the members having been diligently occupied in learning the rules of procedure and discussing their own rights of interpellation. They have, it would seem, debated the address...

I T is rumoured in every direction that negotiations are to be re- sumed. The Russian Government, it is stated, has rejected the British demand that a promise to demobilise...

the Sultan to make no concessions of territory to Monte- negro, a statement whittled away by a correspondent of the Daily Telegraph into a resolution to make no concessions in...

grave responsibility which we had incurred by the Crimean war, by depriving the Christians of Turkey of the protectorate secured to Russia, in his opinion, by the treaty of...

the plain truth on the subject of the negotiations, by moving a reso- lution, couched in language extracted from Lord Derby's and Lord Salisbury's own despatches, to the effect...

case.

his old post. He -" needs rest," and will, we hope, obtain it ; but the Government, though it does not restore him, has selected the most Turcophile diplomatist it could find....

Economist, and the author of some of the most original literary and economical works of the day,—of whose remarkable abilities and character we have spoken at some length in...

for Mr. Gladstone wrote to Sir H. Drummond Wolff on the subject of this citation, and published his letter in Monday's papers, and while admitting that Sir II. Wolff had no...

in presenting on March 27 his estimate for 1877, stated that the income would be £55,880,000, and the total expenditure £55,400,000, leaving a surplus of £480,000. This surplus...

on Tuesday, and it was rather injudicious, hinting that the Ambassador Ordinary thwarted the Ambassador Extra- ordinary at Constantinople, which, of course, he could not prove....

North-Eastern line on Saturday night. The train, going at about thirty miles an hour, had arrived at a curve south of Morpeth, when the engine left the line, "the flange of a...

any debate on foreign policy in the House of Commons neither the Foreign Secretary nor the Premier is there to answer. Mr. Bourke and the Chancellor of the Exchequer did what...

Senate was really terminated by the country. The "wire- pullers," with Mr. Blaine at their head, were extremely irritated at Mr. Hayes's selections for the Cabinet, and resolved...

the tuldic service has lost a Wolin& of rare abilities, and the first who r received a high-salaried official :appointment under Govern- Eat. Mra. Senior held the office, first...

Satur- day, and was unusually well contested, the racehavingencied, for the first time since the competition was commenced, forty-eight years ago, in a dead heat. It was at...

literary clans in England, if Mr. Justice Grove and Mr. Justice Field had not sustained an order of Baron Huddleston's, made in chambers, in the case of " Ross v. Francis." It...

Lords to study the whole subject of English floods and droughts. Recent floods in the valleys Of the great rivers hive been most - mischieiona, many rural districts, some of...

the Institute of Naval Architects, on the fighting-power of iron Merchant-ships, mentioning the conditions under which their machinery might be defended from ordinary Shots,...

health have this week reappeared. According to the Roman correspondent of the Times, supported by other more sensational correspondents, his Holiness had an attack of some kind...

on the subject of the stimuhie given by bine rays to the growth of plants and animals. A blue-glass houte will, according to their theory, double the size of plants kept in it,...

THE LATEST RUMOURS. THE latest rumours of the hour are interesting, if they are only true. They indicate that the Russian Government, partly under the influence of the...

N O one who has merely read the debates in the House of Commons on the Turkish Question can form any true- conception of the temper of the Conservative party. Unques- tionably...

M rumours as to the health of the Pope have for some ime been very serious. The Pope is so strong an old . man, and Rome gossips so perpetually about him, that reports of his...

NV E do - not see the use of condemning the House of C • MOW3. for " interfering" in the progress of negotiations. We mighe as will condemn the German Emperor for insisting upon...

UNGT,IISHMEN are proud, and in many respects justly, prowl, of the humanity of their Prison System. They recognise the confinement of criminals as an unpleasant neces- sity, but...

T HE vote of the German Parliament in regard to the seat of the Court of Appeal is no doubt important, but we rather think that it is not quite so important as has been assumed...

rpHE sudden death of the Editor of the Economist, in the fullness of his powers, has been thought of, and will continue to be thought of, in relation to the public life of...

W E want to say another word about good and bad luck in life, which would have expanded our article of last week upon " The Chances of Personal Injury " to rather too great...

LAND TENURE IN IRELAND. [TO THE EDITOR DIT TEE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—The conditions of practical farming, and the facts as to the country and people concerned, cannot rightly be...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR."] SIRS I trust you will allow me to rectify an injustice done to Spinoza in the last Spectator. Commenting on Dean Stanley's endorsement of M....

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] ;SIR,— The writer of the very interesting article on this subject, in your last issue, upholds " the old superstition about lucky and...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—As one who intended, until lately, to take Orders, and who has carefully watched the effects of Disestablishment on the Irish Church,...

Exo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I see that one of my brother-magistrates has just been giving strong evidence in favour of free-trade in licensing, and that another...

EASTER EVE. EARTH, what a precious burden dost thou bear, This day and night, within thy rugged breast ! With steadier course about the sun should fare Thy footsteps, lest...

POPULAR ART.—IV. COLOUR AND ORNAMENT. A FRIEND has observed to me that these scattered hints on deco- ration would be of more practical service if I gave an account of the...

ITO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") ai .-xcixce l .coy cinairoq Firearais: Xe11014110 EY07:re6)n, Aeinlermid cirielhopoq El; ak/Gic, iz - AilAvrog i; ftipciy. Is not the...

is there, The little old pancake-man, with his tins, and his cooking-ware ; Tossing his batter aloft, as he brays out many a yarn Concerning the making of crêpes, which he...

KEBLE'S OCCASIONAL PAPERS.* THE singular power exercised by Keble on the thought of the age is due even more to the excellence of his heart than to the strength of his...

"DRINK to me, only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss bat in the cup, And I'll not look for wine. The thirst, that from the soul cloth rise, Doth...

of which first appeared in the Revue des Deux Mondes, deserves to be heartily recom- mended to the English public, even after the appearance of Mr. vans's adpaim.ble work. Mr....

THE " Howard Medal" was founded in 1873 by the Statistical Society, to be awarded to the author of an essay on some question of social statistics in which John Howard was...

QF all the remains of the ancient world, the Colosseum at Rome is at once the most perfect and the most striking. It was for ages looked upon as the visible embodiment of Rome's...

Stephens, who, it appears, is an Evangelical Protestant, is not at all, in our opinion, the man to disarm modern infidelity. He does not thoroughly understand it, or he would...

that these veins are a combination of borrowed ideas, one of which is Gonnod's celebrated vales from "Faust." More originality must be forthcoming, before especial praise can be...

Joza, Mus. Bae. (J. Williams.)—This is a composition of considerable pretension, and The Frost and the Footprints. Song. By T. R. G. Joza, Mus. Bae. (J. Williams.)—This is a...

is aftwe our duty to complain of tales for being too long. This does not mean that we like them to be very short. In a very short story— as short as must be necessary when seven...

the least satisfactory dance-tunes we have ever seen by this com- poser. The melodic ideas are anything but happy, and the general result is disappointing.

—We are disappointed in these valses, as they are somewhat crude, at the same time, they contain a few pleasing effects.

The Catacombs of Rome, and their Testimony Relative to Primitive ChHatianity. By the Rev. W. H. Withrow. (Hodder and Stoughton.) —This book was written and published in America,...

Eton. By an Eton Boy. (Sampson Low and Co.)—We are assured on good authority that this amusing little volume is the genuine production of an Eton boy. We do not doubt it in the...

J. Rummel. (J. Williams.)—The duet is fairly characteristic of its title. Little else can be said in its favour.

Valses. By Percy Beamish. (Hammond and Co.)—These valses contain fair melodies and correct rhythm, but we think that the introduction a rallentando is meaningless and unsuitable...

not in any way do justice to the author of the " Soldaten Lieder." They lack the usual sprightliness and vivacity so often dis- played by Herr Gone' in his other compositions.

presume that the author is well aware that he has made many more successful efforts than the piece now before us. It is, perhaps, above the average of pianoforte pieces...

very pretty and effective waltz, and it deserves some praise—being original, though simple—and should become popular

song com- pels us to say that the author has much to learn. A poor melody, an ungrammatical and inartistic accompaniment, and accents in many cases entirely false, give ns the...

descriptive of certain words by Sir Walter Scott. One fault mars what would otherwise have been a very successful song, and that is the rest- lessness of its melody.