THE TITHE BILL
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Surely that ex-Labour M.P., whose zealous advocacy of tithe, since his accession to the office of Chairman of the Tithe Committee of Queen Anne's Bounty (with its not inconsiderable emoluments), has been so remarkable, is not really simple enough to suppose that the Lord Chancellor would speak and vote against a Bill promoted by the Govern- ment of which he is a member.
Mr. Middleton must know that politicians who happen also to be lawyers, and who may see through a political device, do not necessarily feel precluded thereby from supporting that expedient.
I daresay there are many lawyers who might consider that the Tithe Bill was a permissible move in the political and social game (if the tithepayer and the public could be got to stand for it) ; but none save a very dull one could fail to see through that move, which, styled a com- promise," was, in fact, a catch. Saying that my letter does not call for a serious reply, Mr. Middleton, nevertheless, replies to it ; and, referring to unspecified " inaccuracies and irrelevancies," runs away from the argument ; not for the first time in journalistic controversy with me on this subject.—I am, Sir, &c.,
Gray's Inn Square, W.C. 1. W. J. WENHARi.
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