CONTENTS.

MR COBDEN ON THE NATIONAL DEFENCES.

ROMANISM IN ROME. CATECHISM IN THE MINERVA.

CRIMES AND REMARKABLE TRIALS IN SCOTLAND. INCIDENTS OF THE

SIR SIDNEY SMITH.

MY ROUTE INTO CANADA.

THE INTERCEPTED LETTERS. A TALE OF THE BIVOUAC.

GREENWICH TIME. "The time is out of joint oh, cursed spite!" Hamlet.

A MILITARY DISCUSSION TOUCHING OUR COAST DEFENCES.

HUDSON'S BAY.

THE BUDGET.

FOOTNOTES:

Archaic spelling and variations in spelling and hyphenation have been retained except in obvious cases of typographical error.