THE ORNAMENTS RUBRIC.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE SPEOTATOR."I
Six,—Allow me to make two observations on your article of the 19th inst., headed "The Episcopal Victory."
English Bishops have their faults, possibly among them, as you seem to imply, may he too great a regard for public opinion s but that the Bishops of the Southern Province, headed by the Primate, should condescend to a ruse—for I can call it by no. other name—in order to induce the Lower House of Convoca- tion to accept what they had deliberately rejected, I, for one,. am unwilling to believe.
If it is intended, after an understanding to the contrary de- liberately proffered and accepted, to get rid of the Ornaments' Rubric by a side-wind, I leave it to you, Sir, and to your lay readers, to judge how such a transaction would be appraised by ordinary lay society, at least in regard to matters which did not touch religious questions.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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