26 DECEMBER 1958, Page 16

SIR,—As regards Pharos's comment, of course Mr. Mervyn Stockwood's consecration

should be on May Day. We will know it as St. Philip's and St. James's.

Who can tell (and who will care) whether he will wear gaiters?

But rumour has it some Cambridge historians have warned him against the whimsical wearing of the mitre. They will, no doubt, design something specifically and brilliantly episcopal to take its place.

—Yours faithfully, VICTOR H. BEAJON Rougham Rectory, Bury St. Edmunds