11 OCTOBER 1879, Page 12

• IRISH RENTS.

[TO THE EDITOR 'OF Tfls " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I observe in this day's Spectator the following statement —" Lord Normanton hasrit is true, written to the Pall Mall Gazette to deny that his tenants at Emly have refused to pay rent." Now, Sir, I am extremely sorry to occupy even a moment of your valuable time, but if you will read my letter to the Pall Mall Gazette again, you will find that I do nothing of the kind. What I did deny was the fact that there had been

a refusal to make any redUction of rent, and I stated that the very reverse was the case, the tenants having been informed by circular some days previously that a very considerable reduc- tion would be made.—I am, Sir, Sec.,