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The Volunteer Review came off as usual on Easter Monday.
The SpectatorBrighton was again selected, the review was attended by the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the number of citizen soldiers on the ground exceeded 20,000. The most noteworthy...
The situation in Germany continues with little alteration. On March
The Spectator24th, Count von Bismark addressed a note to the minor German States accusing Austria of menaces, declaring that a reform of the Confederation was essential, and asking each...
Mr. Goschen's speech was a very good one against the
The SpectatorReform Bill, but he appears to have supposed that it was a speech in its favour. He hitt down the very sound doctrine that we ought not to make represehtation a mere means to...
The ex-Queen of the French was buried on Tuesday, in
The Spectatorthe Roman Catholic Chapel at Weybridge. The mournful ceremony was attended by the King of the Belgians and the Prince of Wales, by some of the most illustrious adherents of the...
Sixty electors of Caine, more than a third of the
The Spectatorconstituency of that village, have addressed a letter to Mr. Lowe severely re- buking him for "running from his allegiance to the Liberal cause on a vital point," and for "the...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorrpHE "Liberal Legislation Society" of South Lancashire gave a grand banquet to the Chancellor of the Exchequer at Liverpool, on Thursday evening. Mr. Gladstone's reception was...
The Queen, finding that Mr. Peabody could not as an
The SpectatorAmerican citizen accept either a Baronetcy or a G.C.B., which she offered, wrote him an autograph letter, dated Windsor, March 28th, to express her gratitude, or rather, as...
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A great West Riding meeting was held in Leeds, in
The Spectatorthe Cloth Hall Yard, on Tuesday afternoon, in favour of the Reform Bill, presided over by Lord Houghton. The noble chairman, amidst some excellent remarks to the "would-be...
The Times publishes a somewhat startling letter from Moldo- Wallachia.
The SpectatorThe writer, who evidently knows his subject, affirms that the people of the Principalities are quite determined to have a foreign prince for their sovereign, and- if the...
Mr. Bright has made three speeches this week at Rochdale,
The Spectatorone to Sunday school-teachers and two on Reform. His speech to Sunday-school teachers was frank, manly, and noble in tone. He did not feel ashamed of his work, and, hearty as...
The French papers affirm that under a Convention concluded between
The SpectatorFrance and Mexico, the French troops are to be with- drawn in three detachments, the last of which will leave in November, 1867. New financial arrangements are to be made, the...
St. Patrick's Day passed off in the United States without
The Spectatorany demonstration against Canada, and General Sweeny now says he does net know where he shall strikedrat. lisaffetiorance is shared by all other Fenians, and it is probable...
• Sheffit i ld had its little meeting, too, at which Mr.
The SpectatorRoebuck of course engaged very fiercely some invisible slanderer, who appears, If any such there be, to have intimated that Mr. Roebuck had turned his back upon Reform, but was...
In Edinburgh, Mr. bilLaren and the Lord Advocate praised the
The SpectatorBill, and were praised by their constituents in return, the Lord Advocate asserting that the Constitution does not enfranchise "classes," but only "men," and deprecating the...
Various other meetings of less moment have been held in
The Spectatorfavour of the Reform Bill. In Lambeth Mr. Doulton criticized the Bill very freely, and was freely criticized in turn ; only Mr. Hughes's influence gained him a hearing as his...
A pamphlet has appeared this week in Paris ; which, though
The Spectatornot official, is probably issued with the intention of accustoming French minds to regard an affiance between- Paris and Berlin. as at all events possible. The writer contends....
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The Consol market has been firmer during the week, and
The Spectatorprices have improved- The closing quotations on Saturday last were 861, for money, and 861, for account. Yesterday the latest official prices were :—For transfer, 861, ; for...
Rev. John Keble, some time Oxford Professor of Poetry, the
The Spectatorauthor of The Christi= Year—a book which went through eighty editions in half as many years—and of other inferior volumes of religious poetry, and one of the leaders of the...
The closing prices of the leading British Railways yesterday and
The Spectatoron Friday week were as follows :— Thursday, Marsh 23. Friday, April G. Great Eastern .. .. .. •• • . 43 40} Great Northern .. ... .. ... 112} ... 123 Great Western.. .....
Mr. Bright's speech on laying the foundation-stone of the new
The SpectatorRochdale Town Hall was a mere panegyric on the municipal elections of this country, by way of suggesting the inference that the electoral franchise for Parliameutary purposes...
Yesterday and on. Thursday week the leading Foreign Securi- ties
The Spectatorleft off at the annexed quotations :— Yesterday and on. Thursday week the leading Foreign Securi- ties left off at the annexed quotations :— Thursday, March 23. Friday, Apel...
A dangerous hoax was playel off on the fat April.
The SpectatorAbout 300 tickets were sold, for a penny each, signed " Wildboar," purPorting to admit people to the Zoological Gardens on Sunday, and pro- mising that all the beasts should...
Dr. Westland Marston has brought out a new comedy called
The Spectatorthe Favorite of Fortune, at the Haymarket, of which some of the dramatic critics speak with rapture. It seems to us a rather laboured performance, in which the points are far...
The prospectus of the London and Paris Freehold Estates Company
The Spectator(Limited), has appeared. The object of this undertaking is to purchase freehold property in England and France, and to erect buildings on eligible sites. The directors propose...
One Edward Owen Greening, of Manchester, is, it seems, cir-
The Spectator-culating a lithographed letter suggesting that the leading Reform Associations should form a National Union, declare the 12th April a national holiday, run cheap excursion...
The tailors strike in London has ended in a partial
The Spectatorvictory foi the men. They have given way on minor points, but the masters have conceded an additional penny an. hour, or say five shillings a week. For the past six months, we...
A terrible affair has occurred. at Barletta, in the Marches,
The Spectatorwhich we ought to have noticed last week, but disbelieved. The priests there have for some time past been stirring up the people against the Protestants, and on March 19 induced...
A case of some importance was tried at Kingston OD.
The SpectatorTuesday, 'before Lord. Chief Justice Erle. Dr. G. L. Strauss, it appears, published a novel called the Old Ledger, which the Athenzum de- scribed as exceedingly bad, inane,...
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THE "FALSE FRIENDS" OF REFORM.
The SpectatorT HE members of the Government are of course very natu- rally annoyed that any Liberal should at once pretend to wish earnestly for a real enfranchisement of the working class,,...
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorMR. GLADSTONE AT LIVERPOOL. M R. GLADSTONE'S speech at the Liverpool banquet was a good blow well struck at Mr. Lowe, and a very fair answer to those who desire to resist...
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ENGLISH SYMPATHIES IN GERMAN AFFAIRS.
The SpectatorTHE news of the week from Germany is, if anything, a i til: Tlhaile more pacific. It is true that the text of the order placing the Army on a war footing has appeared in the...
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THE LESSON OF THE NOTTINGHAM ELECT - 113N.
The SpectatorT HE revelationsmade before the Nottingham Committee will not, we trust, be lost upon the country. The ver- dict has not been pronounced, and there are some witnesses yet to be...
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FENIANISM FROM THE LANDLORD POINT OF VIEW.
The SpectatorI N this country we have got pretty well tied of Fenianism, its origin, its symptoms, and its ture. Everybody has discussed it until the gloss has been quite worn off the sub-...
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MR. CARLYLE'S RELIGION.
The SpectatorAIR. CARLYLE, though now, as he tells the students of AL Edinburgh, in his seventieth year, shows us all the radical boyishness of his great genius as completely unimpaired by...
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CLIMATIC ARCHITECTURE.
The SpectatorT ""-Sty-lea" were invented in bright climates and before smoke was. They are therefore unsuited to London, which was built under. a climate originally grey and cold, and has...
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THE BOYLES.
The SpectatorT UE Boyles, who are now represented in the Peerage by the united Earldoms of Cork and Orrery and by the Earldom of Shannon, have played a considerable part in history, not only...
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THE IRISH IN AMERICA.
The Spectator[FRO31 OUR SPECIAL CORRESrONDENT.] New York, March 16, 1866. Jr to fill a large space in the eye of the world is an aspiration of the Irish heart, his present importance must...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorLANCASHIRE POETS.* This is an age of plentiful verse-making, of one or two really great poets, but not of popular poetry. And by popular poetry we do not mean poetry written...
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STEVENSON'ff ELT2ABETHAN STATE PAPERS.v 'THE first volume of this calendar
The Spectatorof foreign State papers covered only a twelvemonth, and the present covers only seven months of the reign of Elizabeth, viz., from October, 1559 (soon after the death of HenrilL...
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HEREWARD, OR TIIE' LAST OF THE ENGLISH.* No one probably
The Spectatorever quarrelled with Sir Walter Scott for an ana- chronism in Quentin Durward. There is no reason why we should not ask for accuracy from Professor Kingsley. A historical -...
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FRENCH REVIEWS.
The SpectatorWEIGHED down by the heavy shackles imposed by the Imperial re- gime, French newspapers can hardly be considered as the true repre- sentatives of French thought, as the unerring...
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SACRED CHRONOLOGY.*
The SpectatorMR. LEWIN makes his Fasti extend from B.C. 70 to A.D. 70. There can be little question about the propriety of terminating them at the latter date, for the destruction of...
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The Cattle Plague.. With Official Reports of the International Veteri-
The Spectatornary Congresses held in Huniburyh, 1863, and in Vienna,18G5. By John Gamgee. (Bardwioke.)—This balky volume contains every kind of in- formation with regard to the cattle plague...
CURRENT LITERATURE.
The Spectator.The Sixth Work, or the Charity of Moral Effort. By S. Meredith. (Jackson, Walford, and Hodder.)—Mrs. Meredith .finds six duties pre- .The Sixth Work, or the Charity of Moral...
The Judgment Books. By Alexander Macleod, D.D. (Edinburgh:
The SpectatorElliot.)—The author of this volume, who must be distinguished from Dr. Norman Macleod of - Good Words, -writes with a good deal of power, but in a narrow spirit -which reminds...
Imperial Gazetteer is worthy of this reputation. It is, with
The Spectatorthe "Atlas," to consist of thirty parts, price two-and-sixpence each ; and the articles are to comprise "topographical designations down to Villages and hamlets ; natural...
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Poems, Pastorals, and Songs. By Francis Alexander Mackay. (Ful- .1arton.)—This
The Spectatoris positively too bad. In these days of education it is- not allowable to print-such verses as these :— " 'Tis Easter—the blue sky breaks, the fresh wind Through the casement...
Our Reptiles. By M. C. Cooke. With original figures of
The Spectatorevery species and numerous woodcuts. (Hardwicke.)—This is one of Mr. Hardwieke's pleasant little volumes of popular natural history. The author makes no pretensions to...
The Quadrilateral (Saunders and Otley.)—Three gentlemen have combined their efforts
The Spectatorto produce this small volume of verses, whicla they dedicate to a friend. Thus a quadrilateral is formed, which see suppose is to stand four square to all the winds of criticism...