18 JANUARY 1890, Page 14

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In reference to your

article in the Spectator of January 11th on the above subject, will you kindly permit us to make two statements

(1.) The paragraphs which appeared in some of the daily papers, to which you allude in your article, as to what took place at the meeting of the Committee of "Churchmen in Council" on Tuesday, the 7th inst., are absolutely unfounded.

(2.) The principles on which "Churchmen in Council" has been founded, and the line of action which it has adopted, will be fully explained in the resolutions which will be submitted to a meeting of its members and supporters early next month, and it would be unbecoming in us now either to define or to discuss them in anticipation.

We hope that this letter, signed by us jointly, will prevent further confusion.—We are, Sir, &c.,

J. J. STEWART PEROWNE.