LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
THE KING AND THE CONSTITUTION.
[To THB Eorron OF THE " SPECTJITOR."] SIR,—My attention has been called to a letter by Sir Graham Bower in the Spectator of August 30th. He therein lays down that "no leader of the Opposition could now repeat the action of Sir Robert Peel" in 1834. He further cites a sentence from my "Law of the Constitution" in support apparently of this conclusion. I write simply to point out that neither the sentence cited by your correspondent nor anything contained in my book implies, in my judgment, my assent to his doctrine. My view as to the constitutional rules governing the dissolution of Parliament is to be found in ray "Law of the Constitution," 7th ed., pp. 428-434. These pages contain principles which I have maintained and taught, without, I believe, any material alteration, from 1885 to the
present day.—I am, Sir, Sze., A. V. DICEY. Elsfield, Hindhead, Haslemere.
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