30 JULY 1887

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A modern fleet is not simply a collection of all

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the vessels available for action at a particular moment. Rather it is like an Army Corps, made up of certain necessary constituent parts; and just as the Army Corps wants...

On Saturday last the Queen reviewed from the deck of

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the Royal yacht, if not the most imposing, at any rate the moat formidable Fleet that has ever been assembled. The ships, to the number of 135, consisting of every type and size...

In a discussion on Sub-seotion 2 of the fourth clause,

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Mr. T. Healy was called to order repeatedly by the Chairman of Com- mittees for loudly inviting some Member, whom he accused of interrupting the debate, to get up and say what...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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T HE Government have proclaimed Ireland generally to be under the provisions of Sub-section 3 of Clause 2 of the Crimes Act,—i.c., so for as regards rioting and unlawful...

The discussions in Committee on the Irish Land Bill this

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week have turned chiefly on Clause 4, which empowers the Court to let a notice given in writing serve the purposes of an actual ejectment, the time during which the tenant can...

The Review was marked by one rather grotesque incident, which

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the strenuous etignettes of a Court may make important. It appears that Lord Charles Bereeford, who was on the Royal yacht, finding that he was likely to be retained longer than...

e a s The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript, in any

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case.

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Mr. Bright has written a very vigorous letter in favour

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of Mr. Evelyn Ashley's candidature for the Bridgeton Division of Glasgow. "To me it seems," says Mr. Bright, "that Sir George Trevelyan thinks no sacrifice too great to restore...

The contest in the Bridgeton Division of Glasgow seems to

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be daily placing Sir George Trevelyan in greater difficulties. Apparently Sir George still accepts Lord Hartington's four points, but somehow considers them perfectly compatible...

Lord Salisbury made a happy speech at Norwich on Wednes-

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day to the Norwich Central Conservative Association, which be commenced by a survey of the foreign relations of the Govern- ment, taken, not, he said, in boastfulness or by way...

On the subject of Home-rule, Lord Salisbury made two very

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effective replies to Mr. Gladstone. In the first place, as Mr. Gladstone laid so much stress on the opinion of "the civilised world," would he accept the opinion of "the...

The elevation of Mr. J. G. Hubbard to the Peerage,

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under the title of Baron Addington, left a vacanoy in the City of London, which was filled up on Wednesday without a contest by the election of Mr. Thomas Charles Baring, eldest...

Sir William Harcourt was as entertaining,—and let us add, as

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light-minded,—as usual in his speech at Chelmsford on Wed- nesday. Referring to Lord Randolph Churchill's imprudent sneer at Lord Hartington as the " crutch " of the...

At that time Sir George Trevelyan rightly took credit to

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him- self and to his then colleagues, for his and their conscientious- ness. Why cannot he believe that the Liberal Unionists are still inspired by similar motives P They...

Mr. Chamberlain has written a very weighty letter to Mr.

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Evelyn Ashley on the Round Table Conference, which confirms the view we have just taken. It is true, he says, that Mr. Morley and Sir William Harcourt have always represented...

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A banquet given on Sunday last by the Rifle Clubs

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of the Vosges, was made by M. Jules Ferry the occasion for a very remarkable attack upon General Boulanger and his supporters. The speech, which, by-the-way, has not been done...

The inquiry into Miss Cass's arrest has been closed, and

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there can, we think, be no reasonable doubt at all that the case against the policeman Endaeott of having arrested a perfectly innocent woman has been established by it. The...

Bank Rate, 2 per cent.

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Consols were on Friday 104 to 101i.

Mr. Morley was in high spirits this day week, when

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he addressed the Hackney Reform Club on the subject of the day. He crowed very loud over the humiliation of the Govern- ment in accepting the policy of Mr. Parnell on the laud...

The anti-vaccinators did not take much by their reconnais- sance

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in force in the House of Commune yesterday week. They took their ground feebly, and hardly held it at all. Mr. Piston was almost the only man who seemed to think that the vac-...

The "Marriages Confirmation (Antwerp) Bill," intended to legalise Mrs. Langworthy's

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marriage, now before Parliament, raises some very important legislative problems. When the regulations made by Parliament for the marriages of British subjects abroad are not...

It is announced that when King Humbert visited a few

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days ago the ironworks at Terni,—where the water-power is furnished by the famous waterfall,—the Bishop of Terni paid his respects to the Ring, along with the other civil...

The vacancy caused in the Northwich Division of Cheshire by

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the death of Mr. Verdin promises to result in a very fierce struggle for the seat. The Gkdstonian candidate is to be Mr. Brunner, who was defeated by Mr. Verdin at the election...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE GREAT DANGER OF THE SITUATION. w h doubt whether either the Government or the public duly appreciate the chief danger of the situation. The longer we study the events of...

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THEDISCIPLINE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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T HE second suspension of Mr. Healy during the present Session,—in this case, at all events, a suspension which there can be little doubt that that able Nationalist was deter-...

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SIR GEORGE TRI.V.LLYAN'S UNIONISM.

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I T is not easy to follow Sir George Trevelyan. On the first reading of Mr. Gladstone's Bill for the better government of Ireland, he held that "the confession that the Liberal...

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION.

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Nr see no reason to doubt that Lord Salisbury was stating what is an actual fact when he expressed, as he did on Monday night, his conviction that the chances of a general...

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THE POWER OF THE NAVY.

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T HE great Review at Spithead was not required to impress on us the vast change which has occurred in the con- ditions of naval warfare and in the position of England as a...

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THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND AS A MODEL LANDLORD.

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N O county in Scotland has passed through more notable vicissitudes of fortune than Sutherlandshire since one moiety of it came into the ownership of the Gower family through...

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THE DEFICIENCIES OF A "WELL-REGULATED MIND."

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S IR JOHN LUBBOCK, in the pleasant little book, to which 1.3 we have once before referred, on "The Pleasures of Life," has produced what we may regard as a very taking picture...

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THE REVIEW OF THE FLEET.

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W HEN, on Saturday last, the Queen, anchored in the very centre of her Fleet, signalled to the commanders of all the vessels to attend on board her yacht, the spectacle was not...

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THE BISHOP OF OXFORD ON RITUAL PROSECUTIONS.

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T HE Bishop of Oxford has published in the form of a tract the introductory portion of his recently delivered charge, in which he deals with the prosecution and imprisonment of...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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THE TANNER INCIDENT. [To THI EDITOR OP TITS 94PRCTATOR."1 am an old reader of your paper, and think I feel fully the strength of your position against Mr. Gladstone's, and yet...

THE HORNSBY ELECTION.

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[To TIM EDITOR OP THR n SPECTATOR."' SIR, — Under the heading "News of the Week," I find it stated that "in Hornsey the Unionist vote was very much larger than in 1885." The...

(TO TRH ED/TOR OP Tux " EIPIECTATOIL'')

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Sin,—Steadily reading you, and seldom troubling you with comments, may I ask a small space for a remark on the letter of the Rector of Kinwarton in the Spectator of July 23rd,...

THE LAND BILL.

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[To THE EDITOR OP THX."SPRCTATOR."] SIR, — Lord Hartington and Lord Salisbury do not take your view that a rich tenant is bound to pay judicial rents. Lord Hartington has...

MR. GLADSTONE AND THE MAYNOOTH GRANT.

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[TO THE EDITOR or rue Brae...M . ] SIR, — The Spectator of July 23rd speaks of Mr. Gladstone's sacrifice of office because Sir Robert Peel proposed the endow- ment of...

PREBENDARY ROW ON RETRIBUTION.

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[To 78R EDITOR OP THE " srEctaros...3 Sza,—Your correspondent of Jane 23rd quotes the following passage from your notice of my work on "Future Retribution," in a letter entitled...

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[To TILE EDITOR Or Ills SiMOM010] • cannot agree with

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you, in your review (Spectator, July 16th) of Prebendary Row's book, that there is any ambiguity in that classical passage of the 15th Chapter of St. Paul's First Epistle to the...

A SOCIABLE HORSE.

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ge me EDITOR Or THII 8PECTATOL1 SIR,—The following story of equine 'cuteness may interest your readers :—A friend of mine, having more horses than his normal amount of stabling...

A CANINE TOURIST.

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[To Tax Eorront Or roe Senorsnort." J STR,—Your dog-loving readers may be interested to hear that there is (or was till lately) in South Africa a rival to the well- known...

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SCOTCHMEN IN ENGLAND.

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go vex EDITOR OP TICE"SPECTATOR."] Era,—In your issue of July 23rd, your correspondent " Scotus " makes the following astounding statement :—" There are more Scotchmen in...

BOOKS.

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SIR CHARLES DILKE'S SURVEY OF EUROPE.* fx is now authentically known that the lively and suggestive series of articles published in the Fortnightly Review were written by Sir...

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THE DUNDAS MEMOIRS.* REGARDED alike from the political and from

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the social point of view, this book, based chiefly on family papers, is very valuable as a contribution to, and an elucidation of, the history of Scot- land. Yet, in a sense, it...

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PEEL AND O'CONNELL.* THE object of this book appears to

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be to show that in their dealing with Irish affairs Peel was almost invariably wrong and O'Connell was almost invariably right; and that, therefore, Home-rule ought to be...

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RECENT NOVELS!

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A Tory Loroffing is a political novel, the general tone of which may be inferred from the fact that it is dedicated to Lord Randolph Churchill, of whom the author is presumably...

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AN ENCYCLOPEDIC HISTORY OF AMERICA.* To the peoples of both

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Americas, the discovery of the Genoese sailor of fortune is undoubtedly the greatest event in history ; but in the history of mankind, the famous voyage of the 'Santa Maria,'...

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A NAVY CHAPLAIN.* LIVES may be worth writing, and even

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worth reading, for various reasons. Some men are exceptionally great, and their example • Recollections of a Chaplain is ths /Loyal N.V. Compiled and Edited by his Widow....

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MR. DAVIES'S LIFE OF BAXTER.* Ma. Danes has made a

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great mistake. To write a copious biography such as this, and to publish it without an index or table of contents, will excite at the outset the irritation of his readers....

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TWO BOOKS OF POEMS.*

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Mas KATHARINE TYNAN and Miss Constance Haden, whose new volumes have issued from the same press almost simultaneously, stand one to the other in marked and striking contrast....

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CURRENT LITERATURE.

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Prom the Pyrenees to the Channel in a Dog-Cart. By C. E. Aoland- Troyte. (Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, and Co)—At this time of the year, when we all are taking, or just going to...

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The War in Egypt and the Soudan. By Thomas Archer.

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Vol. IV. (Blackie and Son.)—Mr. Archer's fourth and concluding volume takes up the narrative at the time which immediately preceded the Battle of Abu %lea, and carries it on to...

The July number of The Scottish Review is scarcely no

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readable as its predecessors. The leading Scotch articles are a learned but dry paper on the coronation of Charles II. at Scone, and a very readable one, "The Burning of...