FEUDAL TIES.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
SIR,—The article in your last impression on "Lord Darnley on 'Feudal Ties," reminds me of the following authentic anecdote : —A certain honourable baronet of ultra-Conservative principles, having a large estate in the county of —, but no suitable residence there, rented the mansion of a neighbouring landowner —an absentee—and differing from the honourable baronet in politics "as the night from the day." During the heat of a late election, Sir —, dining at a friend's, took occasion in the draw- ing-room after dinner to insist with great energy on the duty of tenants following the principles of their landlords, and how iniqui- tous it was for any tenant to be opposed in polities to the owner of the soil, &c. A lady of the party, the wife of a Liberal M.P., listened with very great interest to the honourable gentleman's tirade, and at its conclusion quietly remarked, "lam very glad, indeed, Sir, to find those are your sentiments, and I trust you will not fail to act up to them at the poll next week."-1 am, Sir, &c.,
RUSTICUS.
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