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[*.* We are requested to state that in the Rev.

F. 0. Morris's letter on " The Rook," published in the Spectator of August 2nd, the information stated to have been received by him from Mrs. Cole, of Condover Hall, near Shrewsbury, should have been described as received from Mrs. Henry G. Close, of the same place. The error was due to Mr. Morris's manuscript ; but we believe that a proof of it was sent to him, and that no correction was received.]