18 FEBRUARY 1911, Page 13

/To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. ")

SIR,—Mr. Gwynn would increase our debt by a list of the offices to which he refers (Spectator, February 11th). Are these appointments open only to the inhabitants of the county in which the vacancy occurs P If otherwise, why does he specify the proportion of Catholics to Protestants in his five counties? The proportions on the appointing committees would seem more important. Perhaps, from his evidently minute knowledge, he will state these proportions also. Doubtless he is right in saying that no Protestant has been dismissed on political or religious grounds in the last ten years; we do not act in that way in Ireland.—I am, Sir, &c.,