rilHE week has been full of festivity for everybody except the Prince of Wales, who has been worked off his legs. The Sultan has been " entertained " at Windsor, at the Crystal...

on occasion of the third reading on Monday, we have spoken at some length elsewhere. As regards his anticipations of evil from the Reform Bill, we can only say that they are...

and passed the Commons at two o'clock in the morning, amidst the silence of the Conservatives, the cheers of the Liberals, and some enthusiasm among the strangers present. It...

the poorest of his Reform speeches. It was pitched in an arti- ficially high key, and reads more like a parody of the last century's bombast, than an expression of sincere...

steps, suggested that unless the village boroughs were disfranchised the agricultural labourers would want votes, and generally talked more like - a Whig than a Republican. It...

from the Emperor to M. B,ouher, enclosing a Grand Cross in diamonds, worth 60,000 francs. "I take this means," says his Majesty, "of publicly giving you a new proof of my...

at the Agricultural Hall, is said to have been a success. The inunense barn was turned, by the use of paint, gilding, draperies, and gas, into a splendid reception-room, and the...

has been found guilty and sentenced to penal servitude for life. So great was the impression produced by the speech for the defence, an eloquent description of the " violation "...

of those acts which induce French workmen to pardon or even appreciate his re'gime. He had built 48 houses, at a cost of 20,0001., as model houses for the poor, and has now...

Journal de Paris, M. Weise, recently condemned M. Dump, Minister of Public Instruction, for closing the Normal School. Thereupon M. Duruy's two sons challenged him, and on his...

voting, or the ballot, in the Reform Bill, was rejected by a majority of 49,-161 against 112,—Mr. B. Osborne being the only person who spoke for it except the mover, and he...

Sir J. B. Kerslake, Attorney-General, and Mr. Selwyn, Member for the University of Cambridge, Solicitor - General. The change is a good one, both for the Bench and the Ministry....

Lords, in a speech marked by his usual candour and sincerity, how right we were in saying a fortnight ago that his prejudices against the New Zealand Government had utterly...

the public at the Queen's partial retirement from public life and total retirement from London. He objected to the large vote for Palaces, 41,9151., none of which were ever...

only to return their own members, but to have a large share of the influence in returning the members for the boroughs in which they are situated, as well. Mr. Cardwell moved,...

pervert the Reconstruction Act, has passed a Bill establishing military rule in the South during the interregnum, and declaring that the registrars shall decide on the...

tion, and the Conservatives are moving heaven and earth to return a Tory. Mr. Bright has made a great speech to his con- stituents in favour of filling up the late Mr....

of Lords in favour of dividing the revenue of the Irish Church among all the different religious bodies of Ireland in a given proportion to their numbers and needs, with an...

of Breadalbane belong to Colonel Campbell of Glenfalloch, the pre- sent possessor. The single point of issue was the legality of his grandmother's marriage. His grandfather took...

Monday ex- plained in the House the reasons which induced Colonel Beard to sentence six persons, one of them a young married woman far advanced in pregnancy, to twenty-one days'...

interchange between any two of which by Ministers of the Crown may be henceforth made without a vacating of the seat :—Lord High Treasurer, Commissioner for Executing the...

to build a market-place in Bethnal Green, for the convenience of the poor. The buildings are making much progress, and in a short time Bethnal Green alone among London districts...

great -mistake, out of deference or subservience to one of their number, Mr. Roebuck. A Mr. Connolly, an artisan, who has watched the 'proceedings of the Commission on the part...

ditto, for account, 94j, 95. Yesterday, they closed at 941, 1, and 941, respectively. Reduced and New Three per Cents. were 93, 94; Exchequer Bills, 20e. to 27s. prem.; India...

closing prices of and on Friday week are Mexican •• Spanish Passives .. • • Do. Certificates .. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1853 „ 1862 • • • - United States 5.20's .. •• • •...

off at the annexed quotations :— Friday, July 12, Friday, July 13. Great Eastern.. ••I ••• 261 .. 227, Great Northern .. • . 1141 .. 1111 Great Western.. •• 43 - .....

THE LORDS AND THE BILL. A RUMOUR has suddenly sprung up that the Lords intend to make serious alterations in the Reform Bill. Earl Grey, by far the most able and most...

Emperor of the French to M. Rouher, and published in the Moniteur of the 13th inst., is a very noteworthy document. For months past, indeed over since the death of the Duke de...

S OME one said of Lord Cranborne, in days when he was known rather as Lord Robert Cecil than as Lord Oran- borne, that his speeches in the House of Commons always gave the idea...

funeral iloge over the departed Cave was perhaps the only foolish interlude in the debate on the third reading of the Reform Bill. Lord Elcho has a certain ability and vivacity...

Q IR STAFFORD NORTIICOTE makes a very bad hand of 1.) an official defence. He does not bewilder people enough, has an invincible respect for facts, and is apt to let out the...

A VERY remarkable article in the new number of the Westminster Review, on the protective mimicry of the animal world, gives us a great number of most instructive illus- trations...

T HE most characteristic incident in the Sultan's visit, at least the most characteristic of those which have reached the public ear, is the stoppage of the train just outside...

I F the Naval Review at Spithead cannot be absolutely pro- nounced a success, it is at least gratifying to reflect that crowned heads, the Admiralty, and the public were in...

E XCEPT for the utter absence of the important items of audience and applause, everything connected with the late rowing on the Parisian course of St. Cloud was complete...

"SPECTATOR."] Sm.,—Allow me now, in this my third and last letter on the subject of the Orthodox Church, to give a brief sketch of the life, spiritual and temporal, and of the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I read with real interest and satisfaction your article on ".Why Scotchmen Get On." With marked insight you point out the causes, and in...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,--The article on Scotchmen in last Saturday's Spectator being one of very great interest to the people of Scotland, and contain- ing...

A NEW PROMETHEUS UNBOUND.* Tars is a singular and striking drama, one of the many which have shown us of late years how keenly the thought of to-day strives to throw itself...

To all who remember politics before 1848, that is, to all readers above forty, this book, which is a condensation of M. Guizot's Memoirs, will be one of exceeding interest. It...

various organizations which the late American War brought forth, none is better known in Europe than the United States' Sanitary Commission, and those who followed with some...

book of notes, and nothing more, except that the volume is irreproachable, and the illustrations neat. But then the notes are unaffected, sensible, and readable. We are not...

The British Quarterly Review. July. (Jackson, Walford, and Hodder.)—The title of the article which opens this number is at first a little disappointing. By "the Roman question"...

TT is time, we think, to warn the managers of the Quarterlies that they are falling into a mistake, exaggerating a truth until they run the risk of impairing the influence of...

is a charming little book of verses, written for the several festivals and notable occasions of the Christian year. It is doubtless treading oh dangerous ground to follow where...

and handy guide for those who have not Mr. Francis's far more complete work on the subject. Mr. Burgess does not go so deeply into all the questions connected with fishing as...

B.A. (Macmillan.)—This is an essay which gained the Le Bas Prize in the year 1867, and which, unlike the typical prize essay, compared by Macaulay to cattle fattened for a show...

rewritten and much enlarged by Jonathan Hutchinson, F.R.C.S. (Churchill.)—In this valuable little book, the treatment to be at once adopted in cases of poisoning, drowning,...

cannot say that the contents of this book correspond at all strictly with its title. Mr. Thompson has collected many curious and interesting facts with regard to the early...

the Ultramontane party is not unfaithful to its principles, and keeps up the traditions of style and thought which it has imbibed with its inspiration. Perhaps there is a little...

of Sentences. By William Davis. (Longmans.)—As a general rule, "i books of this kind are notorious for the folly of the sentences they pick out for the instruction of learners....

Warington. (Skeffington.)—A careful and learned argument against the theory of verbal inspiration. Mr. Warington examines the texts which have been cited to prove that every...

the Rev. William Lowery Blackley and Carl Martin Friedlander. (Long- mans.)—Mr. Blackley tells a story in his preface of a German teacher who received a letter from a former...

By Professor- C. E. Stowe. (Low, Son, and Marston.)—The object of this volume is to trace the title-deeds of the books of the New Testament up to the Apostles, beginning from...

Blockade-Running during the American Civil War, 1863 - 4. By Captain Roberts. (J. 0. Hotten.)—Such a title-page prepares us for adventure and braggadooio, and Captain Roberts...

,Source. By Dr. Edward Pronss. Translated by George Gladstone. (Edinburgh, T. and T. Clark.)—At a time when the Pope and those who surround him are attempting to force another...

Point of View. By the Rev. S. C. Malan, M.A. (Saunders and Otley.)—If Mr. Malan would keep clear of argument and abase, his work would gain general applause for the knowledge of...

Hall.)—The old, old story of a secret Scotch marriage preceding the grand, orthodox, English marriage, and vitiating the descent of a thoroughly aristocratic family. Mr. T. A....

(Skeet.) —We should say this novel had been written after a careful study of the case of Charlotte Winsor, and of the contributions made by some of our contemporaries to...