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The Small Borough Franchise.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—It is to be hoped that in the new Reform Bill the Govern- ment will avoid the error of reducing the franchise in the small borouihs. It......

The Adjournment Of Congress.

[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] New York, December 22, 1865. Tuts week has been signalized by the official proclamation by the Secretary of State that slavery in this country......

A Humble Question.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I am in the invariable habit of taking my opinions from your journal, but naturally I find some of your directions more palatable than......

Pantomimes.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In reply to your question iu the Spectator of 30th ult., " Do nineteenth-century children so much enjoy seeing four fools knock each......

Books.

STANLEY'S JEWISH CHURCH.* [Finsr NOTICE.] No book is so much read or so little known as the Bible. Eng- lishmen, at any rate, read the history of the Jews, which is a history......