THE IRISH LAND QUESTION.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.']
Sin,—You appear to me somewhat to misinterpret the intention of the letter which you did me the favour to publish last week. It was not, I assure you, with any feeling of presumption or vanity that I wrote ; and I should not have ventured to draw your atten- tion to the efforts I and some others have made to improve their properties, were not Irish landlords on their trial now, and accused of great neglect of duty. My only object was to inquire if it was likely to be for the benefit of Ireland, that those who spend money there, even were it from ostentation and vanity, should leave, and withdraw the capital they put into circulation. It also appeared to me but fair the landlord's improvements should be respected, and that he should be treated like any other capitalist who had invested his money in a national security.—I [We did not suspect Mr. Marlay of any vanity or presumption whatever. His letter wa,s perfectly simple. What we commented on was the odd fact that such a letter from a landlord was natural, while from a shipowner it would not be.—ED. Spectator.]
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