7 SEPTEMBER 1867

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Since the . Lille speech about the dark spots on the

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horizon, the Emperor has made one further effort (at Amiens) to reassure the nervous commercial interestp of France. The Mayor of Amiens, who flatters so vulgarly that he must...

The British Association met at Dundee on Wednesday, the Duke

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of Buccleuch being the new president. The Duke did not deliver a written address; saying that he might have " read an address in flowing language, full of science, full of...

The interest attaching to the Abyssinian expedition has given rise

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to quite an animated antiquarian discussion as to the identity of the Guinea-worm, to the attacks of which it is asserted that our soldiers will be liable in the lower parts of...

NEWS OF THE WEEK

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T HE Marquis de Moustier has been driven to explain the Salzburg visit. The Emperor and Empress, it seems, went to Salzburg only on a visit of condolence to Francis Joseph on...

There has been a rumour during the week, resting on

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a tele- graphic message said to have been received from Aden at the British Embassy at Constantinople, that Theodore, the King of Abyssinia, had given up the British captives,...

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Mr. Dillwyn met his constituents at Swansea yesterday week, when

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he explained rather confusedly his part in the celebrated Tea-Room meeting of last session, and took infinite credit to him- self for extracting from Colonel Taylor that...

Mr. Gladstone made a fine speech at the meeting of

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the S. P. G. at Penmaenmawr on Tuesday. He said very truly of the present time that "it is a period when, undoubtedly, more has been written and more has been said, in a form at...

The Members for Oxfordshire attended, on Tuesday, at a dinner

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of the Agricultural Society, but as they dined under an awning, and a thunderstorm was rattling down upon the awning during a great part of the dinner, their political views...

On Monday there was a great Anti-Unionist demonstration in the

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village of Stavely, in Derbyshire, among the colliers and miners of the Stavely Coal and Iron Company. It seems that the colliers and miners of Yorkshire tried to get up some...

Authentic accounts have been received of the execution of• the

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Emperor Maximilian on the 19th Jane at Queretaro. The pro- ceedings of the court-martial appear to have been highly dis- creditable,—something like our own Jamaica...

Lord Russell and Mr. Gladstone have both sent replies to

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the Committee of the Reform Demonstration to be held at the Crystal Palace on the 30th inst. Lord Russell does not like celebrating leaps in the dark' till the dark has cleared...

He left a letter about the disposal of his body.

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He wished it taken to Europe, and buried by his wife's,—of whose death he had received an erroneous report. He adds oddly, " I have looked at death with tranquillity, and I wish...

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The Cretans have lost a most important help in the

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destruction of the blockade-runner Arkadi, which was disabled,—the wreck was afterwards captured,—off the coast of Crete on Monday evening, August 19th, by the Turkish steam...

The Pall Mall Gazette of Wednesday had what seemed a

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rather sensational statement as to the population of Prussia. According to that, the population would be about 4,000 to the square mile, or say six persons to each acre, nearly...

An indecent contest,—indecent, it seems to us, on both sides,—

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went on in June, at the cathedral town of Natal, Pietermaritz- burg, for the temporary possession of the Cathedral Church, -without, however, any complicity on the part of Dr....

Miss Kate Terry gave her last performance in London at

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the Adelphi Theatre this day week, amidst a scene of enthusiasm such as has not often been witnessed lately on the English stage. Her last part was Juliet, in which, however,...

The Bishop of Capetown, Dr. Gray, took part on Friday

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week in a very Ritualistic service in St. Michael's, Shoreditch, of which the Rev. H. D. NMIl has just been appointed incumbent. "The ser- vice was commenced," says the Pall...

Before the sermon commenced the Bishop had to receive and

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granted a curious request. Brother Ignatius (Mr. Lyne), of St. Bartholomew's, Moor Lane, had suggested to his congregation, 200 strong, to come and express their gratitude to...

Friday, Aug. 30. Friday, Sept. 6.

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13j 10 15j 59 58 75j Mexican Spanish Passives .. Do. Certificates Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858 .. , 1821 Dalai' States 5 . 20's • • • •

Yesterday and on Friday week the leading British Railways left

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off at the annexed quotations :— Great Eastern Great Northern .. Great Western.. Lancashire and Yorkshire .. London.and Brighton London and North-Western London and...

The transactions in Home Stocks, both for money and time,

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hav- ing been limited, the market has been in an inactive state, and prices have shown a tendency to depression. On Monday, Con- sols, for transfer, were done at 941 ; and for...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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PARLIAMFINTARY LOYALTY AND MR. GLADSTONE. O NE of the great occupations of the Recess seems always to be to lament the absence of political leaders in whom any one has any...

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11:13-. SEWARD VERSUS LORD STANLEY.

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I T is not very easy to explain (except politically) the praise which has been bestowed on the ability of Mr. Seward's • despatches in the recently published correspondence on...

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MR. DILLWYN AND THE TEA-ROOM CLIQUE.

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M R. DILLWYN glorifies the Tea-Room party in the .111. House of Commons. He is proud of the achievements of the cabal against Mr. Gladstone ; he recalls the engagements which he...

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QUARTER SESSIONS.

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A MONG the many suggestions made at and after the last Assizes for diminishing the amount of business which weighed so heavily on judges, sheriffs, petit jurors, and grand...

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WAR MATTERS IN FRANCE.

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U NUSUAL interest has this year been excited in military Europe by the phenomena observable at the Camp of Chalons, and the warlike preparations in progress throughout France....

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SOFT MURDER.

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L OUIS BORDIER certainly has the art which Sir Walter Scott so graphically delineated in one of Bordier's countrymen, of many centuries ago, of connecting a soft manner with his...

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" RHYTHMIC DRILL " FOR THE PROFESSIONS.

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1‘. CORRESPONDENT of an Irish newspaper has raised a question which ought to be made the subject of thorough discussion. It is certainly important enough to lay claim fairly to...

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THE METAYER TENURE IN PERIGORD.

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AIOST Englishmen believe, and not without reason, that the 11. effect of the Revolution was to break up the old tenures in France, and parcel out the country among small...

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THE RITUAL COMMISSION. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."]

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assent most cordially to the remarks which you have made on the first Report of the Ritual Commission. If it makes no second, but rests and is thankful, we may be thankful also...

THE CREED OF THE NATIONAL CHURCH.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Near the conclusion of your last week's article on " The First Report on Ritualism," it is stated that belief in the Divinity of Christ...

CHARITABLE AND RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENTS. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

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SIR,—In the article on " Wills " in your last issue, you refer to the law which limits the time for which a testator may direct the application of his property, but you do not...

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A WIFE ON HER TRAVEL S.—I.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.'1 Bale, August 31, 1867. Sin,—Will you allow a feminine convert to those views so subtly expounded in your issue of the 24th August on the...

" PROPERTY HAS ITS DUTIES AS WELL AS ITS RIGHTS."

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—This striking dictum has made the name of Thomas Drum- mond famous in a degree that his varied labours certainly would have failed to...

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B 0 0 K. 8.

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MR. ARNOLD'S NEW POEMS.* Aaty one who, like ourselves, has always procured and read Mr. Arnold's poems with eagerness, from the first series of Poems by A. to this volume, will...

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THE ENTERPRISING IMPRESARIO.*

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* The Entetprising Impresario. By Walter MAynard. and Co. 1867. This is a book of chatter, and a great deal of the chatter is entirely worthless, not to say silly. A theatrical...

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SOCIAL DUTIES.*

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WE have no wish to be severe on "A Man of Business" when we suggest that this essay is not very practical. It seems to us marked by some confusion of thought, and though...

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A BIOGRAPHY IN A PHILOSOPHY.* PROFESSOR FERRIER'S philosophical writings are

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in one respect almost unique. They are a biography. Unlike many men—Locke, Reid, Hegel, and we must add, Kant, for example,—in whom the logical understanding seemed to be fenced...

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THE MAGAZINES.

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IF anything could console the newspaper editor for the preter- natural dullness of September, it would be the consciousness that his brothers the magazine editors are in a...

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A Plea for Union and Toleration. A Sermon preached at

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St. Mary's,. Haggerstone, on Thursday, Jane 27, 1867: By the Rev. John Oakley, Perpetual Curate of St. Saviour's, Hoxton. (London: 0. Beckett and Sons. 1867.)—This is a wise,...

The Home Book of Pleasure and Instruction. Edited by Mrs.

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R. Valentine. (F. Warne and Co.)—What a pity it is that we do not form , a part of the girls of the United Kingdom, to whom this book is offered. Instead of being grateful for...

China : a Brief Account of the Country, its Inhabitants

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and their institu- tions. By Samuel Mossman. (Society for Promoting Christian Know- ledge.)—For "a brief account" of such a country as China this little book is worthy of...

Auvergne ; its Thermo-Mineral Springs, Climate, and Scenery. By Robert

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Cross, M.D. (Hardwicke.)—A tempting account of a place which is so new to the English public that the value of sovereigns is unknown at its chief railway station. Beauty of...

Rout ledge's Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language. Edited by

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P. Austin Nuttall, LL.D. (Routledge.)—This is another of that useful class of works which, like air, light, and food, are not appreciated fully except when we feel the want of...

A Walking Tour round Ireland in 1865. By an Englishman.

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(Bentley.)—With the exception of being taken for Stephens, the Head Centre, on his return to England, and for a seller of old clothes when he brought down his dirty linen to be...

British Butterflies and Moths. By H. T. Stainton, F.R.S., F.L.S.

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(Reeve and Co.)—The first chapters of this book contain a general ac- count of butterflies and moths, a sketch of their metamorphoses, a sketch of their habits, and a...

A Romance of the Republic. By L. Maria Child. (Boston,

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Ticknor and Fields ; London, Triibner.)—Some of the scenes in this story are good, and many of the descriptions show observation and power of language. But the story is painful...

CURRENT LITERATURE.

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Astronomy without Mathematics. By Edmund Beckett Denison, LL.D., Q.C., F.R.A.S. Third edition. (Society for Promoting Chris- tian Knowledge.)—We used hardly describe or...

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MARRIAGE.

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On the 4th Inst., at St. Mark's Church, Hamilton Terrace, Bt. John's Wood, Alfred Noel, Esq., of 31 Clifton road, to Mary Anne Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Samuel H. Lindley,...

BOOKS RECEIVED.

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Macmillan and Co.—A Manual of Mood Constructions, by the Rev. E. Thring. W. Kent and Co.—Distinguished Englishmen, by E. Hall. Simiktn, Marshall, and Co.—Studies, Biographical...