GOVERNMENT PLEDGES.
[To TEE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR:]
SIR,—We hear a great deal nowadays of alleged pledges and breaches of faith. Is it not high time that Parliament should protect its own liberties and ours, and give a general warning to all concerned, by passing an Act declaring that " no treaty, -understanding, agreement, pact, pledge, or promise, purporting to be made or given on behalf of His Majesty's Government by any Minister or servant of the Crown, shall have any binding force, legal or moral, on any of His Majesty's subjects unless (1) it is made or given in the exercise of authority conferred tpon such Minister or servant of the Crown by an Act of Parliament, or (2) has been incorporated in an Act of Parlia- ment, or has otherwise received the definitely expressed approval. of both Houses of Parliament "?—I am, Sir, &e.,
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