on Thursday, and is, upon the whole, favourable. Cetewayo has not been caught, but flies from kraal to kraal as the detach- ment under Colonel Barrow pursues him, and there is...

Theobau has, it appears, laid claim to the Karenee country, a district between the Salween and Sitang, in north-eastern Pegu, which was declared independent by Lord Dalhousie,...

to con- federation. The Premier, Mr. Sprigg, judging from a speech on the native territories, briefly reported in the Times of Thurs- day, dreads the expense of military...

be a difficult one. The strength of the Burmese monarchy was always exaggerated, probably from the weakness of the races, Peguans, Assamese, Mughs, and Shans, whom it subdued,...

A LULL has occurred in the bad weather. For six entire days there has been in South England no gale, no thunderstorm, no heavy rain, and no intimation from New York that...

disestablishing the Irish Church, and revolutionising the rela- tions of landlord and tenant in Ireland, and starving the national armaments, a nd "violating the Constitution to...

that he did not know anything about the Dissolution, any more than a lawyer usually did about law. The lawyer looked wise, but when his cliept had gone, he opened a book and...

by any Cabinet Minister. Lord George Hamilton and Mr. Stanhope were the only Ministers present, but they both made, perhaps, all the better speeches. Lord George Hamilton was...

people to annex Cashmere. It is stated that half the population of the beautiful little State has perished of famine, and that this famine has been . deliberately intensified on...

selves with reports about Imperial alliances.. Acdording to one set of rumours, Prince. Bismarck mid Count Andrassy, in a. conversation of some hours—which certainly took...

the object of which is to state that, although General Loinakin is not going to Merv, but only to chastise some Turkomans, the understanding between Great Britain and Riissie,...

by the Ameer with even-- ostentatious honour. The Afghan Minister for Foreign Affairs metthe Envoy and his escort four miles from the capital, the entire garrison Was turned out...

proposed to increase the taxes . upon foreigners. A Committee, appointed by the English residents in Constantinople, have, there- fore, presented to Sir A. Layard a memorial, in...

on the diet in public schools, which is said to be insufficient and badly cooked. The utility of the discussion has been a little dimin- ished by the reluctance to mention...

sonic remarks on the great diminution iu the practise of adulteration, and the successful operation of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act. The per-centage of adulteration of...

elicited at the trial of the Nihilists recently condemned by the military tribunal at Odessa. As-usual in Russia, the actual leader was a thoroughly educated man, but his...

to secure Home-rule and fixity of tenure for the Irish people by constitutional means. As he can secure them only with British consent—for he repudiates insurrection—his 'first...

bag. He has explained, in a lecture to an audience at Ryde, delivered in pre. Bence of the Golden Wreath —a lecture which he means to repeat 230 times—why he collected 52,000...

land on Thursday, full of jokes, and full also of bitter denun- ciations of the Ministry. The Tories, he said, complained of agitation in the Recess, evidently considering...

practical course. In a letter to his tenantry, in which he remits rents to the extent of from te n to fifteen per cent., he declares that, in his judgment, the objects of...

Anglo-Indian morality. He declares that it is much more lax than that of England, and intimates that at Sheila the cavaliers servente is a recognised as well as an existing...

THE CONQUEST OF BURMAH. I T is by no means improbable that the sensation of the Recess will be the conquest of Burmah. The Government of India for some years past has doubted...

A FTER months of negotiation, often of a very acrid kind— negotiation, that is, accompanied by menace—an Austrian Division has received orders to enter Novi-Bazar next Monday....

not only deserve rest, but are bound, in justice to themselves, to take it. It is impossible just now for any responsible member of the Government to make a speech which shall...

O UR Ritualist friends have by this time pretty well repented of their flirtation with the Bishops. The truth is, a Bishop is not at all the kind of lover that it is safe to...

A MONG the five Nihilists who were hanged at Odessa and Nicolaieff a few days ago, by sentence of the military tri- banal of Odessa, was one whose revolutionary career affords...

has evoked a great deal of very pretty writing, richly garnished with much second-hand archteological allusion, it is odd that the few practical points worth public discussion...

S IR ROWLAND HILL was buried on Thursday in the Eng- lish Pantheon, to which he was admitted with the ap- proval of all Englishmen, and it may be worth while to consider for one...

IT is with a certain feeling of relief, almost amounting to positive pleasure, that we see the approach of Autumn. With its shortened days and bright hearths, indoor pursuits...

A LAZY JOURNEY.—VII. (coNcLusioN.) Wnxig we reached Ville-en-Mer, our journeying was over. We had made it our end and object to settle down for a time some- where by the sea,...

NATIONAL JUD MENTS. go THE Berm OF THE ,, apacreaon.1 Sili,.—Although the Warden of Keble's thoughtful and weighty letter puts forward with much force the argument from the...

THACKERAY.* WE are glad to welcome the almost simultaneous publication of Mr. Trollope's criticism on the great novelist and. of the splendid and costly edition of Thackeray's...

[TO Tee EDITOR OF TDB " BPROTAT011.1 you allow me, as one feeling some personal interest in the matter, to correct what I believe to be a mistake in the very interesting paper...

SPEOTATOF.,1 Swinburne is always so grateful to have his mistakes about Shakespeare corrected, that I am sure he will thank the Spectator for allowing me to assure him that he...

THE title of this book raises expectations which are far from being fulfilled,—and this, perhaps, not so much that the per- formance is indifferent, as that the title promises...

of Art, Michael Angelo, directed a con- stant glance of so searching a nature into another world than the one externally perceived, that his expressions of opinion were apt to...

Till Magazines are not very rich this month. Perhaps the best, certainly the most entertaining paper in them, is. Mr. Froude'a account in the Nineteenth Century of Alexander of...

A Molting Expedition to the Transvaal. By D. Fernandes das Neves. Translated from the Portuguese, by Mariana Mcnteiro. (Bell and Sons.)—Senor das Neves is a patriotic...

Low and Co.)—This purports to be an exhaustive history of the textile arts and the inventions connected with them, intended for general readers, but we venture to predict that...

and Co.)— Mr. Roe, an American writer of some note, will add to his reputation by this well-written and thoughtful work. The idea is novel, and the story is good throughout. A...

Co.)— This will be found a pleasant and readable book to those making visits or excursions to places lying within the twenty-mile radius of. the metropolis.

the Corn/till Magazine, Time, and the Gentleman's Magazine, all of which will be noticed next 1w:wk.—Belgravia, containing a pleasant story of the childhood of the late Prince...

and A. Churchill.)—This brightly-written sketch of one of our most delightful sea-side resorts will not fail to interest many readers. It is as a winter residence that Torquay...

H. Bathurst. With Notes, by C. W. King. (Lougmans.)—This is a very interesting memoir of a remarkable group of Roman remains. Lydney lies near the bank of the Severn, between...

Co.)—Mr. Somers deserves, wo think, some credit for his treatment of a theme so oft rehearsed ; but in spite of all efforts to be patient, we have been "sin this long while...

Wight.— A handy and reliable guide for those who purpose making walking- tours on the island.