LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
" SCRUTATOR " AND THE DUKE OF ARGYLL.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
SIR,—I do not at all doubt that your correspondent" Sorutator" wrote what he bond fide believed about the causes of my resig- nation in 1881. But he is again entirely wrong when he says, in the Spectator of November 25th, that I "offered no public explanation at the time."
In intimating my resignation in the House of Lords, I did clearly and expressly state that I retired because I did not agree to be responsible for the coming Irish Land Bill. The rumour that I excused my retirement on the plea of ill-health is a rumour I never heard of, and I think that even on this point the memory of " Sorntator " has deceived him.—I am, Sir, &o., ARGYLL. Argyll Lodge, Kensington, November 29th.
["Serntator," who is unwell, has asked us to intimate that his memory may have deceived him in this matter, as it no doubt has done.—En. Spectator.]
Previous page
