16 JUNE 1883, Page 13

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.1 SIR, —I beg

leave to inform Mr. Herman Merivale that the proper title of the Russian capital is, in English, " St. Peters- burg," and in French "St. Petersbourg," its original Russian name being" Sanktpeterburg," im one word. Russian and French people often say " Petersbourg," to save trouble, but this is only