expected, except that no Reactionaries were returned in Paris. We had calculated on three. The total figures of the new Chamber will, therefore, be,—Opportunists, 230; Radicals,...

It is our intention occasionally to issue gratis with the SPECTATOR Special Literary Supplements, the outside pages of which will be devoted to Advertisements. The Thirteenth of...

of contradictory reports which, when examined, resolve themselves into this. There is to be a regular Conference at Constanti- nople, which may end in a declaration that the...

A LL the signs point to a war with Burmah. The Viceroy of India has prepared an ultimatum, which left Rangoon for Mandalay on the 22nd inst., and which must be accepted or...

any case.

official, that the British may annex half Burmah, declaring the Shan States now dependent on it independent. What is the use of that piece of prudery ? There are two. solid and,...

Bishop of Manchester, on Thursday, from a clot of blood on the heart. The Bishop had been suffering from a clot in the neck as long ago as August, and had been compelled by his...

on Wednesday, in favour of the candidature of Mr. Alfred Milner for the Harrow division of Middlesex. Mr. Goschen pressed the point that the basis of Liberal union is Mr. Glad-...

Parnellites had obstructed, shows, as a good many other incidental remarks of the Tory leaders show, how anxious they still are to conciliate Mr. Parnell. Of course the...

about the Eastern Question. The Government has evidently no intention of deserting "that gallant young Prince Alexander" of Bulgaria; and, though hoping for peace, is aware that...

in which he pointed out how greatly the condition of Ireland had deteriorated since the Tory Government came in. "When Lord Spencer and I were in Ireland, men fulfilled their...

In doing so he commented on the curious divisions in the economical policy of the Tory Party. There is Mr. Lowther, advocating full-blown Protectionism ; Ecroyd, who advocates...

it is clear that the ideas of candidates are becoming exhausted. Speech after speech is a repetition of the last speech, sometimes with- out a new statement or even an...

showing that during the five years of his administration the average attendance of children had increased by 700,000, while the number of children passing in the upper standards...

main unusually moderate and sensible, and, as usual, seemed to care little about principles. He is not for free education, though he formerly was ; but he is willing to limit...

of statement in the course of his speech. He assured his audience that in the election of 1874, Mr. Brodrick and his supporters had promised the labourers a good cottage,...

mixed feelings. He steps up to the line most gallantly, is sounder than almost anybody on county government, and is ready to grant compulsory powers of purchase and redistribu-...

un- satisfactory tone adopted by some of the Clergy in discussing the programme of the Disestablishment party. We must, how- ever, wholly exempt the Archbishop of Canterbury...

Consols were on Friday 100N to 100k.

of trade. He said that in some departments of trade the pro- ducers are suffering by very low prices, without the public getting the advantage of the stimulus which great...

Privy Council, has met with no success. The Judges unanimously affirmed the legality of the sentence which condemned him to death ; and it is believed that the Canadian...

THE STATE AND THE POOR. T HE Tory papers are unfair to Mr. Chamberlain about the Highbury incident. There was a certain grim humour in the idea of marching five hundred...

T HE great difficulty which Liberal critics feel in being just to Lord Salisbury's foreign policy arises from a doubt as to his sincerity. They do not think, as one speaker has...

M R. GOSCHEN'S protest at Hendon on Wednesday against being read out of the Liberal Party may, we hope, bring a few of the bigoted Radicals to reason, or at least induce the...

M R. TREVELYAN'S striking speech at Taunton last 1.11.. Saturday places in the strongest light the difficulty which Liberals will have in dealing with the Irish question, unless...

T HE English public is a little too much impressed by telegrams. The second ballotages in France have not reversed the judgment of the first. On the contrary, they have...

A FORTNIGHT ago, in view of the jubilee of the Municipal Corporations, we endeavoured to show the state of things from which the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835 delivered the...

W E observe, with some amusement, that a Conservative contemporary regards our desire to impress the absolute duty of a wise moderation on the new Democracy, as a sort of,...

"nR. QUAIN, in the Harveian Oration of this year, gave utterance to an old, and yet substantially true, complaint. The medical profession, he said, notwithstanding all it had...

"Wm are the party leaders P and Why do not more men of leisure take part in politics P are questions often asked by visitors to America. The two may be answered together....

PROFESSOR FREEMAN ON DISESTABLISHMENT IN MID-SOMERSET. rTo THE EDITOR OF THE SPECT•TOR."] 8114 - I have been for some time gradually awakening to the conviction that I live in...

rTo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOE."1 &a, — In the Spectator of to-day you draw certain emphatic conclusions from a statement by Mr. Chamberlain at Trow- bridge. I am sure your...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." J SIR,—We hear much of "Liberal differences" just now, and I fear that the political outlook in Scotland to some extent jus- tifies the...

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." I SIR,—As a Churchman desirous of strengthening the use- fulness of the Church of England, I venture to suggest the best course for Liberals...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." SIR,—In justice to George Fleming, who is in a foreign country and little likely to see your review of her book "Andromeda," will you kindly...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' Sta,—In your comments on Sir C. Dilke, have you not over- looked two points P You object to his scheme as being equiva- lent to substituting...

" SPECTATOR." J S1R,—Agreeing with many of your remarks on "Mr. Parnell's Sermon," I think it fair to notice that your words convey a wrong impression, as they suppose the...

" SPECTATOR." J Sm.—I also, as well as my old friend the Master of University College, Durham, beg to thank you for the line you have taken on the question of Disestablishment ;...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOH . 1 Saa,—In your "News of the Week" of September 17th yoi. observe, d propos of a recent remark of Lord Salisbury's, that though land in...

rTo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sus,—In your paper of July 25th last appeared a letter from Mr. Ayrton, stating that the Bill for the enclosure of Epping Forest, which was...

RUSSIAN CENTRAL ASIA.* Mu readers of .Dr. Lansdell's former work on Siberia will not require to be told that he is an observant and entertaining traveller. These two volumes...

A STARLIT NIGHT BY THE SEA-SHORE. [SUGGESTED BY MATTHEW ARNOLD'S "SELF-DEPENDENCE."] 0 GREAT Stars, aflame with awful beauty ! 0 great Sea, with glittering heaving breast !...

DEL. ABBOTT'S qualifications for writing an account of the life and writings of Lord Bacon are numerous. His acquaintance with his subject is profound, his style is clear and...

is rarely destitute of a hankering after poetic justice, which is probably one great source of the popularity of fiction ; for in that—what- ever may be the case in real...

is so great as to suggest the suspicion that it is not altogether unalloyed with indolence. It is fully eleven years since Mr. Adam Black, the.friend of Macaulay and his...

of art criticism which has obtained of late years, of which the world has had nearly enough, which took its rise with the admiration of the teapot and the worship of the dado,...

George Eliot's Poetry, and other Studies. By Rose Elizabeth Cleveland. (Hodder and Stoughton.) —It may be doubted whether the two tests which this work applies to George Eliot's...

and Co.)—The issue of this volume is neatly contemporary with an event of a very auspicious nature in the history of the Institute, namely, the opening of a new and commodious...

is much about this country, with its glaciers and snow-olad mountain-peaks; its St. Bernard dogs and chamois-hunting; its heroic history and great successful efforts for...

Reform Bill of 1832. By John Raven. (Elliot Stock.)—We can hardly commend the style of this work as one likely to attract a large number of readers. It is a bare narrative of...

Literary Society.)—This is a pleasant little story told in a simple and unpretending manner. There is no intricacy, nor novelty of plot in it ; but events follow one another...