15 MARCH 1890, Page 16

THE NORTH ST. PANCRAS ELECTION.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.••] SIR,—Referring to a remark in your article of March 8th on our defeat at St. Pancras, I have for some considerable time thought it a likely thing that English workmen should fancy that if Home-rule was conceded, all the Irish workmen in England would go home. I cannot say how this was sug- gested to me,—whether in thought, reading, or conversation_ I think, moreover, it is a very likely fancy for Irish workmen to take into their own heads, that a native Irish Government would provide work and wages for all.—I am, Sir, &c.,