5 DECEMBER 1885, page 12

Mr. Shaw-lefevre's Defeat.

l're THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." j SIR,—Permit me to say that Mr. Shaw-Lefevre's failure at Reading is not to be set down to Liberal disapproval of con- cessions to Ireland.......

Wordsworth And Professor Huxley On The Narrowness Of...

I N theaddress delivered on Monday by the President of the Royal Society,—the address which we all regret to hear is to be his last in that capacity,—he touches a subject on......

Private Carriages At Elections.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—To be "driven to the poll" has acquired a new meaning, which any one living, as I do, on the boundary of two counties, will have learned......

The Agricultural Labourer's Vote. Lto The Editor Of The...

Stn,—Many persons have wondered what the agricultural labourer would do with his vote. May I tell the story of an agricultural district in the West of England ? We had about one......

Letters To The Editor.

THE VOTE OF LANCASHIRE. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sig,—It is of some importance that the vote of the Lancashire boroughs should be understood. In Manchester the......

The Rate-payers And The Elections.

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." SIR,—I have read with great interest your article entitled "Liberal Reverses," and can cordially agree with a great deal of it ; but it seems......