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CONTENTS OF NO. LIII.

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I. ABSENTEEISM Considered; with some Remarks on

a part of Mr. M‘Culloch's Evidence. By H. GAR-

DINER. Original ............................ 1

II. A Letter to the Electors, on the CATHOLIC QUES-

TION. By the Rev. SYDNEY Smith. Second

Edition .................................. 38

III. Respective Situations of the RepoRMED CHURCH

in FRANCE, and of the Roman Catholics in .

GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND; with short Re-

marks on Catholic EMANCIPATion. By J. W.

CROFT, Original .......................... 68

IV. De la Constitution de l'Angleterre, et des

Changemens principaux qu'elle a éprouvés, tant dans

son esprit que dans sa forme, depuis son origine

jusqu'à nos jours ; avec quelques Remarques sur

l'ancienne Constitution de la France .............. 97

V. Observations on Mr. Ricardo's “ Principles of Poli-

TICAL ECONOMY and TAXATION.” By H. JEM-

METT. Original ............................. 141

VI. HORÆ SABBATICÆ; or, an Attempt to correct

cer tain superstitious and vulgar Errors, respecting

the Sabbath. By GODFREY HIGGINS, Esq. ...: 153

VII. A Letter to Godfrey Higgins, Esq. on the subject

of his “ HORÆ SABBATICÆ ; or, an Attempt to cor-

rect certain superstitious and vulgar Errors respecting

the Sabbath.”. By the Rev. T. S. HUGHES, B. D. 197