6 OCTOBER 1883, Page 13

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

HOULDSWORTH AND THE LIBERALS OF MANCHESTER.

[To TIM EDITOR Or THE " SPECFLTOR."] S114—T notice in last Saturday's Spectator you make the state- ment that I " called " the Liberals of Manchester "cowards." Will you allow me to say that I never made use of any such expression, nor has any language escaped me conveying that idea.—I am, Sir, &c., W. H. HOULDSWOILTIL Norbury Booths, Ktuttsford, October lat.

[We are sorry to have unintentionally misrepresented Mr. Houldsworth.—En. Spectator.]