28 MARCH 1908, Page 15

THE LATE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. f To THE EDITOR OF

THE "SPECTATOR."

Sin,—A few years ago I was talking to a distinguished Liberal statesman about the Duke. Two comments that he then made remain in my memory. A propos of the debates on Mr. Gladstone's 1886 Home-rule Bill he said : "He was the one speaker on the Unionist side who made us feel uncomfort- able." Again, in connexion with the Duke's alleged lethargy: "When he rose to speak he showed that he had never missed a single important point in the debate."—I am, Sir, &c.,

T. B.