18 JANUARY 1908, page 13

Rates And Ratepayers.

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your article last week entitled "Rates and Rate- payers" you state that "the people who groan under them [the rates] are virtually......

The Coming Education Bill.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sut,—In your article on the coming Education Bill (Spectator, January 11th) you state that the real difficulty of the con- tracting-out scheme......

The Indian Cotton-duties.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOE.1 Sin,—The Spectator is regarded in India as possessing some- thing like an hereditary interest in Indian affairs, and high hereditary......

Disorder In Ireland..

To zaz EDITOR OF TEl "SPECTATOR...3 Sza,—The crisis in Ireland, which appears to amount to open and widespread defiance of the law, affords a good test of the character of party......

The Pan-anglican Congress Hospitality Committee.

pro THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." . ] Sin,—I venture to ask you to insert the following statement of the Hospitality Committee of the Pan-Anglican Congress. A very large number......