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It is with much pain that I sit down to write to you on the present occasion; but I feel it my duty to do so, in consequence of my having seen a circular to which your name is affixed, in conjunction with the names of persons known for their extreme opinions in Church matters, requesting signatures to be procured to a Memorial to the Eastern Patriarchs, in which a censure is passed on the conduct of the Bishop of Jerusalem. My attention was called to this document a short time ago by the Archbishop of Dublin; and on Saturday last I received a note from the Rev. W. D. Veitch, written by the desire of the Archbishop of Canterbury, enclosing a copy of a statement prepared by the Committee of the Jerusalem Bishopric Fund.

Your name being the only one connected with Ireland in the list of signatures, must necessarily