which her girlhood was chiefly passed, simply and well. It is a pleasant old house to look...

THERE are water-lilies lying Large and lustrous to desire, With the snow for whiteness vying, Holding each a heart of fire ; Lilies with large leaves for shadow, Where the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] desire to take fact for my major premiss. Lord Macaulay in his essay on Warren Hastings thought fit to make use of the following language...

LIGHT. [FROM THE "SPECTATOR" OF OCTOBER 25TH, 1873.] THE night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one, Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun. The mind...

has quoted my name in his letter of last week, I shall be much obliged if you will allow me to say that I must disavow any responsibility foe the statements it contains.—I am,...

shine the topmost peaks, and down below The vale is full of light, And gloomy night Cometh not yet. And, dear, we part ; Yet while thine image holds its constant sway,...

[We allow the following notice to stand as it was written on the first and anonymous edition of the book. A second edition has just appeared, on the title-page of which...

THE book before us is the second volume of Specimens of Early English, edited by the Rev. R. Morris and the Rev. W. W. Skeet, and issued by the Clarendon Press. It ranges over...

DR. LONSDALE, in undertaking to write the biographies of Cumberland Worthies, is doing a good service to his county. Some of the men and women whom be includes in his series are...

is not easy to give a definite and coherent account. We are at a loss to discriminate what in it is meant to be serious from what is intended for wit and humour. In what sense...

Tux great fires which have so lately swept away whole chisels: America have suggested this book, and though we in England have not had such terrible lessons as were taught to...

an idle flattery, such as would displease even the poet's warmest admirers, to say that Aftermath is of the same quality as "Hiawatha," which has made Professor Longfellow one...

The Sunday Magazine for October and November. Edited by W. G. Blaikie, D.D. (W. Isbistor and Co.)—We call attention to those numbers of the Sunday Magazine chiefly because they...

now are probably meditating a flight to the South, and some among them will find Mr. Murray's last addition to his series of "Handbooks" a very seasonable publication. The plan...