will have the nerve to resist steadily a form of pressure which will be applied to him energetically. The fossil Liberals, men of the Mr. Lusk type, are going to make him pledge...

was not there, and Mr. Disraeli professed to feel coy. Lord Derby, he said, would, if he had been present, have "taken stock" of the general condition of affairs, but he himself...

issued on the 12th inst., after the Emperor had received a de- spatch from General Menabrea, dated 7th inst., in which the Italian Premier says, "we expect the French Government...

has got a weapon quite equal to the needle gun. All the reports coincide in stating that the fire of the Chassepot was as "quick as the ticking of a clock," like the "swing of a...

rpHE topic of the week has been the Conference proposed by 1 the Emperor of the French to settle the Roman question. We have discussed the obstacles to such a Conference...

Bishopric of Lichfield has been filled up by the translation of the Hon. and Right Rev. Horatio Powys, D.D., Bishop of &dor and Man, from the retired Isle of Man (in which he...

the Emperor is disposed to be gracious. In the true Chinese style, the Moniteur informs the world that the Government of France has "learnt, with most lively satisfaction, the...

Lord Cowley,—was presented to the Emperor of the French this day week with the usual state. Our new Ambassador com- mented, of course, on the benefits which had resulted to...

on the incidents of Mentana quite bear out this view. He says he lost only two soldiers killed and 36 wounded, though the Pontifical Army suffered more severely ; but the...

affirming that the average price which they have given for best beef this November has been 9id. per lb. They make no remark about mutton, however, a subject upon which we can...

been published. Only two of the clauses are importaut,—that Lopez shall exile himself, and that Paraguay shall limit her army by treaty to the number required for internal...

he did say meant more. He answered to the toast of "The House of Commons," and claimed for it that in one respect it differed from any other legislative assembly "that ever...

far from Merthyr Tydvil, in the Ferndale Colliery. Yesterday week, at about half-past one, there was a terrible explosion, which shook the colliery, and a great volume of flame...

issued an address to his friends, in which he declares that all persons born or naturalized in the Union must be treated as citizens, without distinction of colour, and...

were compelled to be satisfied with Lord John Manners and Mr. Mowbray, as the representatives of her Majesty's Government. Mr. Disraeli was compelled to stay away, and Lord...

his Nottingham constituents on Monday night: It was rather forced, and not always very courteous pleasantry. He began by saying that his colleague Lord Amberley was at that...

finance. In its first leader of Wednesday, it states that "by far the greater part of the American Debt is in terminable annuities," and that "the interest is not only interest,...

wish of the mercantile community, put down the State coach, cut off the footmen, and ordered the cavalcade to move at a trot. All that, if the pageant is not to be transformed...

the physio- logists call "reflex action" works on soldiers in their first battle. Official returns of the battle of Gettysburg, quoted by the Pall Mall Gazette, show that of the...

of having taken part in the Fe n ian rescue. The act has been promptly done, and Mr. Hardy adds, in the official note, that he believes Maguire's statement to be true, a...

has addressed to them a letter very Whiggish in tone. He is inclined to let the existing redistribution remain as a "resting-place," hopes the workmen will show political sense,...

interested what a soldier's career really is. He receives, say the authors of this document, board, lodging, clothing, and 2s. 6d. a week to begin with, and after three years'...

Mr. Edward James, and Mr. Jacob Bright is again a candidate. His address is not very promising, being full of the Radicalism of a past away period. He wants a reduced franchise...

yet the result is this. Every statement made by the Lancet and analyzed in our columns is shown to be literally true, and rather too mildly stated. For example, the Union...

October a copy of a secret treaty between Italy and France was handed to the Pope. In it Napoleon, who was thinking of war with Prussia, bound himself in the event of war to let...

92i to 93 ex. div., for the 5th of December ; since then the market has been tolerably firm, and prices have been on the advance, Consols • for transfer having touched 941 to 1....

on Friday week are subjoined:— Friday, Nov. 8. Friday, Nov. 15. M exican ... ... ... ... ... ... 141 ... 141 Sp anish Passives ... ... „. ... ... 19 ... 20f D o. Certificates...

THE ROMAN CONFERENCE. p ERPLEXED and troubled by his victory over Italy, a victory only less disastrous for him than a defeat, the Emperor of the French is casting about for...

T HE speech made by Mr. Childers on Wednesday se'nnight to his constituents at Pontefract is in one way the most note- worthy of the many delivered during the Recess. It shows...

not the strongest of men, but he and Mr. Walpole, though they can scarcely be said to represent the mind of the Conservative Government, do in some respects represent, even...

11 - 1 R. DISRAELI, in the letter which he wrote to the 1YJL Working-Men's Conservative Association which dined at the Crystal Palace on Monday, remarked that "there are some...

W E do not wonder that Englishmen whose sympathies during the war were with the South now attack the Republican party, for we find it difficult to be patient with them...

speak in the present day of their disgust for Theology, and their love for Religion. They associate the one with a system of dogmatic thought, deduced and linked together with...

O NE of the most puzzling of all psychological problems is the difficulty that " grown-np people" feel in understanding children. They have all been children, and one would...

MPERFECT as is our account of the vestiges of Early London, 1. it may bethought by some readers that we have devoted too large a space to the results of mere antiquarian...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,-All men, Conservatives as well as Liberals, appear to be agreed that the state of Ireland will be one of the most pro- minent subjects...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] Ste,—Your pleasant correspondent, " Wild Ass," makes some state- ments in his letter of last Saturday which may, I think, mislead public...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The sad disclosures which have recently taken place in connection with Trades' outrages in Sheffield must necessarily place the town in...

LANGUAGE AND THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE.*- IT is probable that to a great majority of English readers, even among those who have devoted some attention to linguistic science, the...

Lizanus, that weary Lazarus again !- Why can't a man rest quiet?" So Dives spake With Lazarus' petition in his hand. Then laying it on the table, let it wait Through all the...

Mr. Sydney Whiting, is a true humorist, and may even prove to be one of no mean order. We do not remem- ber for many years to have met with any character sketched with richer...

published by M. Ardslee Thierry But it is somewhat remarkable in a ho o k w hi c h has so much are among the most interesting of those which he has devoted to humour and talent...

the con- clusion at which we have arrived, after painfully reading through these closely written volumes, compelled to the task by a certain curiosity as to how heavily certain...

Tito is a very original and enjoyable edition of one of our favourite classics, but on more than one point it challenges dissent and criticism. We are not sure that the notes...

by the Rev. P. H. Ernest Brett°, B.D., Charles Cassall, LL.D., and Theodore Karcher, LL.B. (Triibner and Co.)—Modern French plays for young English readers ! What, people will...

The Story Without an End. From the German of Carove. By Sarah Austin. With illustrations printed in colours, after drawings by E. V. B. (Sampson Low.)—We have here a most...

and Hall.) —The chapters which compose this book appeared in London Society, a fact from which it may be inferred that they are light and gossipy in their tone, and that their...

Self-inter- preting Physiological Letters for the Writing of all Languages in one Alphabet. By Alex. Melville Bell. Inaugural Edition. (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.)—We cannot...

Revealed Religion. By Edward Higginson. (Whitfield, Green, and Son.)—As a teacher of many years' experience, Mr. Higginson objects to books arranged in formal questions and more...

is one of those domestic stories which are very good in every respect, but very irritating. The author is merciless to both heroine and reader. Irene is a girl of nineteen,...

is also irritating, but it is not also good. It is a compound of melodrama, farce, sensational novel, police report, workhouse revelations, and poetic justice. Mr. Tom Hood has...

Otley.) —The author of this string of rhyme spells "poesy," "courtesy," "chivalry," "minstrelsy," and all other similar words, " poesie," "courtosie," "chivalrie," "...

E. Tonga. (Longmans.)—With a patriotism which must seem laudable to an Eton man, Mr. Yonge has sent forth this edition of Horace to take away the reproach of idleness which...

could but quote the table of contents of this volume, we should testify more abundantly to its value than we can by praising its completeness. In a short compass it gives a...

(Boston : Nichols and Noyes ; London : Low, Son, and Marston.)—A. handsome, well printed, and well illustrated work, which does credit to its American writer and its American...

of those collections of Biblical eccentricity which seem written for the express purpose of amusing the scoffers. A man who argues that there ought to be no paid local ministry...

much thought in this book, some of the arguments are good, and most of the analogies are telling. Its object is to prove that the soul exists independently of the body ; that...

this volume, so far as we have examined them, are correct, brief, and to the point; they are illustrated with small woodcuts, and the maps which are given for each country are...