On Tuesday, Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen was elected by 1,655 votes, against 1,580 given for Mr. Davies, the Conservative candidate. The poll was a large one, and the victory of Mr....

either unconstitutional or improper that it should sit while the Senate is occupied in doing justice. This is highly con- venient for the Ministry, which desires to wear out the...

of the year ending on March 31st had been 2941,072 less than the original Budget Estimate, and the total Revenue had been 21,645,000 above the Estimate. The account stood thus...

T HE anxiety felt about the election for Central Birmingham, when it was known that the leaders of the Conservative caucus there were piqued and affronted with Mr. Bright, was...

difficulty in understanding the Central Birmingham quarrel. It seems that the Conservatives openly proclaimed their intention of putting forward Lord Randolph Churchill for...

the provision for the Naval Defence Fund would increase the Consolidated Fund charges by 21,413,000, so that the Total Non-tax Revenue 215 110,000 Total Revenue £85 059,0( 0...

case.

effects of the three Budgets he had introduced, assuming for the moment that his new proposals would meet the approval of the House of Commons. Taking what be called his "...

It will take the youthfulness out of Lord Rosebery. It held a sitting of five hours on Tuesday, principally occupied in discussing a Report by the "Parliamentary Committee,"...

the year were these :—Mr. G-oschen finds that the returning prosperity of the country does not show itself in a greater proportional consumption of food, while the alcoholic...

lated this week. Captain Kane, commanding the Calliope,' finding his vessel in danger, turned her head to the storm and endeavoured to steam out of the harbour of Apia in the...

driven back upon Khartoum by "El Senoussi," and is expecting attack even there. This statement is treated in London as favourable news, but we are by no means sure that it is...

by the House of Commons to the condition of Donegal, where Mr. Parnell declared the Government to be acting brutally in using the " battering-ram " in evicting people so poor...

Club, a deputation from a small minority of his London University constituents who disapprove of his sup- port of the Irish policy of the Government. They were headed by Sir...

which he says is not meant to be "polemical;" but unless it is meant to prepossess public opinion against the Bishop of Lincoln, we cannot compliment the Archdeacon on his tact...

as an odd one. There is a perfect mania for the formation of Trust Companies, associations which invest their shareholders' capital in all kinds of securities,—foreign railways,...

Division of the High Court, decided on Saturday that a woman could not be elected to a County Council. The basis of the decision was one given in the case of Chorlton v. Leng,"...

of America, Germany, and Great Britain to settle the fate of Samoa, is indignant at some American nominations for the purpose. Mr. BlaMe has selected as one Commis- sioner Mr....

dispute, publishes in the Times of Wednesday a short history of Clare and Kerry, two counties where agrarian outrage has been most prevalent. Between 1877 and 1880, the highest...

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MR. GOSCHEN'S BUDGET. M R. GOSCHEN has hardly been a lucky Chancellor of the Exchequer, though he has been certainly the most brilliant since Mr. Gladstone, and his Budgets...

W E wonder if the American people are at all aware of the extent of the influence they lose through the carelessness exhibited at Washington for the courteous usages of...

M R. ARTHUR TRAVERS CRAWFORD, recently Commissioner of the Central Division of the Bombay Presidency, is a man born into the world a little too late for his reputation. Seventy...

" T HE hordes of barbarians of whom we have heard, who, issuing from their slums, will one day over- whelm modern civilisation, do not exist : there are bar- barians, but they...

W E wish Miss Beatrice Potter, who knows the London Jews so well, and has just published such a sym- pathetic account of their position, would explain why, on her view of their...

T is an inseparable accident of Ritualist controversies that, sooner or later, Lord Grimthorpe must take part in them. The only thing that is not clear beforehand, is the...

O NE explanation that is offered of the murder and suicide near Trent, in Derbyshire, which has been the talk of the week, will appear to many well-informed persons absolutely...

M R. GOSSE, who has been discussing in the Forum the greatest names on the roll of English poets, lays down the main elements of poetical greatness as consisting in "originality...

[To THB EDITOR OP THE "SpEcTAToa."] SID,—In a strong and trenchant article on "The Central Birmingham Quarrel," you give a very decided opinion that Lord R. Churchill is not...

ARGUMENTS AGAIN - ST HOME-RULE. [To TER EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIE, — So many eminent and gifted men have spoken and written against Home-rule, that it may seem...

this publication came to hand some months ago, but it has not been considered necessary to notice it. It is regarded here as a caricature. Ministers of State wince under or...

LTo THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Srn,—Having been much interested in some letters which appeared in the Spectator. a while ago about dogs taking notice of pictures, &c., I...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Srn,—Since you are taking up the subject of Irish "hulls,' perhaps the following will prove acceptable. John Brougham,. better known to us...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your number of March 16th, there is a short notice of Vol. IV. of "The Henry Irving Shakespeare," in the course of which your critic...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Ss.,—The Dean of Durham, in the Spectator of April 13th, deals for the most part with an imaginary opponent. With much of what he says about...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SrR, — Your interesting article on " Pace-Eggers " recalls the late Mrs. Ewing's delightful story, "The Peace-Egg," which has attached to it...

Sut,—In the Spectator of April 13th, appears an interesting article on the dramatic burlesque of St. George enacted at Easter by the " pace-eggers," or, as they might be...

EDMUND BURR& AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. THE age was sordid; Christian hope burned low ; Old thrones of Wisdom tottered insecure; Old crowns of Kings, like mist that o'er a moor...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin, — As you appear to take some interest in Irish "bulls," perhaps the following may be worth having. An Irish lady asked me if a certain...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR"] may be interesting to know that much further north than North Durham " corp " is generally used for "corpse." The Shetlanders, whose dialect...

THE OLD HOUSE. IN through the porch and up the silent stair ; Little is changed, I know so well the ways ;- Here, the dead came to meet me ; it was there The dream was dreamed...

THE EXHIBITION OF MINIATURES AT THE BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB. FOR the time being, the gallery of the Burlington Fine Arts Club has become a very Paradise for the lover of...

MR. AUSTIN'S NEW POEMS.* IT is curious that Mr. Austin, who is so hearty a Conservative, should not see that the tendency of the poem with which his volume opens to relax all...

book is an excellent practical ornithologist, a sportsman, and a traveller. His chapters some- times lead us to suspect that the sportsman's instinct is the strongest in him,...

which is distinctly one for novel-readers to be thankful for, is that of the old-fashioned German country gentleman. And this requires to be drawn special attention to, because...

COLONEL YULE, who long ago justly entitled himself to be called the prince of editors, has given fresh proof of his great ability and untiring industry, his capacity for taking...

THE effort that has been made, with more zeal than accuracy, by Miss Smith to collect representative specimens of sailors' songs of all nations was certainly a task worth...

career under the happiest auspices, and there were some of us who—in the face of depressing experience—were confident that his pro- missory-notes of song would be duly met upon...

The April number of the Universal _Review is not a specially interesting one, and the illustrations have a smudgy effect, a, fact, however, which may be peculiar to a single...

Chicago, IT.S.A.)—The three tales which compose this book are of a somewhat melancholy and unpleasant nature. On his title-page Mr. Allen tells us that they are "a study of mere...

Liverpool.)—Mr. Bourne continues to keep up to date his valuable collection of facts relating to the Insurance Companies of this country. No person intending to insure should...

G9 Wood- cuts. "South Kensington Museum Science Handbook." (Chapman and Hall.)—Mr. Holmes has aimed at supplying a continuous record of marine engines and boilers, from Miller,...

and Co.)—In his preface, " Hubert,o " gives at the outset the following dialogue between an imaginary author and critic :— " Author : I am about to lay before you in the...

of travel needs, as Miss Gearey remarks in her preface, some apology. We could almost wish that this feeling had taken stronger hold upon her before she was led to take the step...

and Co.)—The author of "Jan Vedder's Wife" is an adept at the valuable art of conveying sound ethical teaching in the form of fiction, and she has undoubtedly shown it in this...

Hall.)—In this book we have presented to us a collection of sporting stories. When we have said that they are for the most part readable, and are written in a pleasant, easy...

(E. Stanford.)—Very few probably of those who claim a close acquaintance with Derwentwater know of the existence of "the Floating Island." Nor is this to be wondered at when we...

and Sons.)—The stories from which this volume is eom- piled are all more or less of a sensational nature. Though they cannot exactly be described as high-class literature, they...

— M. Mayeux divides his treatise on Decoration into " Theory " and "Practice." The first part is devoted to the principles of art, the methods of natural decoration, symmetry,...

Henry Irving. Vol. V. (Blackie and Son.)—This fifth volume contains All's Well that Ends Well, Julius Ccesar, Measure/or Measure, Troilus and Cressida, and Macbeth. The...

Bigelow. (Cambridge University Press.)—Cause of the Great Fall of Prices. By Arthur Crump. (Longmans.)—The Model Engineer's Handbook. By Paul N. Hasluck. (Crosby Lock- wood and...

more than call attention to the issue for the current year of this excellent directory. It abounds with interesting informa- tion,—as, e.g., that the list of Livery voters...

little text-book is intended to assist those interested in the syllabus of alternative elementary chemistry. The experiments, illustrated by sixty-five drawings, seem chosen so...

Political Science Quarterly.—The Theological Review.—The Anglican Church Magazine.—The Jewish Quarterly Review.—The Forum.—Belford's Magasine.—Tourru21 of the Statistical...

Furneaux is quite right to describe the desire for copious illustration as a long-felt want. In an elementary manual there cannot be too many of them, provided they are good,...

that the publishers have had sufficient encouragement to repeat from last year this curious record of the prices fetched by books during the twelve months (December 1st,...

Sir Spenser St. John. (Smith and Elder.)—We may remark, in passing, that the author's views have not been contradicted by what has happened since the publication of his first...