... -0- NVOMIEN'S Sl'FFRAGE VeYfiS~s SOMIE WOMEN'S PRIVILEGE. Sir,-I learn with grief and dismay that the Central Com- mittee of the Women's Suffrage Association have resolved to support Mr Forsyth's Bill, which, while professing to be a Bill to remove the Electoral Disabilities of WOMEN, pro- vides that no married woman shall be entitled to vote.' As I was unfortunately absent from town at ...

... C 0 M Ml E N T S. On Friday, the 17th inst., the Lords agreed to an address to the Crown, concurring in tue grant of 225,0001. to Sir Garnet Wolselev. In the Commons Mr Baillie Cochrane drew attention to the case of the widows and orphans of civil servants who die in the | service of the country. The Chancellor of the Exchequer complimented the hon. member on his speech, bht pointed oat the ...

... -0- COMM E N T S. The House of Commons reassembled on Monday last. After a considerable amount of general business had been transacted, including the presentation of petitions, notices of motion, and questions, Major Beaumont raised an important discussion on an amendment in supply, to the effect that our army reserves ought to be formed of men who had passed through the regular army. He dwelt ...

... C O M M E N T S. On Friday, the 27th of March, the East India Loan Bill was read a first time in the Lords and a third time in the Commons. A premature debate took place in the Lower House on the conduct of the Indian officials. Sir Charles Dilke afterwards took occasion to comment on the imperfections of the Ballot Act, and an interest- ing discussion followed. Mr Forster, however, seemed to ...

... GO SS I P. Messrs Macmillan have in the press au eflitioin (le Inese of White's ' Selborne,' illustrated by Mr P. Delamotte, and a translation of Lessings 'Laodoon,' by Sir Robert Phillimore. The At/IAmis(oum2 mentions a rumour that one of our chief poets has completed an historical tragedy, which may pos- sibly be produced on the stage. :MIessrs Palmuer aud Edmunlds, of Chesterfield, are ...

... FANRMERS AND LABOU11ERS. Sir,-Land has increased enormously in value throughout Great Britain since the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Has there, however, 'been an adequate increase in the wages and good condition of the labourers who make that land valuable? Shakspere, describing the agricultural labourer of his time, said, Gets him to rest, cramrezed with distressfu1 bread. Distressful, i.e., ...

... -0- CO iM ME NT S. Parliament has not sat during the week, and several honourable members have taken the opportunity of addressing their constituents. MIr Roebuck in par- ticular, at Sheffield, has been filling with sight the interval of sound. Our old friend Tear 'em'n. was as brisk as ever; and it must have been inconceivably grand to hear the Calumniated Mentor defend himself against Mr ...

... ] TT-TF;s Frlifn, ?? .u. 9IFA\ZTAAA EM I _- - i . ~V~-~~rueas To acxnowledge thle receipt of 1 from L. R. C. for thee Agricultural Labourers' fund. NUMEROUS meetings have been held during the week both by the locked-out labourers and by the farmers. On Tuesday night there was an influential meeting at Birmingham, pre- sided over by Mr J. S. Wright, when the Mayor, Mr Joseph Chamberlain, ...

... CORRESPO N DEN CE. ?? THE CAT. Sir,-The Telegraph is still painfully exercised on the subject of our criminals. Somehow or other they don't answer-to the lash. We flog and flog, but they remain so unutterably brutal that there is no beating humanity into them. The Telegraph thus describes what noble efforts were made after an outbreak of convicts at Chatham, a dozen years ago, to inspire the ...

... .- - - - I _ 1 _ n 1 I . . A COMM;uISSION (not Royal) has been determined upon by the Government to inquire into the organisation of the Civil Service, and the alleged grievances of certain branches of the same. Mr Lyon Playfair (the late Postmaster-General) has consented to act as Chairman. A RATHER stormy conference was held on Saturday last, under the presidency of Lord Mayor tusk, between ...

... CORRESP ON DEN CE. ?? HERBERT SPENCER AND WOMLE'S IGHTS. Sir,-As the movement for the enfranchiseibent of woman is one of the most important of the day, and as its progress cannot but be to some extent affected by the attitude assumed by its leaders towards one of the leading philosophers of modern times, I trust you will once more afford me space for an attempt to show that there is not that ...

... CURRENT EVENTS. or_7' at_ - .II vV a have reason to believe that the Royal Commission nIOW inquiring into the Labour Laws has been hitherto occupied entirely upon a discussion of the general principles raised by the matter under its consideration ; and that in all probability no witnesses will be summoned or examined on points which were sufficiently illustrated by the last Commission. If any ...