MR. GEORGE CADBURY.
[To ram EDITOR Or THE " spicirros.") Sra,—I have been a consistent reader of your paper for many years, and some friends of mine have been reading it out here for over forty years. I have admired its support of Free- trade, its loyalty to the Church of England, and its exposure of the shady financial reputation of certain Members of Parliament who have, unfortunately, received the support of the Conservative Association at headquarters. I am now obliged to say. that I deeply deplore the unwarranted attack that you have made upon the Cadburys and Rowntrees, and
the slur you have endeavoured to cast upon the character of Mr. George Cadbury. To anybody who knows anything about that good man's life, private and public, the charge you have brought against him must appear not only ridiculous, but also odious and contemptible. I regret most sincerely that you should have joined hands with, and sailed under the same flag as, the National Review, &c., &a.; but it is a pleasure to notice that Mr. Cadbury, strong in his own good faith, has not stooped to answer you at all. If I could do one-tenth of the good in this world that Mr. Cadbury has done I should die happy. Until such time as you withdraw your charges against him I shall counter-order the sending of your paper.
[We do not wish to reopen a controversy in which, right or wrong, we have made our position quite clear. As, however, we have been accused of " suppressing " letters directed against our own view, we think it advisable to publish Mr. Persse's naive communication.—En. Spectator.]
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