THE ENGLISH CHURCH AT MONTREUX.
[To THE EDITOR OF TEE " SPEOTATOR.1 Sta,—In your issue of the 12th inst. appears a letter signed "Wm. Weston," descriptive of Montreux. Will you kindly allow me to make obe correction P Speaking of the English church, he says, " I am glad. to bear, from a gentleman whose position enables him to speak with authority, that the English church (built, I believe, by one or two property-owners of the neighbour- hood) has proved a paying speculation?' So far from this being the case, the church was built by subscription ; but donations came in so slowly, that the committee were obliged to borrow £1,000. And in order to reduce this debt, a bazaar has to be held every year, and the most disagreeable duty of incessant begging is imposed upon the churchwardens and myself. True, the place is deservedly rising in favour, and this will necessitate the enlargement of the church, and consequently an additional burden of debt. In the present spring, £100 has beeu paid of the sum borrowed for the completion of the church.
am sorry your correspondent did not get his information from a more authentic source. The error into which he has fallen, published in your journal, may considerably interfere with our efforts to raise the necessary funds ; I trust, therefore, that you will be so good as to publish this correction of Mr. \Vestall's mistake.—I am, Sir, &c.,
Tin ENGLISH CHAPLAIN AT MoNtenux.
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