Mr. Nagle, the marshal of a present Judge of the U.S. Supreme Court, the murder having been provoked by a slap in the face given to Judge Field by the ex-Judge Terry. This slap...

ceedings of Courts of Justice, and to arrogate to themselves the right of censuring Judges and juries and granting re- prieves, has increased, is increasing, and ought to be...

of Commons are, it is said, about to interfere again as they did in the Lipski case, and to bring their thoroughly unconsti- tutional influence to bear on the Home Secretary. We...

little risk of their causing European complications. While Russia has shown no kind of wish to use the Greek Note as an excuse for taking action, Germany, Austria, England, and...

Ferdinand would be made an occasion for the proclamation of the independence of Bulgaria has proved groundless. The Prince and his advisers are, we believe, far too sensible and...

T HE Emperor William has followed up his visit to the Queen by a reception of the Emperor of Austria at Berlin. Beyond the usual festivities and reviews and sham-fights, in...

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authority,—that a demand is to be made for General Boulanger's extradition for the offence of embezzlement. If such a demand should be made, we do not see what the British...

since its introduction, has brought a nest of hornets about the ears of the Government. They originally proposed merely to do away with the present barbarous system of enforcing...

on Egypt in the House of Lords. We had five courses open tons there :—(1), Evacuation; (2), handing back Egypt to the Turks ; (3), drifting ; (4), making a scientific and...

the conduct of business before the Grand Committees which, in the heated condition of public business, was regarded as a blow to the Government, but which is, as a matter of...

find- ing him guilty of treason, conspiracy, and embezzlement. The Conservative Members held that the Court was incompetent to try any one for offences of the latter kind, and...

Conservative and Liberal 1Tnionist Members was still further developed, the Ministerial majority in repeated divisions falling perilously low. Under such circumstances, the...

in consequence of the wrath of the County Council at not having been entrusted with the management of the London police ; but the County Council having refused to issue the...

the Naval Manoeuvres. The general scheme of operations is as follows. A hostile maritime force, having its head- quarters at Achill, is supposed to have been mobilised in the...

vacant by the death of Sir W. Ewart. On Monday, Sir Edward Harland (Conservative) was nominated and re- turned unopposed for the constituency. At the last election, the...

for supporting a Tory Government, Mr. Chamberlain insisted once more on the transformation which has taken place in the significance of names, when a so-called Tory Government...

the editor of the Welsh Baner, who is one of the leading Nonconformists in North Wales, has written a most violent letter, recommending the Welsh Nonconformists to refrain from...

Unionist and Conservative alike,—in his own house at Highbnry this day week. He had, for the first time, invited Coniervatives to be present, as a pledge of the hearty...

on the subject of tithe than Mr. Gee, gives the true explana- tion of this melodramatic wrath. It says frankly :—" If the tithe become, so far as the tenant is concerned,...

New Consols (21) were on Friday 97i-98.

A T the last moment, the Government have made a com- plete change of front. They have abandoned their scheme for dealing with the subject of tithes merely by altering the...

THE TRIP OF THE GOVERNMENT. NV E ventured to say a fortnight ago :—" It is not true that the anarchy of the Opposition implies the safety of the Government, unless the...

by the Senate,—the institution against which his pro- posed constitutional reforms were chiefly aimed,—in his absence, and after a trial in which there was practically no...

M R. CHAMBERLAIN'S speech at Highbury on Saturday to his Birmingham constituents, is one that rings like true metal after the shrill performances that we have recently heard in...

T T is significant of the sensitive state of European affairs that the Cretan disturbance, which ostensibly originated in purely domestic quarrels over the spoils of office,...

seldom been more strikingly displayed than in Mr. Gee's imaginary correspondence with the Postmaster-General. The expected visit of the Queen to Wales had impressed him with a...

I N our issue of last week, while alluding to Baron , Dowse's impartial " chaff " of the Parnellite Members , and the Resident Magistrates, we noticed the great difference which...

one may, without in- curring the charge of inhospitality, count the gains of a visit of the significance of which not one in ten can give any rational idea, or put into words...

small class who do visit ; for it is always well to remember that the various seasons of the leisurely classes do not exist at all for the immense majority of mankind who live...

T HE official returns which show the annual destruction of life in India by wild beasts and reptiles always produce a painful impression. The bill of mortality from these...

we have played l'ecole buissonare for a whole day, as we drove through the pastures of the ancient kingdom of fair Lorraine to Domremy, the birthplace of Jeanne d'Arc. As we had...

the Spectator of the 3rd inst., expresses the views,—(l), That the popular claim of the Irish to nationality proves their right to nationality ; (2), that the Irish leaders...

THE CONVERSION OF IRISH FEELING. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — I have read Mr. Massey's letter in the Spectator of July 27th, and your comments upon it, and...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, - Mr. Cruickshank, in a letter headed " Arnold versus Whately," quotes from a letter of my father to Archbishop Whately the...

THE BISHOP OF DURHAM ON "SUPERNATURAL RELIGION."* " THE author of Supernatural Religion as distinct from his work," says Dr. Lightfoot, in his preface to these masterly Essays,...

from the Rev. Mr. Richardson and from our former correspondent, "S. T. P.," on this subject, which we are compelled to defer till next week, when we shall publish them with a...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:'] SIB,—In your review of M. de Windt's book, you seem puzzled by a very singular misconception. " Shanghai," you say, " the dirtiest city in...

Birthday," in our last number (p. 175), in the first line in the second paragraph, the word " interfered " should be " interpret," and it should run, " Interpret then the...

iguntnr," all students' blunders must fall more or less flat. The following, however, seem to be not without merit, and, veiled as they are in "the decent obscurity of a dead...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—The sun-dial inscription, " Pereunt et imputantnr," quoted by Canon Hopkins in the Spectator of August 10th, is also to be seen on a...

Sin,—You were good enough, in the Spectator of August 3rd, to publish a letter of mine on the muzzling order. I propose now to make a few remarks upon another phase of the...

examination, I underlined for com- ment " harpy-footed," in Milton's line, " Thither by harpy- footed furies hard " (" Paradise Lost," ii., 596). One ingenious student...

WE have need of all Mr. Henry James's well-known charm of style, or of all the occasional reminders of this charm which occur in the course of it, to carry us through the tale...

THE first of these three volumes is devoted to Mr. Fitzgerald's letters. These are some hundreds in number, and range over a period of more than fifty years, the earliest being...

UNDER the above title, Miss Cobbe has collected the various papers written by her in her fifteen years' crusade against vivisection, and the little volume contains an eloquent...

man whose reminiscences Mrs. Simpson has edited with singular skill and success, is a contradiction of that well-known saying in which most of us believe,—" The looker-on sees...

IF this book were the work of a very young writer, we should forgive its affectations and conceits, in the belief that they only came of a mistaken but not unworthy desire to...

The Missionary Year-Book for 1889 (Religious Tract Society), which gives the history and statistics of the principal Protestant missionary societies of the Old and New Worlds,...

Harry Jones. (Rivingtons.)—Mr. Jones invited a number of clergymen of various schools of thought to give Sunday afternoon lectures in a London church. Freedom of choice in...

Co.)—The term "Zululand," as it is used in this volume, must be understood with considerable latitude. It in- cludes a considerable portion of Cape Colony . and the Orange...

A. R. Cooke. (Wells Gardner, Dayton, and Co.)—Mr. Cooke's argument really takes in the work that Christianity has done for the world. It is succinctly and, for the most part,...

and Co., Boston, 'U.S.A. ; Triibner, London).—A Portu- guese novel is romething of a rarity, and after reading Dragon's Teeth, we are not inclined to regret it. The translator...

B.A. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—Mr. Rylands depends mainly for his remedy on thorough classification of criminals, for the details of which we must refer the reader to his volume,...

(T. Fisher Unwin.)—Professor Owen's work, though partly historical, is largely concerned with the present phases of Indian life. He has had the opportunities given by a long...

(Ward and Lock.)—This volume is an expansion, as we gather from the preface, of lectures given by the writers. It tells us what nurses have to do, what qualifications a nurse...

(Swan Sonnenschein and Co.)—Let us work our gold-fields, says Mr. Vanderbilt, and we shall have a real golden age. " Pauperism will become a thing of the past," crime will be...

Gill.)—Mr. Ball gives practical information about a great number of winter health-resorts in Europe and Africa. The Riviera, with its seven principal resorts, Hyeres, Cannes,...

tion Fund,"—Tanis, Part II. By W. M. Flinders Petrie ; with chapters by A. S. Murray and F. Ll. Griffith. (Tralmer and Co.) —The volume includes accounts of discoveries at...

By C. G. Rae, M.D. (Porter and Coates, Philadelphia, U.S.A.)- Dr. Rae is a veteran labourer in this field, his first contribution to the science having appeared as far back as...

(Bryce et Fil., Glasgute.)—Mr. Hutchison translates here some thirty well-known hymns into Latin verse, sometimes rhymed, sometimes in classical metre. We prefer, on the...

Hoole. (Maamillun )—This is an argument for the "genuineness of the New Testament," not of course, now advanced for the first time, but worked out with details for which we...

Put- nam's Sons.)—Mr. Todd divides his work into two parts,—" The Historical City," and " The Modern City." Both divisions are interesting, but most readers will probably...

Bryce, M.P. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—It may seem captious to remark that "1691-1870 " is not equivalent to " two centuries." Dr. Bryce's contributions do not end too...

(G: P. Putnam's Sons.)—This tractate belongs to the series entitled " Questions of the Day." We cannot pretend to judge of the accuracy of Mr. Bruce's conclusions. These...

A Commonplace-Book of Passing Thoughts " is not a work that easily admits of criticism. A writer who announces con- clusions in the somewhat peremptory fashion rendered...

and Co.)—This is likely, as far as we can judge, to be a useful manual for commercial education. Probably a lad who can read and write well, knows French and German, and can...

" Heraldry, somewhat neglected by our immediate ancestors, is now very popular, and is daily becoming more so." This is doubtless true of the science in its antiquarian and...

W. Campbell. 2 vols. (Trabner and Co.)—This book consists of two parts. The first gives an account of the mission of the Dutch Reformed Church in the seventeenth century, a...