12 MAY 1866, page 15

The Metric System Of Weights And Measures. [to The Editor

OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sia,—There are a few typographical errors in my letter in last Saturday's Spectator which I should be glad to see corrected. Page 495, line 10 from top, for......

The National Debt And Coal Supply.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Slit,—Notwithstanding the great authority of Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Mill, I may be pardoned for doubting whether there is necessarily any......

Art.

THE ROYAL ACADEMY. IT is generally as difficult as it is unprofitable to balance the com- parative merits of pictures exhibited at the Academy with such nicety as to decide......

The Lady's Mile And The Doctor's Wife. [to The Editor

OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—When noticing The Lady's Mile (p. 472), you ask, " Is it all Miss Braddon's ?" and you do me the grievous injustice of asserting that you praised my......