CLOSED CATHEDRALS.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR?']
had not intended to trouble you again on the subject of opening cathedrals. But as two of your correspondents have taken notice of my letter, may I be permitted, in reply to Mr. Cavendish Bentinck, to say, first, that the Lincoln verger has directions to do exactly that which he thinks is proper to be done,—viz., to allow such visitors as appear to be trust- worthy to examine at their will and without guidance all parts of the cathedral ; and next, that I must venture to place my experience against his a priori reasoning, and to assure him that if at any time he happens to be in Lincoln, and will favour me with a call, I will give him proof positive of the accuracy of my statement ? In regard to the suggestion of the "lady- guides," I fear that, as in so many other delightful imaginings, the writer has hardly thought out the practical difficulties of
such an alternative.—I am, Sir, &c., WILLIAM BUTLER. The Deanery, Lincoln, December 31st.
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