19 JULY 1884, Page 15

CONSERVATIVE FEELING ABOUT THE LORDS. I To THE EDITOR OF

THE " SPECTATOR."]

SIR, —I am a Liberal, and I have amongst my friends a great many Conservatives. Since Monday I have been making a canvass of them, without giving any hint of my purpose, and I find that over four-fifths of them are opposed to the action of the Lords, as being unwise and unnecessary. Many of those whom I asked would be called " strong " Conservatives, so that, without wishing to draw too large conclusions from insufficient premisses, may not this be taken as probably representing the general opinion of those who are Englishmen rather than party