17 FEBRUARY 1883

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The opening debate was dull in both Houses. In the

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Lords, Lord Durham, who moved the Address, was complimented by Lord Granville as a worthy representative of the Lambtons, and Lord Reay, who seconded it, made an impression by...

The Bradlaugh meeting in Trafalgar Square, which many people regarded

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as most formidable, went off quite quietly. The attendance of delegates was considerable, and the roughs gathered at one o'clock in such numbers that the square was completely...

In the Commons, after Mr. Labonchere had promised that Mr.

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Bradlaugh would not claim his seat if an Affirmation Bill were introduced, and Lord Hartington had announced that such a Bill would be proposed, and Sir R. Cross had stated that...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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mHE Fourth Session of the Queen's Tenth Parliament was . opened on Thursday, with the usual Message from the Throne. The Queen informs the Houses that tranquillity has been...

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Lord Granville began with a fair joke,—his full agreement with

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the Marquis that there was nothing to criticise in the Queen's Speech,—and proceeded to deny that Government was divided about Home-rule. Nobody was for granting Home-rule, and...

%* The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript, in any

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case.

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Meanwhile, M. Fallieres has been declared by his doctors too

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ill to resume office, and has resigned, and the President is seek- ing a Premier. According to the best reports, M. Brisson has refused office, M. Jules Ferry has declared that...

We arahappy to perceive that Mr. John Morley, who has

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been accepted as the Liberal candidate for Newcastle, makes it a dis- tinctive note of his addresses that while he will maintain his. independence on all important questions on...

Lord Hartington began his reply by stating that Mr. Glad-

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stone was now in such a condition of health that he could return, if his presence were absolutely required ; and continued by saying that the Affirmation Bill would have been...

The French Senate has not rejected the Proscription Bill, but

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has accepted a substitute making it a Bill for the regular trial of Pretenders. The Judges on Friday week declared that there was no legal case against Prin ce Napoleon, and...

There has been a great rush this week of belated

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speeches addressed to constituencies by their Members, of which we can- not pretend to give any adequate account. But we may remark that Mr. Herbert Gladstone's speech at Leeds...

The Queen's Speech promises a new Patent Law, and it

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seems to be understood that fresh facilities will be given for obtain- ing patents. They will be made much cheaper, and be obtained from special Commissioners. Sir F. Bramwell,...

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The inquest on the body of the child which had

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been forced into a starch-box, and sent by carrier to a person of the name of Green, 3 Abbey Road, St. John's Wood (where no such person resides), was concluded on Tuesday by...

Raikes, M.P. for the University of Cambridge, made a not-

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able proposal, in his speech at Bury St. Edmund's, on Monday. It was that household franchise should be conferred, as pro- posed, on the agricultural labourers, but that instead...

The floods all over Europe are very bad, but they

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are insig- nificant, compared with those of America. The Ohio, in parti- cular, has risen sixty-seven feet, and Cincinnati, with many other cities, has been submerged. The...

Mr. Trevelyan denied indignantly that the Irish Government 'had in

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any case interfered with the freedom of the Press and with free discussion. As an illustration of the gross misrepre- sentations made, Mr. Trevelyan explained that in one very...

Yesterday week, too late for our last issue, died, at

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the age of fifty-six, Professor H. J. S. Smith, Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford, and the greatest authority living on the theory of numbers. He was almost as...

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Lord Cranbrook delivered yesterday week, at Maidstone, -a. very lively

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attack on the Liberal Party, particularly on Lord Derby. Lord Derby, he said, was quite incompetent to do any- -thing so energetic as take "a leap in the dark." "We admit -all...

The Times of Thursday affirms that Prince Napoleon, after his

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release by order of the Court of Accusations, came to Eng- land, and visited the Empress Eug4nie. The result of the visit was that the Prince was formally recognised as head of...

Mr. Trevelyan's speech at Hawick yesterday week was in the

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liighest possible tone, and contained as well a very impressive summary of the difficulties and facts of the Irish situation. He gave a frightful description df the amount of...

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TOPICS OF TIIE DAY

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• THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMME. T HE Government programme, as revealed in the Queen's Speech, is not inspiriting. The Ministry have evidently felt keenly the interruptions and...

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THE GRAVE SITUATION OF FRANCE.

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W E see little that is satisfactory in the recent news from France, and have still an uneasy impression that mis- chief of some kind is in the air. The Senate, it is true, has...

THE TORY SPOKESMEN.

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T T is evident that the Tories have no more notion of their plan of campaign this year than they had last. The stormy petrel of their Party, Lord Randolph Churchill, has got...

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THE GOVERNMENT PLAN FOR LONDON.

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T HE main question which confronted any Government approaching the reform of London was, whether to eon- . stitute one extended Municipality, or a Federation'of smaller...

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" INFORMERS " IN IRELAND.

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I T is impossible to feel more strongly than we do how melancholy a fact it is that the Government in Ireland cannot punish even heinous crimes like assassination, without...

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PERILS OF WATER.

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T HE verdict on floods used to be, "Noah's first and the rest nowhere ;" but if the weather we have been enjoying for nearly six months goes on much longer, it will have to be...

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THE LATE PROFESSOR HENRY SMITH.

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G REAT statesmen, successful generals, famous authors, distinguished men of science, eminent theologians—all those who have been raised by industry, talent, or the caprice of...

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THE PAINS OF EXILE.

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I S not the world beginning to under-estimate the suffering caused by compulsory exile, particularly to Continentals, who, for reasons we state below, suffer much more in...

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DISLIKE.

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C ONSIDERING how large a part the impulses which divide human beings take in this imperfect world, it is somewhat surprising to reflect how small a space has been ac- corded to...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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LOCAL RATING AND TENANT-RIGHT. (TO THZ &MOE OF TEE " SFECTITOR."] Sin,—Knowing the influence which the opinions of the Spectator - exercise upon the minds of politicians,...

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THE PROMOTION OF LIBERAL CLERGY.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Church appointments of Mr. Gladstone have been so admirable, that one is -very reluctant to find fault, but you have undoubtedly hit a blot...

A STRANGE SURVIVAL.

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[To nu ED/TOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] 'Sra,—The letter from Dr. Littledale in your last issue contains -one statement against which it is surely the duty of every English Churchman...

CONSECRATED GROUND.

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cro THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") you allow me to express in your columns ray sense -of the courteous kindness of your correspondent, " Episcopus," And my thankfulness that...

" METHRATTON."

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[To TEE EDITOR OF TEE SPECTATOR."1 SIR, — You will, perhaps, allow me to confirm what was said in your article under the above heading regarding the survival in our midst of...

ART.

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MACBETH AND GREGORY. TILE news of the last Academy election has taken every one by surprise, and those are most astonished who are best acquainted with the ordinary Academy...

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ANNIE KEARY.*

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THE first thing needful to be said of this touching and beautiful memoir, which has been written by the person best qualified to write it, is that it stands in need of no...

BOOKS.

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MYTHS OF HELLAS.* WE expect that thousands of young readers will welcome this new presentment of the beautiful legends of Greece. Told simply, without any arriere pewee of a...

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AN INFANT KINGDOM.*

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ALTUOUGH the ignorance of the British public in matters geo- graphical is undoubtedly very great, we should hardly have thought it possible, unless assured of the fact by such...

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PROFESSOR HOLBROOKE'S ANNALS OF TACITUS.* As edition of the Annals

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is a formidable undertaking, on which, since Mr. Frost published his volume in the Bibliotheca Classico, no English scholar has cared to embark. The Clarendon Press, which at...

THE MODERN APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRICITY.* ELECTRICITY, as applied to purposes

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other than telegraphy and plating, has taken such a firm stand amongst us, that, to use Dr. Maier's own words ," a book like the present one requires no introduction and no...

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Zeller's History of Greek Philosophy : the Pre-Socratic Schools. Translated

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by S. F. Alleyne. (Longmans.)—Zeller's great work has appeared in piecemeal translations hitherto, as the studies of the translators or the requirements of students determined....

Records of St. Giles's, Gripplegate. By Rev. W. Denton, MA.

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(G. Bell and Sons.)—In this volume, Mr. Denton has done for the parish of Cripplegate what Mr. Diprose did so successfully for St. Clement Danes a few years since. He has placed...

The History of Wallingford. By John K. Hedges. 2 vols.

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(Clowes and Co.)—Wallingford is one of those ancient towns which have comparatively fallen out of sight in recent times, partly because it lay off the great high coach-road, and...

An Impromptu Ascent of Mont Blanc. By W. H. Le

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Mesnrier. (Elliot Stock.)—This simple narrative will be read with interest by many tourists; bat it appeals principally to those whose love for mountains, eternal snows,...

Schelling's Transcendental Idealism. By John Watson, LL.D., Professor of Mental

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and Moral Philosophy, Queen's University, Kings- ton, Canada. (Griggs, Chicago ; Tritbner, London.)—This is the second of a series of "German Philosophical Classics for English...

CURRENT LITERATURE.

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A Pictorial and Historical Handbook to Warwickshire (Ward and Look) is just what it pretends to be. Without entering into compe- tition with large and learned county histories,...

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The City of London Directory. (Collingridge.)—This is the thirteenth annual

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issue of a useful business directory, and it contains, in addition to the usual contents, information, corrected up to February 3rd, in connection with the new streets and...

An Old-Testament Commentary for English Readers. Edited by C. J.

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Ellicott, D.D., Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. Vol. I. (Cas- sell and Co.)—It is noteworthy that a demand presumably sufficient should exist for another work on Scripture on...

The Newspaper Press Directory : Thirty-eighth annual issue. (Kelly and

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Co., Red Lion Court, Fleet Street.)—May's British and Irish Press Guide : Tenth annual- issue. (F. L. May and Co., Piccadilly.)—May and Co.'s Press Manual : Sixth annual...

What Shall We Do with Them ? (Nisbet and Co.)

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—" Them" refers to the overtasked and invalided workers who are fainting under the burdens of life, for whom the rest for which they cannot pay is a necessity. To provide...

Eli's Children. By George Manville Fenn. 3 vols. (Chapman 'and

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Hall.)—That Eli's children should come to a bad end is a thing 'quite to be expected, when they are each very bad subjects as are the eons of the Rev. Mr. George Mallow, the Eli...

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Lost:ion: Printed by Jowls Clain:mi., of No. 1 Wellington Street,

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in the Precinct of the Savoy, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, at 18 Exeter Street, Strand ; and Published by him at the "SencrsTon " Mee, No. 1 Wellington Street, Strand,...

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SPECIAL LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

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TO FOR THE No. 2,851.] WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1883. [TRANR=DAVal(tuu-} GRATIS.

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BOOKS.

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ULTIMA THULE.* IT was in the summer of the year before last, that Mr. Coles, with two friends, made the journeys across Iceland which are described in the book before us. Most...

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LONDON: FEBRUARY 17, 1883.

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GIACOMO LEOPARDI.* THE volume before us contains translations of the

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chief prose works of one of the most remarkable of modern Italian writers, and is, therefore, of considerable value and interest. As to its own qualities, they are not unlike...

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A GOLDEN BAR.* Tam is a work in some respects

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like, and in others unlike, many of those at present popular. Like them, it aims at im- parting interest less by a complex plot than by good descrip- tions, skilful delineations...

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NATURE AND THOUGHT.*

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Tax old problem which has from the days of Pyrrho exercised the ingenuity of philosophers, the attempt to justify theo- retically the beliefs which none can practically shake...

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THOREAU'S EXAMPLE.*

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THE " Life " of Thoreau which has been written for the American Men of Letters series, by Mr. Sanborn, is too slight to merit much praise. The facts of Thoreau's life are not...

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THE BRITISH NAVY.*

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Sia THOMAS BEASSEY has done good service to the Naval pro- fession, and to all connoisseurs in the art of shipbuilding for purposes of war, by the publication of his great work,...

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Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak. By Harriette McDougall. (S.

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P. C. IC.)—Mrs. McDougall shared her husband's pains and perils as a Missionary in the great Eastern island for some twenty years, during twelve of which he had charge of the...

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Plays and Poems. By Keningale Cook, LL.D. (Pickering and Co.)—The

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plays are but two, and the poems are not numerous, yet this small volume contains more of thought and true feeling thau. many larger ones. The first play is a little tragedy,...

Health Lectures, Delivered in Manchester. Fourth and Fifth Series.

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lectures were delivered, is doing excellent work. Its functions do not end with telling people about cleanliness, food, clothing, nursing, disease, infection, and houses and...

The Book of Entries of the Pontefract Corporation (R. Holmes,

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Ponte- fract Advertiser Office), is one of those efforts at bringing to light the buried history of provincial towns in which we cannot fail to read a result of the many local...

parts of some function or functions the vital power being

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attracted to the disordered part." The recent advances in our know- ledge of blood-poisoning and disease-germs are ignored or assailed by Mr. Milton. The experiments of Pasteur,...

Lectures on Medical Nursing. By Dr. J. Wallace Anderson. (Maclehose.)—The

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ten lectures here printed were delivered before the nurse-probationers of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. The sections of the very important subject which they discuss are...