26 DECEMBER 1885, Page 13

THE REFORM OF THE CHURCH. [To Tux EDITOR OP THZ

" SPRCTATOP.."J SIR,—The Spectator does not seem to know that a " Provincia House of Laymen," elected by the various Diocesan Con- ferences by "laymen members only," will be opened by the Primate in February next, concurrently with the Session of -Convocation.—I am, Sir, Ice., [We knew it perfectly. But we altogether deny that the Diocesan Conferences are true representative assemblies of the laity, or that their delegations will at all supply the want we referred to.—En. Spectator.]