24 MARCH 1906, Page 17

NONCONFORMIST ENDOWMENTS.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Some few years ago I published a sixpenny pamphlet showing " How Dissent is Established and Endowed," of which very few copies remain. Before issuing a new edition —which the times demand—may I once again ask your readers for particulars of any authentic cases of Dissenting chapel endowments—especially any in Wales—which may have come to their notice within, say, the last ten years P Large sums of money are continually being left by will or otherwise for the furtherance of various forms of Dissent, and some of these I hope to include in my next edition. I venture to suggest that editors of parish magazines might occasionally give a few cases of well-authenticated Dissenting endowments (especially those in their own neighbourhood), and thereby show to the people that Church and Chapel endowments are very much alike, and that it would be neither fair nor reasonable to confiscate the one and to leave the other untouched. Of course, all communications on this subject are regarded by