THE IPSWICH ELECTION.
[To THE EDITOR OP TBZ " SPECTATOR."]
Sra,—I have read with interest the letter of Mr. Guthrie, which appeared in your last issue. While I admit the truth of the majority of his assertions, I would point out the well-known fact that in Ipswich, Mr. West received the whole weight of the High-Church vote, both Liberal and Tory. The reason for this is that Sir Thomas Charley is a very prominent member of the Church Association, a society whose proceedings and persecu- tions are most hateful to all Catholic Churchmen. The same remark applies to Liverpool, where Mr. Samuel Smith, by his unmeasured bounties to all denominations, secured the votes of Catholic Churchmen in preference to Alderman Forwood, whodid not hesitate to proclaim himself a pronounced anti-ritualist.—
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