MONTGOMERYSHIRE BOROUGHS—CHANGE OF BOUNDARY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.
Sin—I feel sincerely grateful to you for inserting my last letter. You have proved your journal to be what the Press in general ought to be,—a court of ap- peal open against all measures and all men. Such, many of your self-styled Liberal contemporaries certainly are not; they support Reform for the sake of Ministers, and not Ministers for the sake of Reform. When a remote and un- friended constituency appeals to them for aid, they close their columns against them, though their complaint is founded on the plainest principles of justice. I regret that recent intelligence makes it my duty to rely once more upon the disposition you have displayed. I regret to state, that, in justice to those whose rights have been invaded, I am bound to qualify the expressions of confidence which I once employed to- wards Ministers, and for no very insufficient reasons. I have recently learnt from the authority of Lord CLIVE'S own friends (indeed, it is their boast), that the boundary of Welsh Pool was extended in consequence of his (Lord Craves) private representation to Lord Joan RUSSELL! When I add, that this change was expressly against the recommendation of the Commissioners, whom, in most cases, Ministers implicitly follow,—that all the new voters it admits, are, with I believe three exceptions, completely under Lord CLIVE'S control,—that it excludes only one township in the parish of Welsh Pool, called Cyfronydd, which is the only part of it independent of that Tory nobleman's dictation. I think, Sir, you must admit that the Reformers of this county have every reason to feel indignant, even with those whom they have every anxiety to support—
the authors of the Reform Act! • I remain, Sir, yours faithfully,
A BURGESS.
[It is much to be regretted that our correspondent's information did not reach us sooner. But there is a good time coming.—En.]
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