11 DECEMBER 1909, page 13

[to Tee Editor Of The " Spectator."' Sin,—as A Student

of Constitutional law, and also as a constant reader of your paper, I am amazed and grieved at the attitude you assume at the present crisis. A Referendum of a Budget or of a......

[to The Editor Or The "spectator.'] Thr,—you Are Opening...

columns to the perplexed Unionist voter, Mr. Hobhouse, and others. May I add my 'bewilderment to the general stock P Here is a characteristic piece of Radical-Socialist......

The General Election.—another Forecast.,

[To THE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR.1 Sin,—I agree with your correspondent " C. M. W." (Spectator December 4th), and from my knowledge of the working classes of the West I am......

The Reference Of The Budget To The Electors.

[To THE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR."' Sin,—Your interesting " Topic " of Saturday last remarks that the Lords might have played their cards better. An important foundation-stone......

Sir Henry Maine On Single-chamber Government.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—At the present juncture the following passage from the late Sir Henry Maine's "Popular Government" is rot without its significance :— "......

The Budget And Taxation.

[TO THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The Los Angeles Times, the largest paper in South- Western United States, speaking of present taxation in England, puts the case for the......