Mr. Thomas Dyke Acland, the Member for Somersetshire, has ad-
dressed a letter to Earl Forteseue, to disavow the construction put upon his speech at Yeovil, and to deny that he has " thrown aside his former opinions." He supplies an amended version of his remarks— "1 stated that 1 bad nothing to regret in having supported measures which I believed to have been dictated by fairness and moderation, and by a due con- sideration of the various interests of the country. I then expressed my satis- faction that just protection had been secured to the glove-trade, in which Yeovil is so deeply interested; and ventured to advise the glove-manufacturers not to place so much reliance on protection as to relax their exertions fur the improvement of their manufacture; and I added, that the hest security, alike for agriculture and manufactures, is to be found in the direction of increased intelligence to the object of producing the best article 'at as low a cost as possible '—not, as I am reported to have said. 'at the lowest price' in reference to the price in other countries, but at as low a cost as possible in reference to the circumstances of England. This, 1 believe to be the substance of what I stated at Yeovil; and it does not appear to me to justify the charge of a change. of opinion."
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