MR. GREEN'S IMPRISONMENT.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Numerous petitions have been sent to her Majesty pray- ing for the release of the Rev. S. F. Green from Lancaster Gaol. The Home Secretary's reiterated reply, that her Majesty has not been pleased to give him any instructions in this matter, has grown wearisome. Her Majesty's responsible adviser finds no way, because he has no will. The political forces are gathering in our county. I am a " Wide" Church- man, not "Broad,"—if, that is, one of your distinguished cor- respondents in recent numbers is the typical " Broad." More- over, I am an earnest liberal, (not illiberal) Liberal in politics. I will not vote against any Christian supporter of a Govern- ment whose chief is the noble W. E. Gladstone, but I shall at any rate hold aloof, so long as those in power have nothing better than a stolid front to shew to the petitioners for Mr.
Green's release.—I am, Sir, &c., SoCTII WARWICKSHIRE. Stratford-on-Avon, December 10th.
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