THE CHURCH AND THE LIBERALS.
LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." I
SIR,—As a Churchman desirous of strengthening the use- fulness of the Church of England, I venture to suggest the best course for Liberals to pursue this coming Election is to put the question of Disestablishment on one side, to vote Liberal, and then to bring forward measures to reform the Church by means of Church Boards, thereby bringing together the Clergy and laymen, and largely increasing the power and usefulness of the Church, especially in country villages, where, to my knowledge, Dissent is largely on the increase.
The Tories ale raising the cry of Disestablishment for party purposes, and the majority of the Clergy supporting therucon- firms this view. Politicians of the Democratic-Tory type would bring it forward at once, could they retain office by so doing.--a. lam, Sir, &c.,
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