15 JUNE 1951, page 15

Spectator Competition No. 67

Report by John Clarke A prize was offered for a description of the closing stages In the trials of one of the following—Mary Queen of Scots ; Charles I Guy Fawkes ; Captain Kidd......

"ighe Oppectator," 3une 14th, 1851

THE American President has returned to Washington. He appears to have been coolly received throughout his progress. Mr. Webster, who was prevented by his son's indisposition......

Spectator Competition No. 70

Set by Richard Usborne A prize of f5, which may be divided. Is offered for a ballade (three eight-line stanzas, rhyming ABABBCBC, and an envoy, rhyming BCBC) with refrain' ". .......