19 AUGUST 1899, page 16

The Latest Franchise Law In The Trans Vaal. [to The

EDITOR. OF TH2 "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The following précis of the new Franchise La* of the Transvaal as passed by the Volksraad on July 8th willbe of interest to your readers, as......

The Council Of India.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.] your "News of the Week" in the Spectator of August 12th you justly cite the speech of Sir Henry Fowler as a remarkable example of the......

An Inscription.

[To TUE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—If you are not weary of inscriptions, you may like to see one in the true English expansive manner, copied from a. monument in Ludford......

Keeping Up Appearances.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] STR,—The writer of the article on "Keeping up Appear- ances" in the Spectatorof August 12th, speak ing of Englishmen becoming "slatternly,"......

White Baboos.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—You are not quite right about the demon of writing. The abuse against which an outcry has been raised for very many years has nothing to......

Prophecies Of St. Malachi.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your correspondent, " Quousque Tandem?" in the letter that appeared in the Spectator of August 5th ignores the fact that, whether the......