Tuesday's papers announced the formation and aims of the Settlethent
Committee. The Committee, of which the Bishop of London has consented to act as chairman, desires to elicit and register public support for the Government, the Arch- triehtip of Canterbury, and many Nonconformist leaders in their efforts to secure educational peace. It includes members of all political parties and of the various religious bodies; and while the members do not necessarily regard the Govern- nient, proposals as altogether Satisfactory, and reserve
.Of details, they are prepared to acquiesce in a general support " rather than prolong a, controversy hurtful to the religious life and educational interests of the nation." The list of members already includes the names of fifteen Bishops; Drs. Clifford, Maclaren, Fairbairn, Horton, and 6uinnees Rogers; the Head-Masters of Eton, Harrow, Clifton, and Charterhouse ; and a large number of Peers, leaders of the Bar, and the Vice-Chancellors of Cambridge. Leeds, and Manchester Universities. The names received are so many and, so influential that we can hardly doubt of the success of the movement: Still, assurance should be made doubly sure, and we sincerely trust that readers of these pages who desire a settlement of the educational contro- versy,'and ivish to support the wise and statesmanlike action of the Archbishop of Canterbury, but who have not already sent in their names to Professor Sadler, at St. Stephen's Hotige, Westminster, S.W., will at once do so. The more signatures to this solemn league and covenant of educational peace the better.
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