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346 LIKE OF ARCHBISHOP TAIT [CH. xm.
shall consider tenderly the feelings of devout men who find
their old and most cherished opinions rudely assailed ; while, on
the other hand, we by no means overlook or undervalue the
anxious longings of persons of unsettled minds. I do not see
my way to agreeing to the l
proposal of the Lower House."
Strange to say, only six Bishops were present at this
discussion, and as the President did not vote, the motion
for the appointment of a Committee was carried by three
votes against two, the Bishops of London and St. David s
forming the minority.
Bishop Tait s speech ^attracted much attention, and
was vehemently denounced by Bishop Gray and his
friends. Arthur Stanley, on the other hand, wrote :-
" MY
Canon A. P. Stanley to tJic Bishop of London.
"
CH. CH., OXFORD, Feb. 20, 1863.
DEAR BISHOP, 1 have read your speech with great
care and great pleasure. I think that it will have the best effect,
and (though I should have thought a more explicit statement as
to the liberty allowed in the Church on the matter in discussion
Avould have been not only right but prudent), I consider that it
takes away almost all my case against you
Essays and Reviews. . . . Farewell. Many
in the matter of
thanks. I can
hardly express to you the pleasure given to me by these better
relations between us. Ever yours, A. P. STANLEY."
Hearing that Bishop Colenso was pained at the per
sonal coldness with which he had been received in England,
Bishop
"
Tait wrote to him as follows :-
" March 3, 1863.
I have heard this morning from Mr. T. D. Acland that
you had expressed a wish to see me. I shall gladly hold my
self in readiness at any time you might name. . . . Had it not
been for the circumstance of my never having met you in
former times, I should have made a point of asking to see you
before now."
1 Chronicle of Convocation, February 13, 1863, pp. 1092-1101.