THE BLOOD-RED FLAG OF ENGLAND.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOE."] SIR, your issue of May 6th, page 685, in an editorial note on flags that can be flown, you say, " On land the Briton is free to fly any flag be likes." That is exactly what he is not! You go on to say he can fly the Union Jack. No one can fly that save the Lord Lieutenant of a county. Anyone can fly the Red Ensign, i.e., the commercial flag, with the red " field" and the " Jack " in the corner.
A penny stamp will elicit a reply about all this from head- quarters—Heralds' College.—I am, Sir, &c., ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL.
[Can Lord Archibald Campbell quote any Statute or binding legal decision imposing a penalty on persons flying the Union Flag on land? If not, since only that is legal which is enforceable in the Courts, his law is bad. The Heralds' College is an authority on etiquette, not on law.—ED. Spec- tator.]
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