The statement of the Echo that nearly all Mr. Gladstone's
ecclesiastical appointments have been of a High-Church character is not only false, but ridiculous. What do they think of Dean Bradley ? of Dean Connor ? of Dean Davidson ? of Dean Plumptre ? of Dean Kitchin ? of Canons Barry, Butler of Winchester, Melville, Rowsell, Holland, Cadman, Driver, Boyd- Carpenter P And even of the Bishops, the only Bishop who can in any sense be considered a High Churchman is Bishop Wilkin- son, whom Belgravians used to call a High-Church Methodist. The Archbishop of Canterbury, again, has always been con- sidered by Dr. Lightfoot, the present Bishop of Durham, as belonging to his own Broad-Church school. As for all the important livings to which Mr. Gladstone has appointed, we believe that not one of his nominees is a High Churchman.
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