30 MARCH 1895, Page 15

IS THERE A WELSH NATION?

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."]

SIR,—In the Fortnightly Review for October, 1894, there is an -article by Professor Boyd Dawkins on "The Settlement of Wales." Near the close of the article he says :—" It follows from the above-mentioned facts that a claim for a separate Legislature for Wales, advanced on the ground of race, is a rotten claim without foundation." There is a bone to pick for Mr. Aequith and his supporters.—I am, Sir, &c., J.