A CORRECTION.
[TO THE EDITOR OE TEE "SPECTATOR."]
Sin,—There was a misprint in my second letter to you, which I . should not have thought it worth while to correct, if "An East- End Vicar" had not made a point of it in his last letter. I wrote, "the old Catholic doctrine of the Real Presence." The printer turned it into "the Old-Catholic doctrine of the Real Presence," as if I meant the doctrine of the Old Catholics.
Your correspondent is also in error in supposing that his "original assertion" "is confirmed by me." His original assertion was as follows :—" The Sovereign of England is bound at his or her coronation to take solemn oath against the very doctrine— that of the Real Presence—which the extreme Ritualistic cere- monial is appcially employed to proclaim." I have asserted, on the contrary, and I still assert, that no Sovereign of England has ever taken such an oath at his or her coronation, or on any other public occasion.—I am, Sir, &c., Azi EAST-END RECTOR.
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