16 FEBRUARY 1895, Page 13

SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT'S SLIP.

[To TH1 EDITOR 07 THN SPZOTATOR."1 n,—Sir W. Ver non Harcourt's slip in substituting the name of Harry Hotspur for that of Prince Henry, in a recent debate, was, under the circumstances, a most natural one. He had, no doubt, been meditating sadly over the fate of his ill- starred prototype, who perished in a vain attempt to dis- member his own country with the aid of Scotch and Welsh allies, and, all unwittingly, the name fell from his lips, In very truth, our fin-de.siecle Hotspur has good reason to pray, " Absit omen."—I am, Sir, &c., W. TUEBERVILL. Cwenny Priory, Bridgend, Glamorgan, February 13th.