[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Sin,—While I am not an advocate of the entire abolition of capital punishment I wish to express my hearty concurrence with your suggestion that a Commission or Committee should be appointed by the Government to consider the present state of the law, which is on all hands admitted to be unsatis- factory. The matter is one which cannot be properly dealt with by intermittent agitation in the Press or elsewhere, and amidst all the welter of discussion occasioned by the Ilford tragedy your practical suggestion stands out. I trust, Sir, that you will continue to press your proposal upon the Government and that all of your readers who are interested in the matter will bring pressure to bear on their Parliamentary representative with a view to securing his support to the proposal to appoint a Committee.—I am, Sir, &c.,
A. H. RENDERSON-LIVESEY, Capt.
170 Palace Chambers, Westminster, London, S.W.1.
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