27 OCTOBER 1883, Page 11

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

Sra„—That a clergyman should wish to belong to a Church not "by Law Established "is, after all, but natural, if he be a believer in spiritual force. Still, under the circumstances, what is the use of disclaiming such a connection P In the discharge of my functions, I notice, every quarter, in the returns of marriages on the usual forms one clergyman always runs his pen through the word "Established," printed on the forms. Does not, however, such a declaration go for nothing P-1 am, Sir, &c.,

A SUPERINTrSDENT-REGISTRAR.