16 FEBRUARY 1878, page 14

Letters To The Editor.

HELP FOR STAMBOUL. [TO THE EDITOR OF TER " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—I believe cases have occurred in which Parliamentary grants have been made for the alleviation of great national......

The Famine Ian China.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.1 SIR, —The dearth in China to which Sir Thomas Wade has lately drawn attention, and which is perhaps the widest-spread and most fearful......

Poetry.

A VISION. PALE, blood-stained, who are these, that are thronging the throne of God ? Their faces are ashen with anguish, their garments soiled from the- sod ; Wide and wan as a......

Breach-of-promise Actions.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin, —I have read with great interest your article on Mt.- Herschell's Bill for the abolition of actions for Breach of Promise- of Marriage,......