16 MAY 1903, page 18

Canning ' S Rhyming Despatch -. To Sir C. Bagot.

[To THE EDrroa OF THE "SrEcrirop.. - 1 SIB,—Your correspondent, " An Old Dip., " in the 42 . ,tectater of April 18th says that " it would be interesting to know the authority......

A Correction.

ero THE EDITOR OF THE e seecreronee SIR, — Would you be kind enough to substitute the name of H.M.S. 'Hood ' for H.M.S. Andromeda ' as the crack shooting ship of the......

English As Spoken In Ireland.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,— " C. M.'s " letter in the Spectator of April 25th has sug- gested to me to send you a few more Irish stories, if you are not already......

Curiosities • Of The Sea.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." J SIB, —As a most important instance of fact being stronger than fiction, I beg to send the following brief account of an Incident in the......

Poetry.

(EMPRESS-DOWAGER. OF CHINA). WE know the East ' s fantastic art I But what dim courts are these Where no intruding breezes part The silken tapestries, Upon whose strange and......