19 AUGUST 1871, page 14

The Religious Element In The Cabinet.

[TO TEE EDITOIL Or VIE " SPECTAT011.1 SIR,—Mr. Whalley's recent attempt to extort a confession of faith from the Ministers of the Crown deserves somewhat more attention than is......

Soldier-breeding.

(TO TSB EDIT011 OP TDB " ISPSOTATOIE,1 SIR,—It is well known that our best sailors are now those who are trained to the sea from boys, and are bound to serve so many years in......

Modern Life.

I SIT in a quaint old garden, With weather-stained, warm old wall, And over the blaze of the flowers The brown shadows cooling fall. And the long lawns stretch before me, And I......

Poetry.

THE "UNDO() SCEPTIC. I THINK till I weary with thinking, Said the sad-eyed Hindoo King. And 1 see but shadows around me,— Illusion in everything. How kuowest thou aught of God,......