7 NOVEMBER 1868, Page 1

We gladly call attention to Mr. Frederic Harrison's letter in

another column, explaining that he and Professor Beesly had both given in from the first their adhesion to Sir Roundel! Palmer's Lon- don Committee. Perhaps the Committee were a little shy of Liberals so extreme. With the Marquis of Salisbury heading their list, that was surely a weakness. Having made so much of the violet ray, they should not have suppressed the red ray at the other end of the spectrum.