4 JUNE 1904, Page 13

[To THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR."] Si,—With reference to the

voting at Oxford the other day (see Spectator, May 21st, pp. 831 and 843), (1) men who are packed like sardines on a fine summer's afternoon are inclined to be demonstrative rather than judicially calm ; and (2) the objectionable part—the hissing, &c.—was at once met with cries of " Shame ! " from those who voted in the majority. No doubt the country clergy were somewhat boisterous, but in fairness I think it should be admitted that the vast majority knew bow to behave like gentlemen.—I am,

Sir, &c., OSWALD YOUNGHUSBAND.