REDISTRIBUTION BEFORE HOME RULE.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The admirable letter from Major Morrison-Bell on the above subject in your issue of the 31st ult. has hardly received the attention it deserves. In season and out of season he has persistently pointed out the monstrous anomaly shown by the voting power in the hands of the Irish Nationalist Party as compared with members for English and Scottish seats. Those of us who live in Ireland have been sufferers for years from the artificial weight attaching to these votes, and I for one believe that the very first move of a Unionist Government should be the drastic alteration which justice requires. The Radicals and Nationalists bold up their hands in holy horror when this suggestion is made by any Unionist, and allege that our side wish to tamper with the sacred clauses of the Act of Union—they seem quite forgetful that their own proposed measure of Home Rule would tear the Act of Union into shreds—but this is only one more piece of hypocrisy. I trust that Major Morrison-Bell's efforts will soon be brought to a successful issue.—I am, Sir, &e.,
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