14 JULY 1906, Page 16

CONFERENCE OF CHURCH OF ENGLAND LAYMEN.

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."]

Sin,—The following details as to the Conference of members of the Church of England which is to be held at the Caxton Hall, Westminster, on Tuesday, July 17th, at 4.30, will be of interest to your readers. Lord Jersey will be in the chair. The laymen who will speak in support of three resolutions designed to bring about such amendments in the Education Bill as will secure adequate religious instruction in all elementary schools will be the Right Hon. Henry Hobhouse; Sir William Bousfield ; Mr. J. W. Willis Blind, J.P., D.L., Chairman of the Worcester Education Committee ; Mr. John Hutton, J.P., D.L., Chairman of the County Council, North Riding of Yorkshire, and member of the York House of Lay- men; Mr. T. F. Blackwell, J.P., and Mr. T. E. Page. A vote of thanks to the chairman will be moved by the Bishop of Ripon and seconded by the Dean of Carlisle. Tickets of admission may be obtained from Mr. George Macmillan, 27 Queen's Gate Gardens, S.W.—I am, Sir, &c.,

GEORGE MACMILLAN.