Dr. Gray, the Bishop of Capetown, has denied the charge
brought against him by the Bishop of Natal of having asked the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel not to honour the drafts of clergymen in the Natal diocese without being endorsed by him- self or his nominee ; or rather he denies the motive, and says the precaution was not against heresy, but overdrawing. We fear Dr. Gray's memory is very defective. The Dean of Maritzburg,— Dr. Gray's right-hand man in the diocese of Natal,—wrote to the Bishop of Capetown on March 30, 1863, " I am writing to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel by this mail. . . . As a security they ought to establish pro tem. some such rule as that the Missionaries' drafts should be countersigned by you, or some one accredited by you. It would make plain to Bishop Colenso that he would be without clergy if he returned ;" on which Dr. Gray had written, " I think that the letter of the Dean of Moritz- burg, which I inclose, is entitled to consideration. . . . I am sure that the Society will be glad to do anything in their power to strengthen our hands in a time of great trial and difficulty." Would it have "strengthened" Dr. Gray's hands to guard the funds of the society at home from overdrawing ?
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