16 SEPTEMBER 1876

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As regarded the end in view, Mr. Gladstone urged that

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what- ever our Administration does, it should be at once prompt and intelligible. Remonstrance with the Turkish Government would be about as useful as remonstrance with the...

To a peace deputation which followed that of the working-men,

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Lord Derby said nothing fresh, except that he had that morning telegraphed to the English military representative at the Turkish head-quarters in the Servian campaign,—General...

Lord Granville has written a very good letter to the

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Secretary of the Committee for arranging the meeting of yesterday in Guildhall,—a meeting which we went to press too early to report,—in which he says that the national feeling...

Lord Derby's reply,—for that is in a very real sense

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what his answer to the working-men's deputation on Monday was, though Mr. Gladstone was never named in it,—had a feeble and puzzled' ring in it, as of a statesman at bay,...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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l‘TR. GLADSTONE'S great speech at Greenwich this day week In was delivered not precisely to an audience,—f or the majority could not have heard him,—but in the presence of a...

* * The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript in

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any case.

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Lord Stratford de Redcliffe wrote a very able letter to

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last Satur- day's Times advocating the union of the Powers' to enforce terms on Turkey-, and containing some remarkable expressions of the able old diplomatist's deepest...

The political agitation in England has not cooled down, nor

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can it cool down while Lord Derby speaks as h loes, and no autumn Session of Parliament is determined on. Meetings on the subject of the Turkish barbarities have been held...

Mr. Grant Duff, by way of a reductio ad absurdum

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of Mr. Gladstone's programme, sent to ,the Times of Monday a counter-proposal of his own for making the Duke of Edin- burgh Sultan, and governing European Turkey through a staff...

The Buckinghamshire election comes off next week, and no doitht

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very much will depend on its issue. Mr. Fremantle is evidently hard-pressed to defend the action of the Government in relation to their Turkish policy, for he has taken refuge...

There is no reliable news of the negotiations for peace.

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The Porte has, it is said, declined the armistice, but intimated its readiness to make peace, and to permit "a suspension of hostili- ties" during the negotiations for peace....

There has been no war news this week of any

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importance. It is clear that, either the Times' correspondent exaggerated the im- portance of the battle of Alexinatz, or the Turkish army was too ill-supplied to move and take...

Mr. Lowe made one of his cleverest speeches at Croydon

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on Wednesday, on the cardinal and grave defect of which we have said enough elsewhere ; but as a mere speech it would be hard to beat it. Under the flame of Mr. Lowe's wit, the...

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The British Association has decided to continue the Sub- Wealden

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explorations. The funds collected are exhausted, and the work has been stopped. Mr. Willett, whose exertions so powerfully contributed to the undertaking, having convinced...

The negotiations between Austria and Hungary, so often begun and

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interrupted, are about to be recommenced once more. Monday next is spoken of as the probable date. In the present state of Eastern Europe, the necessity of a good understanding...

The news from South Africa of the serious defeat 4

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the Transvaal ;Boers, under President Burgers, by the Kaffirs is likely to be the signal for a great advance in the policy of Confederation. The Boers are intending, it is said,...

The American Republicans have been successful in two out of

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the three State elections which have been held up to the present. in the latest of these, that in Maine, they have re-elected the present Governor ; they have secured all the...

The death of one of the youngest of the Judges,

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Mr. Justice Quain,—a thoroughly-learned and scientific jurist, as well as a sound lawyer,—who died on Tuesday, after an illness of which the latter part was very painful, will...

Mr. Tweed, whose escape from custody in 14w York in

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open daylight, and under strong suspicion of collusion on the part of hie gaolers, will be in the recollection of our readers, has at length been rearrested. He was recognised...

One of the dullest meetings of the British Association on

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record has come to an end,—one of the dullest, we mean, in the sense not of the adept, but of the ordinary reader,—the hearer who hopes to pick up something new by the light of...

Mr. Charles Francis Adams has accepted the nomina- tion of

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the Democrats of Massachusetts to be their caedidate for the Governorship of the State. Even with such a candidate, the Democrats of Massachusetts have probably no chance ; but...

Our readers will read with interest the account given in

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another page by the Rev. Malcolm MacColl,—who is on his way, with Dr. Liddon, to see for himself the truth of what is going on in Servia,—of Dr. Dellinger's views on the Eastern...

Consols were on Friday 951 to 95i.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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LORD DERBY ON THE TURKISH QUESTION. T HOSE who hold that Lord Derby has come round to the popular conviction as to the crisis in Turkey, take a very hasty and superficial view...

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MR GLADSTONE AT GREENWICH. T HERE is a characteristic difference between

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Mr. Gladstone's pamphlet on the Turkish atrocities in Bulgaria, and his speech at Greenwich on the same subject. The circumstance that the one was written and the other spoken...

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THE CAUSES OF THE NATIONAL EXCITEMENT.

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Ir . GLADSTONE truly said, in his speech at B]ackheath, that he had never seen a national movement so spontaneous, so swift, so wide-spread, and so deep as the burst of...

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ALR. LOWE AT CROYDON.

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'A/R. LOWE at Croydon was Mr. Lowe in his most char- .31 form,—Mr. Lowe at his luckiest, cleverest, most positive, most negative, most combative, and most de- structive point....

A COLONIAL DANGER.

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T HE loose rein, which is all that we either desire or are able to keep upon the necks of our Colonies, permits of a freedom which is at once wholesome for those who enjoy it,...

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HOME-RULERS, REPEALERS, AND FENIANS.

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I RISH politics are becoming even more heated than usual. Since the great O'Connell Centenary of a year ago, which was to awe the British Empire with the unknown spectacle of a...

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THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION ON SPIRITUALISM.

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T HE excited discussion on Spiritualism in the British Associa- tion is a remarkable evidence both that there is a yearly increasing number of persons who have really proof, or...

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THE ALTHORP PICTURES.

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TN the spacious gallery of the South Kensington Museum in which the pictures lent by Earl Spencer during the repairs at Althorp are exhibited, the visitor feels himself at once...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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A DRIVE IN DEVONSHIRE. rrO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:] Sin,—" Nancy" has only had two slight attacks of megrims since the occasion of our calamities in the New Forest last...

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DR. DOLLINGER ON THE EASTERN QUESTION. rro THE EDITOR OF

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THE SPECTATOR:3 Stn,—In the belief that many of the readers of the Spectator will be interested to know the opinion of such a man as Dr. Malinger on the Eastern Question, 1...

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BESIKA. BAY.

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[TO THZ EDITOR Or TRH "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Your correspondent, "K.," bids you ask "the men of the world" what they think of the impartiality of the Spectator. Much is, no doubt,...

SHORT SERVICE FOR OFFICERS AND EARLY RETIREMENTS.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPEOTATOR.1 Sru,—The Army Promotion and Retirement Commissioners re- port,-1. That promotion cannot in future be sustained without retirements being...

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BOOKS.

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MEMOIRS OF GEORGE TICKNO1L 1 ( [FIRST NOTIC7E.] IN reviewing this record of Mr. Ticknor's life and literary labours, there are some preliminary observations that must be made...

POETRY.

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THE SLAV AND THE TURK. I. 'To not the lordly Crescent that stirs our souls to rage, Although in Europe's story it reddens many a page ; Not Mekka's fervid gospel, though oft...

THE WORM'S HEAD.

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PATIENT, with folded wings, with lifted head, Watchful, outlooking-seaward, sits the Form Who Dragon -like defies the approaching storm, That gathering in the west moves on to...

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OVID.*

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Ix editing Ovid for Ancient Classics for English Readers, Mr. Church had a delicate and difficult task to do, and he has done it well. This excellent little book right worthily...

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MADAME.* THIS novel is written in the American tongue, and

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its pages are filled with words and phrases which, to ordinary English readers, will be quite unintelligible. Yet however many of its defects we may feel inclined to lay to the...

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THROUGH BOSNIA.*

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A YEAR ago, when Mr. Arthur Evans made his walking tour through Bosnia, the insurrection which has developed into a savage war, and whose results no one can venture to forecast,...

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The Two Destinies. By Wilkie Collins. (Chatto and Windus.)—We miss

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Mr. Collins's usual power in the development of his plots. From the first it is clear that hero and heroine are to come together, whatever the obstacles in the way, and the...

Fashion and Passion. By the Duke of Medina Pomar. (Chapman

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and Hall.)—Nothing can be worse than this book. Its author evidently thinks that sketches of living persona thinly disguised by panning names will interest the kind of public...

The Bible for Young People. Translated from the Dutch, with

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the sanction and assistance of the Authors, by Philip H. Wicksteed, M.A. (Williams and Norgate.)—Though the name of Dr. Kuenen—a pledge of erudition—on the title-page of this...

CURRENT LITERATURE.

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The Dublin Review for July, 1876. (Burns, Oates, and Co.)—We have overlooked too long this number of the Dublin, which contains an article on Mr. .7. S. Mill's theory of...

Principles of Mental Physiology, with their Application to the Train-

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ing and Discipline of the Mind and the Study of the Morbid Conditions. By W. B. Carpenter, CB., M.D., F.R.S. Fourth edition. (Henry S. King and Co.)—This edition of a valuable...

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March - Past. By S. Lamothe. (Enoch,and Sens.)-The above title

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is sufficient to convey that no depth of writing is necessary for this music, nevertheless, much may be said in favour of the piece ; it is bright and characteristic. A misprint...

Tambourin. By Cotsford Dick. (Metzler and Co.)--A pleasing little

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piece, in the "gavotte" style. To amateurs of moderate ability this gavotte will be far more useful than the many ineffective airs with variations which too frequently adorn the...

Dance Album (Enoch and Sons) oontains nine dances by well-known

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composers, some of which will doubtless prove attractive and be welcome during the forthcoming season.

The Physical Basis of Immortality. By Antoinette Blackwell. (New York

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: G. P. Putname.)—This book follows in the track of the Unseen Universe, and tries to show that immortality may be probably inferred from the latest results of physical science....

Tarantella. By W. Blakely. (Howard and Co.)—A brilliant and satisfactory

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piece, without the drawback of unnecessary difficulties,. which so often abound in this style of music. Mr. Blakely would do - well to adopt a more sound and artistic style of...

NE* MUSIC.

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Three Andantes for the Organ. By William Pinney. (Weekes and Co.)—These andantes, though simple, deserve some praise on account of the melody found in each movement. They are...

Englesreign. By Carl Haase. (W. Czerny.)—Were it not for a

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few theoretical el rors, Englesreign might be accepted as a useful lesson for pupils whose special aim is to acquire expression in their playing. There are several grammatical...

Meditation. Par Ch. Gonnod. (Goddard and Co.)--Thie piece, coming

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from the pen of the composer of " Faust," will do little, we think, in making his name more popular. From beginning to end it is more or leas weak and unsatisfactory. Being...

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Evetide. By S. Jacoby. (Howard and Co.)—This piece, though not

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embodying much originality, is somewhat effective. We notice that the first bar is very like Mendelssoha's "Oh, for the wings," and in many other instances we are reminded of...

Reunion in the Heavenly Kingdom, and other Discourses. By the

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Rev. William Anderson, LL.D. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—Dr. Ander- son% faith was a power in his own life, and he had the gifts need- ful for making it also a power in the world....

Jabez Ebsleigh, M.P. By Mrs..Eileart. (Samuel Tinsley.)—Mr. Mead has done

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better work than this,—an acrid sketch of a provincial Radical who enters Parliament by pleading the cause of the people, spends too much, and is gradually tempted by an...

Tournament March. By A. Ergmann. (W. Czeniy.)—Little can be said

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either for or against this march. The harmonies are fairly correct, but the composition is, as a whole, somewhat monotonous.

The Rector of St. Judy. By W. Soleman. (Provost and

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Co.)—This book is a puzzle to us. It is, we suppose, written in all sincerity, and intended as a real sketch of country life in the West. The writer, however, has absolutely no...

The Flag of Distress. By Captain Mayne Reid. (Tinsley Brothers.)

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—One of Captain Mayne Reid's wild stories which are written for boys, and attract boys,—full of nearly impossible villains, quite impossible ad- ventures, and heroes who are...

Sweet Innocence Waltzes. By Charles Coote. (Enoch and Sons.)— Mr.

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Coote has again produced a set of pleasing waltzes, which will no doubt become popular. Some praise is due to the publishers of these two last sets for the elegant manner in...

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Schumann's Novellettes. (Enoch and Sons.)—Litolfrs edition of the above is

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in every way to be recommended to the classical pianist. The type is exceptionally clear, whilst great assistance will ho derived from the metronome-marks distributed throughout...

All for Her. Ballad. By A.. Scott Gatty. (Enoch and

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Sons.)— This song so closely resembles "0 fair dove!" by the same composer, that those who like the one will be pleased with the other. Mr. Gatty has improved in the...