1 NOVEMBER 1873

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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T HE bubble is burst at last. After keeping up in the mind of the Right the belief that the Comte de Chambord, in the Salzburg interview, had made great concessions to France,...

It is too soon yet to predict the consequences of

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this sudden collapse of the Royalist party—for the Legitimists very properly will not give the Comte - de Paris a chance—but the latest tele- gram in the Evening Standard of...

The effect of the Comte de Chambord's action may be

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very far- reaching. The Carlists in Spain have been hoping for the Restoration, and are now left to their own resources. These, without help from France, would barely suffice to...

There is evidently much danger of famine in Bengal. On

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October 27 the correspondent of the Times telegraphs that there had been no rain, that prices were rising rapidly, and that the Viceroy had organised a Commission of relief....

Mr. Bright's attempt to disown all responsibility for the prin-

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ciples of the Education Act has been challenged by a corre- spondent of the Times, writing under the signature of " Amiens Veritatis," who shows that he attended the Cabinet...

The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript in any case.

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The Attorney-General made a good speech to the electors of

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Exeter on Thursday, of which the most important parts consisted in a defence of religious education, and a very vigorous onslaught on the House of Lords as at present led, or...

John, King of Saxony, died on Wednesday, October 29, and

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was succeeded by his son Albert, the soldier of the Franco- German war. There is not much importance in the change,_ except that King John, though he accepted Germany after his...

All the news we can detect in the letters which

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have began to arrive from Ashantee will be found in another- column, exempt two rather important morsels. The import of rum has been prohibited by law, as it was in the last war...

The Archbishop of Mayence, Herr von Ketteler, has addressed a-very

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manly letter to the Emperor of Germany, challenging the latter to prove the assertion, made by him in his published reply to the Pope, that German Catholics have been guilty of...

In the meantime Prince Bismarck has been absurdly accused by

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some of the Roman Catholic party in America of a wish to strike at Christianity itself through the Roman Catholic Church, and has replied to the American correspondent who has...

Major-General Sir Percy Herbert has laid before the Army Regulation

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Act Commission the Officers' "case." It is extremely well put, beginning with a full admission that the officers have no "legal rights;" and only plead an equitable right to...

We owe Mr. M'Cullagh Torrens an apology for a somewhat

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absurd misprint which occurred in the extracts which we made-last week from his address to the Finsbury elector& He did not say, -" Fear of taxation is an exotic on our soil,...

The Times of Wednesday prints in rather an unusual place

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a generous tribute to the success of the Naval Retirement Scheme began by Mr. Childers and continued by Mr. Goschen. In 1868 the evil of over-officering, had grown, chiefly...

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Sir Henry Holland, even better known as traveller than as

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physician, died on Monday, after his return from a Russian tour. He was in Paris on Friday, and present at the Court-martial on Marshal Bazaine, and dined, it is said, with some...

There is a gleam of light. The evidence for the

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Claimant termi- nated on Monday, and Mr. Hawkins's rebutting evidence termin- ated yesterday. Dr. Kenealy has now to speak, after the adjourn- ment, and if he were not ill we...

A contemporary does us the honour to state that a

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journal, obviously the Spectator, which has, like Zadkiel, a prophecy for every day in the year, some time ago, pronounced judg- ment on the Comte de Chambord's chances and...

There is a great controversy going on as to the

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removal of Shrewsbury School to a new site at the distance of a mile from the existing buildings. The new Board of Governors and the Head Master are in favour of this removal,...

It is stated that Admiral Lobo has been reinstated in

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his command, and certainly his defence is complete. When he left Gibraltar, he told his Government that, with the Vittoria in her then condition and only wooden ships he could...

A correspondent of the Telegraph at Vienna, whom we have

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noted as well informed, says the German and Austrian Empires have come to an agreement about the fate of Roumania. That semi-independent kingdom is to go on. If Prince Charles,...

A soiree was -given in Colston Hall, Bristol, on Tuesday,

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to - the Members for - Bristol (Mr. Morley and Mr. Kirkman Hodg- son), and to Mr. Winterbotham, M.P. for Stroud, and Under- Secretary for the Home Department. We have said...

Consols were on Friday 92 1 1 to 921.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE COLLAPSE OF THE FRENCH CONSPIRACY. T HE Monarchical Conspiracy has collapsed with a great crash,—the Monarch in petto being its chief executioner. "Tout eat rompu, et sans...

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MR. FAWCETT AT BRIGHTON.

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T HERE can hardly be a better test of the tendency of the 1 Ballot than the effect it may have on the return of really independent Members like Mr. Fawcett. For our own parts,...

THE FAMINE IN BENGAL.

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T statements and the facts received within the last two weeks from India are very bad indeed. We greatly fear that the Indian 'Government is face to face with one of those...

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A RED ASSEMBLY IN FRA.NCE.

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T HE threat of the Duke d'Audriffet Pa.squier, that if the Restoration failed he would leave the Left Centre alone with the Radical Lion, to be gobbled up as food, was, no...

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THE PROGRESS OF THE ASHANTEE WAR.

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T HE news from the Gold Coast this week is, on the whole, satisfactory, but there are one or two doubtful points in it. It seems clear, for example, that Captain Glover will get...

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MR. WINTERBOTHAM AT BRISTOL, W E always watch with a certain

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anxiety the political demeanour of the younger members of the Liberal party, especially when they have so far advanced in the poli- tical race as to be already on the Treasury...

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THE HOLLAND-HOUSE SET.

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W E may perhaps review "Holland House" next week, for there is a plum or two in it yet not extracted by the Quarterly and the reviewers who write from proofs, but our present...

MR J. S. MILL'S PHILOSOPHY AS TESTED IN HIS LIFE.

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W E drew attention last week to a remarkable passage in Mr. J. S. Mill's " Autobiography " describing a moral crisis through which he passed at the age of twenty. We return to...

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THE SLAUGHTER OF RAILWAY EMPLOYES AND ITS LESSONS.

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S INCE the terrible accident at Wigan woke the public up anew to the increasing dangers of Railway travelling, the papers have been filled with reports of accidents to such an...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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BATH AND TAUNTON. [TO THE EDITOR OF TH8 "SPECTATOR:1 notice with extreme surprise the tone of your article on the Taunton election. Your information seems to have been...

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FEMALE SUFFRAGE.

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[TO THE EDrf OR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—You have more than once argued in your journal against granting the suffrage to women, on the ground that, being a majority of the...

ROMAN CATHOLIC EXPLANATIONS ON PARAY-LE- MONIAL.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE SPEOTATOR."] SIR,—Much to my regret, I am forced to trouble you with a few lines in reply to your correspondent, "A Traveller." He refers to a letter of...

MR. BRIGHT AND THE EDUCATION QUESTION. (To THIS EDITOR OF

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THB "SPECTATOR:') SIR,—If anybody but Mr. Bright had described the famous 25th Clause of the Education Act as Mr. Bright described it at Birming- ham the other day, he would...

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MAJOR SCOTT-WARING AND WARREN HASTINGS.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I have to point out an error in your article on the Morpeth election in your last issue. You there dub my great-grandfather, Major...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE ..SPEOTATOR."1

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you allow me to make the following remarks through your journal upon a letter by "A Traveller," which appeared in your last number ? In the first place, I believe that all the...

"THE CONGREGATIONAL THEORY."

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—As a subscriber to the Spectator for many years, I have often been gratified by the readiness with which you admit corre- spondence...

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

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SIR,—Tlie lines on C. C. Philipps, quoted by your correspondent in last Saturday's issue, are well known to all readers of Boswell's "Johnson," as are also the really beautiful...

OUR FOUR-FOOTED COMPANIONS.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I venture to appeal to you as a well-known champion and lover of our canine associates and friends, for help in protecting a large...

"MOTTOES FOR MONUMENTS."

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[TO TEE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin, — In your impression of Saturday I find noticed a book entitled 'Mottoes for Monuments," from which you make three quotations, and...

ART.

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SKETCHES AND STUDIES BY EDOTJARD FRERE. THE finished pictures of Pierre Edouard Frere are so well known+ and so highly valued in this country, that it is as little needful for...

MR. LOWE'S ORATORY.

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[TO TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sru,—Will you permit me to correct a misunderstanding, due, no doubt, to the ambiguity of my language ? In saying that Mr. Lowe was, what he...

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POETRY.

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A GERMAN TRANSLATION OF MR. BOURDILLON'S " LIGHT." TACSEND Augen hat die Nacht, Eins nur giebt dem Tage Licht ; Doch erlischt der Welten Pracht, Wenn der Sonne Glanz gebricht....

BOOKS.

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THE THRESHOLD OF THE UNKNOWN REGION4 TuE practical object of Captain Markham's work is to direct. public attention to the arguments in favour of a new Arctic Expedi- tion under...

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MR. DEVEY'S "MODERN ENGLISH POETS."

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Mn. DEVEY, who is, we hope, a young man, has written a volume of criticism which is not without some traces of ability. He has read a great deal of poetry, and has formed an...

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THE CAMPAIGN ON THE SOMME, 1870-71.*

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WHEN the French Army of the Rhine was forced, at the end of October, 1870, to surrender and yield up Metz, General von Manteuffel was ordered to move the German First Army...

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A NEW FRENCH POCKET-DICTIONARY.* As a rule, it must be

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confessed, pocket-dictionaries are a delusion and a snare. Either they are too large really to be pocket-com- panions, or if small enough, they make up for their want of bulk by...

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CANADA.* LNT a large volume, but not at all too

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large, profusely illustrated by maps, and by pictures of some of the finest points between Lake Superior and Vancouver's Island, Mr. Grant has given us the diary of the journey...

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CURRENT LITERATURE.

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The Dublin Review for this month has several articles of very con- siderable interest. Perhaps the most complete in its way, though it is on a technical subject, is the paper...

The First Six Books of the Iliad of Homer. By

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the Rev. E. Simms. (Stanford.)—We are inclined to think Mr. Shunts right when he prefers the "fourteen-syllable verse" as the best equivalent for the Greek hexanieter. But we...

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The Knight of Intercession, and other Poems. By S. J.

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Stone, M.A. (Rivingtons.)—There is a certain sadness in reviewing a volume which, while full of evidences of taste and culture, yet fails of the power which would assert and...

The Golden Shell. By Linda Mazini. (Macmillan.)—The "Golden Shell," it

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may be necessary to inform our readers, is the Bay of Palermo. The little volume before us gives, in the shape of the narrative of a visit paid by an English girl and her mother...

Yaw Enrrrons.—We have to notice in Divinity a third edition

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of The Progress of Doctrine in the New Testament, by T. D. Bernard, M.A. (Macmillan.)--This volume contains "The Bampton Lectures" for the year 1864, and is one of the valuable...