[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—There is a little
rift within the lute of Sir Edward Fry's indictment of members of the Society of Friends for not wholly banishing betting news, &c., from the columns of the journals with which they are connected. He says, "I am not aware that they have taken any steps to bring the matter before the Legislature." But surely, before rushing into print in this very " painful duty." Sir Edward Fry ought to have made himself aware that those whom he was about to attack were actually taking these very steps. Will it not be a fair test of Sir Edward Fry's sincerity whether he now joins in pressing upon the Government our " Gambling Advertise- ments Bill," which deals alike with the newspapers be names and all others, or whether he continues to confine his stric- tures to organs of the Friends, who, I can assure him, are most anxious for the passing of this Bill, a copy of which is at his disposal at any time i' If the Bill becomes an Act it will put an end to newspapers assisting to carry on the modernized business of the old List Houses of 1853, an almost universal improbity which the Spectator has long denounced- -I am, Sir, &c., JOHN HAWSE,
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