13 JUNE 1868, Page 15

DR. RALEIGH.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—You have been misled by the fragment of Dr. Raleigh's letter to the English Independent given in the Pall Mall Gazette of last Friday. Dr. Raleigh was not attacked but commended by the English Independent for giving up the theory of verbal inspira- tion. Dr. Raleigh claims to be a stricter inspirationist than his reviewer. The matter in controversy was the amount of authority inherent in the writings of the Apostle Paul—not an unimportant question in the present day—but upon this point also it would now seem that Dr. Raleigh and his reviewer are in substantial agreement.

May I beg the favour of the insertion of this brief explanation ? —I am, Sir, &c.,

THE EDITOR OF "THE ENGLISH INDEPENDENT."