GLASTONBURY ABBEY.
[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR" I SIR,—The Bishop of Bath and Wells has sent me an appeal (I may say an urgent appeal) for funds to complete the purchase- money of the magnificent ruins of the above Abbey. The total sum required was 431,000, of which the Bishop has already raised over 425,000 in gifts and promises, and an exceedingly generous offer has been made by Sir H. Harben, on behalf of an anonymous donor, of 42,500 payable on October 1st next, if by that date fresh subscriptions of a like amount are received.
Glastonbury Abbey must be regarded as property to be held in trust for the Church of England, and I hope that a hundred persons will be found able and willing to give, on the average, 425 each to effect this. I have told the Bishop I will be a con- tributor of 425 on condition that the sum of 42,500 be raised by October 1st, and also on condition that the money be raised with- out the aid of bazaars or fetes or entertainments. The money must come in as free-will offerings.—I am, Sir, &c., P.S.—Remittances may be sent to the Bishop of Bath and Wells, The Palace, Wells, Somerset ; or to Messrs. Stuckey and Co.'s Bank, Wells, Somerset; or, if sent to me, I will forward them to the Bishop.
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