ULSTER AND HOME RULE.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In reply to " G. A." (Spectator, September 28th), the Census Return does not state the religion of the electors, and therefore I am unable either to confirm or confute his state- ments on the subject. It may be true that there is a larger proportion of Protestants among the electors than among the population, but it is the electorate, not the population, that decides the issue in all Parliamentary contests. There are in Ulster 890,000 non-Catholics to 690,000 Catholics, but the Ulster constituencies which return Unionists have a population of 950,000, and those which return Nationalists a population of 630,000. It may be that the latter figures indicate the proportion of non-Catholics and Catholics in the electorate instead of being accounted for by Catholic Unionists. It was the relative numbers that I desired to call attention to. I should not wish to predict the result of next election in either West Belfast or Londonderry Town, more especially as the Revision Sessions are at present in progress and may alter the
numbers after January 1st next.—I am, Sir, &c., X.
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