22 APRIL 1871, page 15

The Majority At The Vatican Council.

ITo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 'SIR, —I have not seen the record of the Vatican Council quoted in your last impression as stating the number of Italian Bishops at 106......

Poetry.

THE CONSCIENCE AND FUTURE JUDGMENT. I SAT alone with my conscience, In a place where Time had ceased, And we talked of my former living In the land where the years increased.......

The Comtlsts And The Communists.

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE "SPROTATOR.1 have read with great interest Mr. Bridges' defence of the Paris Commune, and I am much obliged to you for inviting him to publish in your......

The Bishops As Politicians.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPEOTATOR.1 SIR,—Has not the Bishop of Manchester hit upon the true explanation of the want of that "statesmanlike and manly part in the political......