5 OCTOBER 1901, Page 14

THE MILLENARY COMMEMORATION OF • KING ALFRED.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]' your notice of this event (September 28th) there are bra slight errors which you will perhaps kindly allow me to correct, (1) The Archbishop of Canterbury did not join in the Pr°' cenion from the Castle to the statue, and was not present at the unveiling of the statue. (2) "The proceedings" did not "culminate" in this ceremony, but in. the service in the Cathedral at 4 p.m., when the Archbishop preached with astonishing vigour; and the grand old hymn, "0 God, our help in ages past," Wesley's noble anthem, "Ascribe unto the Lord," and the Hallelujah Chorus were sung by the united choirs of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and Win- chester, Salisbury, and Chichester Cathedrals with magnifi-