We regret that the great national question of the safety
of St. Paul's should have become a matter of somewhat acrimonious controversy. After the mag- nificent response which the public made to the Times fund, it seems sad that the question of the best possible means of expending the money subscribed should have become the subject of a heated debate in which personal motives do not seem to have been entirely absent. However, the matter is now in the hands of the Cor- poration of the City of London, who have appointed a sub-committee to hear the rival proposals and adjudicate -between them. We think that on the whole this is as good and competent a body for the purpose as can be found, and in the -meanwhile we shall continue to regard the report of the Commission which had the opportunity of three years' study of the problem as holding the field on the technical side. The alarmist reports of Mr. Todd, the District Surveyor, may have some founda- tion in fact, but we cannot help feeling that they might have been presented in a less sensational manner.
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