pro- gramme of the French Government ended in a remarkable victory for the Government, and a defeat of the Radical party. M. Senard, who put the interpellation to the...

on Saturday, at a meeting summoned to support Sir T. F. Buxton's candidature for North Norfolk. It is long since he has spoken with so much homely brilliance,—for there is such...

T HE North Norfolk election is a heavy blow to the Liberals. In 1876, when Sir T. Fowell Buxton stood against Colonel Duff, he was beaten by only 110 votes (2,302 against 2,192...

answered the astounding remark of Mr. Rodwell, Q.C.,—the tenant- farmers' Member for Cambridgeshire,—that if Sir T. Fowell Bux- ton were elected, he would not know, on entering...

Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, has resigned his place in the Cabinet, and rumour says that he is to be succeeded by M. Jules Ferry, a moderate Republican, who moved the...

case.

Reichstag would vote for Prince Bismarck's Bill. On Thursday, Herr Heeremanu brought forward in the Prussian Diet a motion directing the Government to resist the measure in the...

Chancellor has resolved to withdraw his Bill restricting freedom of speech in the German Parliament. He declares that he only wanted to increase the disciplinary powers of...

27th inst. has been fixed for the meeting of the Bulgarian Assembly. The principal business will be to choose a Prince, and he finds that although Prince Dondoukoff-Korsakoff is...

on the question of Reciprocity. lie believed that any attempt to force foreign States by hostile tariffs to admit British goods would fail in its object, and inflict great...

comes from Candahar. General Stewart appears to have halted his troops but a few days in that city, during which, however, two attempts at assassination were made by fanatics,...

the Russians appears to be nearly insuperable. It is clearly understood that the people will resist an Ottoman garrison, which would mean a reign of terror, while a "joint...

Government in- tend to deal with the Irish University question in some manner really satisfactory to the Irish Catholics is gaining solidity, and is credited in well-informed...

made on Wednesday an able but somewhat dangerous speech to its members,—dangerous, we mean, because its motif, if clearly stated, is not Liberalism, but the divine right of...

to have alarmed the Governments of Central Europe. They believe, it is stated, that it is not "plague," in the technical sense, but the horrible epidemic known in Asia as the...

dreamer who dreamed some years ago of the model city of Hygeia, in a lecture delivered on Monday at the London Institution, quoted American statistics to show that intellectual...

informed, writes from Cairo that the Egyptian revenue, under a manage- ment tolerably just, will not exceed £8,500,000—in itself an enormous amount for a population so small and...

has always been that in questions between rich and poor the State officials are more trustworthy than anybody else. We wonder if that feeling will ever extend to this country....

Sir John Lubbock's speech at Maidstone, on Wednesday week, that that -very good, though rather hesitating Liberal, has ceased to be attracted by Lord Beaconsfield's Asiatic...

from the Vestries of the metropolis, to condemn the opening of Co-operative Stores by Crown servants. The meeting was attended by seventy-five representatives, and was very...

T HERE is one object in which the present Government succeeds most perfectly, and that is in keeping its policy hidden from the people of Great Britain. No one appears to know,...

THE NORTH NORFOLK ELECTION. T HE defeat of Sir Fowell Buxton in North Norfolk, and his defeat by a much greater majority than in 1876, is un- questionably a great blow to the...

T HE French journals ascribe the victory of the Moderates in the French Assembly in great measure to the strong letters received from the country by the Deputies against the...

W E do not believe, in spite of a few very foolish letters in the Times, that any serious politician in this country expects or even desires, any revival of Protection. Lord...

of the Encyclical Letter from Leo XIII. to the Catholic Episcopate presents a striking contrast to similar documents from the pen of Pius IX. The ability of these latter was,...

N OTHING is more curious, in this dispute between the Stores and the Shops, than the amount of temper which the advocates of either side import into the controversy, and the...

P ROFESSOR HUXLEY'S popular book on Hume deals less with the person and more with the thinker than we could have wished. He has made it rather a medium for the defence and...

THE LATE MR. G. P. BIDDER. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—The notices which have recently appeared in your paper with respect to the late Mr. George Bidder have...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Is it against your rules to allow a brief comment on "J. W.'s " forcible argument for Free-will, in the second part of his most...

SIR,—Permit me to remark that the Pope, whose teaching in the recent Encyclical is, as you observe, "rather Conservative," holds the doctrine about rebellion which is held by...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "sescrszna:•1 SIR,—Will you permit me to correct a slight inaccuracy in the review of "The Garden at Monkholme," which appeared in the Spectator of...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Mr. Archer Gurney thinks that the Pope is endeavouring "to advance in the direction of true order and liberty ;" and you call the...

THE PRINCESS ALICE. I . CHILD ! with the soft hymn by a father's bed Sung soothing ;.—Maiden! whose bright face did stir All our rough England with the love of her, For the...

1[From the Provencele of Jordt, a Troubadour of the Thirteenth Century.] "Mats 6 gazer que dins ?noun cor sentisse." .0 JOY and pain that I in heart perceive, - Now most...

WATER-COLOUR ART AT THE GROSVENOR GALLERY. THE Water-Colour portion of last winter's Exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery was chiefly devoted to the works of the founders of...

WALTER BAGEHOT.* a sense, it may be said that all writings are biographical, because to those who are prepared by due exercise of sensibility, the character of the writer will...

it is "a first and tenta- tive effort," "composed at various intervals during the past three years, amid the pressure of other engagements." That being so, it is undoubtedly a...

of the deepest and truest religious feeling, divested of every atom of dogma or sect prejudice, Paul Faber, Surgeon, cannot be too highly praised. It is an appeal, not so much...

TIIE Whistler-Ruskin squabble has come to life again, notwith- standing the verdict for the plaintiff lately delivered. Apparently dissatisfied with the heavy damages awarded...

out from the common throng of school and college editions of the Classics,— " Quales lenta solent inter viburna enpressi." And if Mr. Ellis lacks the genial fire and the wide...

Co.)—We might have been sure that the author of this little book, a popular manual of a most abstruse subject, would do his work well; and he has done it, too, without that...

by "M. E. B.," is an easily-flowing story, adapted to interest and benefit those for whom it is intended, and is well illustrated, in the completely realistic style.—A Wayside...

a wonderfully fascinating one, and the loss of the first and last plays of the famous Trilogy of 2Eschylus will always be keenly felt by the great poet's admirers. It has, as is...

Hamartia : an Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil. (Elliot Stock.)—A very thoughtful pamphlet, well deserving the attention of all students of the Bible, as well as of...

of "Songs of Two Worlds." With seventeen designs in photo-mezzotint, by George It. Chapman. (C. Kagan Paul and Co.)—We are glad to see this fine poem, on the whole, finely...

This is a very spirited and charming little tale,—a moral tale, we admit, professedly so, indeed,—but so full of life and common-sense, that it is not, like most moral tales,...

P. Humphry, BA. (Deighton and Bell ; Bell and Sons), gives informa- tion about matriculation, previous and BA. examinations, residence, and degrees; in fact, about all the...

and Windus.)—We have nothing but praise for this admirable little work, and heartily wish it may be studied in every home in Great Britain.. Much of the misery resulting from...

and Co.)—The second title of this book is "A History of the Discovery of the Circu- lation of the Blood," and this better describes its contents. It is mainly a vindication of...

Knowledge Society), has one great merit, that it is printed in very large, clear type, but cannot be compared for a moment with Bishop Oxenden's admirable little books of a...

A. R. Fausset, M.A. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—This volume contains the results of a vast amount of labour, far exceeding, we should have thought, the possibilities of the seven...

In this story, which takes up the familiar episode of a young, inexperi- enced girl suddenly thrown upon her own resources, we are glad to find that the "miscalculation" is not...

By Charlotte N. Yonge. (Marcus Ward.)—Some young ladies, living at a sea-side place, agree to study together for some of the examina- tions which now beset the path of woman, as...

William Erskine Atwell, D.D. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—Dr. Atwell Ins unquestionably something to say on this subject. It is to be re- gretted that he does not say it more...

in South Africa. By Alfred Aylward. (Blackwood.)—Mr. Aylward, who describes himself on his title-page as "Commandant, Transvaal Republic," has had for a main purpose in writing...

(Chap- man and Hall.) We hope that "M. H." will take it as a compliment (for so, indeed, it is meant), when we say that we read Strathrotraa. from beginning to end with...

Marshall. (Longmans.)----Mr. Marshall published some little time ago a poem called "Lochlere," which we could not criticise, because we did not understand it. It was not written...

Denman. (Griffith and Farran.)—The utility of this book is manifest. The nomenclature of science is continually in- creasing, and an explanatory index of this kind becomes a...

F.R.S.E. (Macmillan and Co.)—A handy manual of qualita- tive analysis, which, without being a cram-book, will be a sufficient guide to any one with fair chemical knowledge in...

Portugal, by John Latouche (Ward and Lock.)—Part V. of A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by G. Grove, D.C.L. (Macmillan.)—Part I. of Lives of the Cardinals, edited by...