the Church-Rate Question be settled by Parliament, or left to be a Debateable ground for years to come,-whether Bishops be multiplied so as to make the oversight of their Dioceses a possible thing, or kept at their present number because some men cannot bear to see a Bishop who is not a Peer, while others hate the thought of having more lawn sleeves in the House of Lords,-most earnestly do I hope that this very necessary, and very practicable, Reform will be speedily carried out, and that men, who aspire to serve in the Ministry of the Church of England, will be given to understand that a Sermon combining good doctrine with good sense and good English will form a part of their Ordination Exercises.
Gloucester Place,
Dec. 26, 1855.