26 JUNE 1897, page 33

Poor Benefices V. Poor Clergy.

[To TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Will you permit a word from a somewhat different point of view on the "poor benefice" as distinct from the "poor parson" question ? One......

Instinctive Goodness.

pro THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Siu,—In the Spectator of June 19th you speak of the sufferers in the Welshampton accident as "exhibiting a per- fectly marvellous fortitude......

Letters To The Editor..

DOES AMERICA HATE ENGLAND ? [To ros EDITOR Or TEl "SPECTATOR"] SIR,—On looking over the columns of your valued paper's issue of June 12th, my eyes fell upon the above startling......

Sir,—you Say Truly In The Spectator Of June 19th That

with us " the throne is always safer in the possession of a woman." Fifty-eight or fifty-nine years ago I was scoffed at by my elders for saying that Ministers ought to profit......