14 JANUARY 1882, Page 14

A CORRECTION.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—May I correct an inaccuracy in your paper of December 31st You speak of Dr. Lamson as son of "a clergyman of the Church of England acting as chaplain at Florence." The only clergymen of the Church of England acting with episcopal sanction at Florence are the Rev. R. L. Tottenham and the Rev. G. P. Howes. Mr. Lamson is, I believe, an American, and in the Orders of the American Episcopal Church, officiating temporarily to an American congregation.—I am, Sir, &c.,