The full Report of the experts appointed by the Dean
and Chapter of St. Paul's to inquire into the safety of the Cathedral has- been -published. It- is a -careful statement and it deserves the respect-which is due- to the opinion of experts who for more than three years have given anxious consideration to their task. We hardly know, however, whether to be pleased or disturbed by the change of tone which may be detected when the Report is compared with the interim Report of December 29th. In December the Commissioners stated that if the eight piers supporting the dome were strengthened by the injection of cement under pressure a new lease of life would be given to the piers, and they added that it might be left to a later gene- ration to undertake any larger operation which might become necessary. In their final Report, however, they write as though the treatment of the piers is a' final. cure. 'They think it will " bring them into at least as good a con- dition as originally." They also say that there-is no sign that the foundations have sunk further-than they sank at the time when St. Paul's was being built.
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